My first visit to Boston was so brief I have to go back. There was only time to walk the Freedom Trail from the Park Street Church to Bunker Hill. Along the way we saw Paul Revere's statue and home, Granary Burial Ground, Old City Hall, State House and more. We crossed the Charlestown Bridge, caught a glimpse of the harbor, USS Constitution, the Green Beltway and wow, what a walk it was.
We followed the red painted three mile pathway all over town. A few times the route was obscured by construction. It was like the ants in "A Bug's Life" when they had a fit because their road was blocked. Looking around at hundreds of others on the same pilgrimage, we took off again for another landmark.
A sign advertising a spagetti lunch for $7.95 drew us into a local eatery. One order would have sufficed. The helping was so generous. Back on the road again (or sidewalk), we saw Bunker Hill in the distance high on its hill and similar to the Washington Monument in D.C. We made it but our feet refused to climb the 400 steps to the top.
As we finished our walk to freedom, and headed for the subway 'The T', I saw a shopping bag lady with two carts full of plastic bags, cans and all her belongings at the corner of the busy intersection. Boston, a place for everyone.
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