Logging

Day 9 (cont) - Dinner at terrific Brewster Fish House.  Ate first real lobster.  Buttery.  Tasty.  Back at hotel for quiet last night at B&B.  Sleep well there.  Very quiet, comfortable.

Day 10 - Bfast again at B&B before hitting the road toward Plymouth Rock and then Boston.  Definitely the best "deal" for lodging of the trip.  Everything was great and the price was reasonable.

Stop at Sesuit Harbor where there is little cafe with the best lobster rolls on the cape.  Take to go.  Drive up to Plymouth.  See the little worn down rock the pilgrims supposedly stepped on.  See the replica Mayflower.  Decide to drive to the plantation and pay the $25.  Eat the lobster rolls.  Not bad.  Hit up the plantations.  Talk with the Indians with Boston accents.  Talk to the actors pretending to be pilgrims.  Decent attraction.  Impressed with the knowledge of the actors.

Grab pumpkin latte for the drive up to Boston.  Massive traffic.  Drop off rental car.  Get shuttle to hotel.  Check in.  Meet up with sister.  See her apartment.  Go to dinner at nice Italian spot - Stella in the South End.  Crashed.

Day 11 - Wake up and grab a quick coffee and breakfast sandwich before taking a long walk down to Boston Common and checking out the sites.  Check the public garden.  The state house.  The old state house.  Chinatown.  Get a little dose of the Freedom Trail.  The Quincy market.  Head over to Fenway to watch the Red Sox take on the Orioles.  Can't believe the Orioles are the team in the playoff hunt.  Haven't heard of any of their players, but their 3-4 guys can really hit.  Guys named Young and Wieters.  Sitting in the bleachers and the sun comes out right and the beginning of the game and incredibly bright and hot.  C buys a BoSox cap.  I can't bring myself to.  In the 9th, we take a walk around the stadium.  Boston surprisingly ties the game and it goes to extra innings.  So we leave.  Not invested in the game, really just wanted to see Fenway.

Rest up and make a quick dinner.  Go to see Good People, a play set in Boston.  Surprisingly good.  Head home.

Day 12 - Meet up w/ sister again.  Make breakfast before grabbing bikes and riding out to Cambridge and Harvard.  Tour the college.  Ride back along the Charles to meet up for lunch on Beacon Hill with a film school friend.  Walk up the hill, see the nice neighborhood.  Walk over to the North End, the Italian part of town.  Looks great.  Grab a cannoli from Mike's - first good Cannoli I've ever had.  Grab bikes and ride home - to Back Bay.  Rest up before grabbing a cheap dinner at a good Ethiopian placed called Lucy's.