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Day #12 Part 1, Fri. 7/13

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Friday the 13th was an AWESOME day!

Started the early day off with a Chobani raspberry yogurt before taking the 7:04 Amtrak Downeaster to Boston for my PhotoWalks Tour of the Boston waterfront. Packed some water because it was going to be a hot one!

Got into North Station around 8:20 and my tour wasn't until 10.  I just HAD to have a few last photos taken with Ray Allen in the TD Garden before they take him down!


I had plenty of time to get to the Old State House Museum to meet for the tour so I walked over to Quincy Market and then up to State & Washington Streets. There was a sweet man sitting on the bench with his dog playing some sort of French percussion instrument. He had a little dog on the bench next to him .  I asked if I could take some photos of him and he gladly obliged.  I told him about the upcoming Hearts & Hands Show and he asked if the doggie's paw counted! :-)  I took several photos and then Saba, the tour leader arrived. There war only 4 people taking the tour as opposed to the possible 20 so we were very lucky to get Saba's person attention.




 

As the day went on I was sorry that I had not gotten the man's story. I may just have to go back to Boston and find him, give him some photos and get that story!  But it needs to cool down first!

The PhotoWalks tour was 1 1/2 hours long and Saba, the founder of PhotoWalks in 2002,  gave us some historical information along with a lot of great little photography tips!  We took photos of gargoyles, learned where the water line was before Boston became a landfill ( Never having paid much attention on History class, I don't think I ever knew that!) We wandered through Quincy Market taking photos of storefront windows and cupolas through bubble lights before heading to the waterfront. 



We spent some time in the Rose Kennedy Garden and along the waterfront by the Marriott: freezing the water in the fountain, shooting roses, creating optical illusions, taking reflections & silhouette photos, and framing scenery with flowers or metal fences.











We worked our way back to the Custom House where trade tariffs used to be collected. Yes, the Boston waterline used to come up the the steps of the Custom House which is now owned by Marriott and has been turned into vacation villas!





The tour ended around 11:40 and I headed over to Quincy Market to get some lunch with friends who were in town from L.A..




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  1. AmyJuly 16, 2012 at 8:02 AM

    Beautiful pictures! So glad we could naturally power your tour of Boston. It's one of our favorite cities!

    Amy
    Chobani

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  2. UnknownJuly 16, 2012 at 8:24 AM

    Thanks Amy . . . and Chobani is my Favorite yogurt! ;-)

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