Boston - Nov 21 - Saturday - Day 3

First of all, happy birthday, Mike!


The day was perfect, with beautiful blue skies. We went back to our favorite breakfast place and walked around in this very fancy neighborhood called Beacon Hill. This is home for many millionaires, as you can see bellow.

Beacon Hill has been home to many notable persons, including: Uma Turman, John Hancock, and Edward M. Kennedy. Someone told us that this house in the photo below, with an America flag, is the home of Senator and former US presidential candidate John Kerry.

FROM WIKIPEDIA:
Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts that along with neighboring Back Bay is home to about 26,000 people. It is a neighborhood of Federal-style rowhouses and is known for its narrow, gas-lit streets and brick sidewalks. Today, Beacon Hill is regarded as one of the most desirable and expensive neighborhoods in Boston.
The Beacon Hill area is located just north of the Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden and is bounded generally by Beacon Street on the south, Somerset Street on the east, Cambridge Street to the north and Storrow Drive along the riverfront of the Charles River Esplanade to the west. The block bounded by Beacon, Tremont and Park Streets is included as well, as is the Boston Common itself. The level section of the neighborhood west of Charles Street, on landfill, is known locally as the "Flat of the Hill."
Because the Massachusetts State House is in a prominent location at the top of the hill, the term "Beacon Hill" is also often used as a metonym in the local news media to refer to the state government or the legislature.

Although it still feels like fall here, we found some people crazy for the winter. Ice skating is already popular here. Go figure!

In the afternoon we headed to America's most famous university. We were impressed to see so much (expensive) life at Harvard Square. We walked around for a few hours and we had dinner again at Bertucci's restaurant. Cheap, quick and good food. Totally worth going, just for its olive oil and garlic with spices dip with fresh - just out of the oven - bread! To die for!

I can say "I went to Harvard University" :)

There was a line up to take a picture with Mr. John Harvard, the founder of the first American University. It's like by touching his foot you will somehow get a little bit of the knowledge that lays here. It's silly, but oh well, it doesn't hurt to try!

Mike and I killing sometime in a coffee shop and being goofs. But really, this is one of the few pictures that we have together on this trip.

Happy birthday Mike!









After dinner we watched a comedy show at Comedy Studio, considered the best place for stand up comedy in the city. It was a lot of fun!
http://www.thecomedystudio.com/

This drink was called The Scorpion Bowl. We asked the waitress what's in it and she said she had no idea. Whenever asked about it, the bartender said there are all kinds of liquors in it with a bit of fruit juice. Oh well, I believe it! Mike and I had a hard time finishing this bowl that costs $16. Good choice!

This photo was taken by Mike right before he abandoned me to go to bed. I don't blame him! It's past midnight, I am at the hotel lobby and we are both exhausted after a long day walking around and drinking. But blogging is a must-do-thing for me now. I don't mind, as long as you don't mind to read it with its spelling and grammar mistakes! And I don't even have my glasses on! Maybe I should go to bed now! Good night.