Monday, April 6, 2009


Tucker met us right at noon. He had picked a restaurant right on the Charles river called Neptune's lobster. It was in a decrepit old building right next to an old iron bridge which was abandoned. The theme was water and boats. We all ate seafood. Rick and I shared a fish fry plate and shrimp with coconut sauce. Tucker told us about his job and we talked about the economy in general. His company still has lots of clients who have lots of money to invest. He goes with a group of people to different cities and advises the clients about what to buying sounds like stocks and bonds.
To get to the restaurant we had to walk across a park that was part of the " Big Dig" which was a redevelopment project that went on for years in Boston and connected many historical buildings and the downtown businesses with the waterfront. Before the project there were many overpasses, lots of concrete everywhere like you see in big cities but now many of the roads are underground. We had driven through the underground roads on are way to downtown.

Boston is very historic so many people want to visit and see the sights both old and new. The architects have done a great job mixing the old and the new and every view around the city is an architectural feast.

After we had lunch with Tucker we got lost trying to find the spot where we were suppose to pick up the trolley. Rick had bought the trolley tickets on the Internet for thirty four dollars. Later we figured we could find the trolley anywhere. The trolley goes to sixteen very famous historical sights. Passengers can get off and on where you spend as much time visiting the sights. We only had until four o'clock and so decided just to spent the rest of the day seeing all the sights so we had an overview of the city. We never got off the trolley. There was a running commentary about what to see and we got ideas for our next day.
We arrived back at the Doubletree about five. We had a swim in the pool and watched the scullers some more and then went over to Tucker's and Liz's apartment. They had prepared appetisers and served us wine and we talked about what was happening in their lives. we got to play with Griffen who has gained alot of weight and see their apartment.

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