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And now we are a Bostonian!

Well we go the kids moved into their apartment....

                                  Dad was a little tired from the previous day's pre-game events.


But Allison and I managed to get a dresser put together!



Allston is not what I expected at all...it is truly a little college area nestled around Boston College, Boston University, Harvard and MIT....wow!!

BU is a few stops east on the metro, Allison's School Jackson/Mann is a short 15 minute walk... and that is their life for the next three years.





Our hotel had a great view of the St. Charles River and in the morning we could see the BU rowing crew practicing.



After 2 days of shopping, putting together furniture, unpacking etc,  Drew  started Law School and Allison started student teaching.   Dan and I decided to explore the city.  We chose to do the Freedom Trail.  It is a historic walk of Boston tracing some of the steps that led to the Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War.

The start of the Freedom Trail was at the Boston Common across the street from the Massachusetts State House.  From there it took us to the Granary Burying Ground where Benjamin's Franklin's parents were buried.  We also stopped at King's Chapel where the first public school was started.

Along the way we stopped at the Old South Meeting House which was the organizing point for the Boston Tea Party.  Further on was Paul Revere's Home and across the street was a church where Rose Kennedy was baptized and buried.

North Church is the oldest standing church building in Boston.  It is the location from which the famous lines "One if by land, two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent.


In the afternoon we met up with Allison after she was done and went to the Boston Public Library and the Back Bay area. It is wonderful when your public library looks like a museum!


It was still hard to leave them,  but I felt much better knowing where they were living was safe and full of great adventures.
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