{"id":77,"date":"2009-11-28T18:44:45","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T23:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragocolosus.dyndns.org\/?p=77"},"modified":"2009-12-07T21:28:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T02:28:46","slug":"finally-a-visit-to-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragocolosus.dyndns.org\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Finally a Visit to Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are now here in the area since August 11, but until today we had not made it all together into the wonderful city of Boston. Today finally we succeeded, when after breakfast, spontaneously we grabbed everybody threw them into the car and off we went direction Boston. After we clarified that on the way to Boston, Markus would get his wish granted to watch ‘Ben 10’, while Ivan and Gisele were routing for ‘Lilo and Stitch’. These two would then make our way back more pleasurable.
\nWhen driving on Route 2 towards Alewife we realized that our plan with the car was not really fully worked out. We were still used to living at Central Square, where we would hop into the T and never worry about the car. Well, we quickly figured that the best way would be to drop off the car at Alewife and then take the Redline to Park Street or Government Center. The question…. how much would it cost. The alternative would have been to drop off the car at MIT (kind of in an illegal spot and hope not to get ticketed, probably a reasonable assumption on a Saturday) and take the Redline at Kendall Square\/MIT. Well, we took the Alewife option and later paid 7 bucks, CASH! no credit card! I think it is not a bad option at all and we will probably stick with it.
\nOnce arrived in Boston (Government Center), we quickly checked out City Sports, but neither their offering of court shoes nor the squash racquet sections was very convincing. And on it went to walk along the Boston Common (Park, Tremont, Boylston) until Park Plaza. The main attraction on the way were the pidgeons…..
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Ivan and Gisele watching the pidgeons. Do not think Markus was not involved. He was chasing them more then anybody and needed to be lured away from them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nOn the corner of Park Palza and Boylston I got matches in the ‘unfriendly’ cigar store to light up my new cigar. Not a bad one at all, unfortunately, I do not remember the brand, but I will get another one and document. It is relatively short for the ring gauge, it is very loose even on Ana’s thumb :-). We followed Charles Street were Ivan showed me how his super hero Stitch could have four arms and to demonstrates he lifts his 2 arms under which the other arm pair has already appeared.
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Stitch's arm replication pose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWe entered the common from the opposite side from where we started to walk over to the Frog Pond, before we arrived though we enjoyed the beautiful fall day. It was windy and sunny, not really cold yet but not warm at all. The wind was whirling through the loose leaves and while this would have just delighted me earlier this year now as we are home owners I immediately thought about the last leaves I still have to clean out of our yard.
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Markus with his leave collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nMarkus brought us a whole bunch of leaves, no idea what makes the leaves in the Boston Common any different from the leaves in our garden, where Markus does not pick up any. I guess it must have been the wind playig with the leaves which stimulated him.
\nFinally we arrived at the Frog Pond which was already converted into a nice skating ring as usual in the late fall and winter. Took some nice photos with the enormously attractive bronze frogs right at the pond
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Ivan on top of the fishing frog. <\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nor the other ones on the playground.
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Poor frog is covered by our wild bunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nAfter a nice play break we walked on towards the MGH Redline station, stopping at the excellent Panificio to take a late lunch. The way back was quite eventless, well the ‘Lilo and Stitch’ DVD (Ivan and Gisele) only started to work after quite a while and the discussion why we are not rather watching ‘Ben 10’ (Markus) was a rather standard one which does not need much of a description. Overall a *wonderful family event* …..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are now here in the area since August 11, but until today we had not made it all together into the wonderful city of Boston. Today finally we succeeded, when after breakfast, spontaneously we grabbed everybody threw them into the car and off we went direction Boston. After we clarified that on the way … <\/p>\n

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