anniversary trip (part 3)

Just to give some perspective, we spent about four hours seeing the sites in Boston, and about eight hours at Fenway Park.  Boston is a great city with loads of history and art, also beautiful, but we came to see Fenway Park.  We took the subway, and had hoped to get there in enough time to go on a tour.  It was sold out when we got there, so we spent some time just taking in the atmosphere.

 The 101-year-old stadium has maintained it's look over the years.

 Street entertainers set up shop outside the main gate of the stadium.

We walked around the perimeter of the stadium almost twice, bought souvenirs, and got some delicious margarita pizza across the street from the stadium.

Once we were able to enter the stadium, we appreciated that we could walk freely throughout-many stadiums only allow you access to your level or section.

 We were even allowed to go in the lower level to see batting practice and get a better view of the field.

The whole stadium was kept in good repair with some newer elements (like the mega screens, additional seating) but had the feel of a hundred-year-old stadium.  Even the concessions seemed old school.

 Here is the view from our seats.  We were at the highest level along the first base line.

By the way the usher greeted the fans and the way the fans engaged with each other, we could tell many of them were season ticket holders.  It almost felt like we had crashed a party where we didn't know anyone, but everyone else knew each other!  The concessions were good, notably the free refills souvenir pop and the ice cream in a souvenir helmet.  I liked that they posted the score and other stats on the old score board, with a person behind the board putting up the numbers.  The between-inning entertainment had some unique elements, but no racing sausages or shooting t-shirts up into the stands!

 There was a nice deck behind our seats with views of the city.

(I took this picture for my aunt.)

All in all, it was a great day at the ballpark, even if the Yankees smoked the Red Sox.

Saturday was a travel day.  We splurged and took a water taxi to the airport to get a different view of the harbor.

That makes eight modes of transportation (car, taxi, airplane, bus, subway, train, boat, and don't forget walking!) and six states (Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts) in four days!  It was no all-inclusive beach vacation, but it was packed full of things we love to do together.