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May 28, 2010 | Posted in Blog, Life, Photography, Travel

We started our 2nd day by driving to Backbay area to tour the Museum of Fine arts and Isabelle Stewart Gardener Museum. The Museum of Fin Arts features over 450,000 works of art and is one of the largest museums in the country. We all enjoyed browsing thought the Egyptian artifacts, French impressionists art and more. Isabelle Stewart Gardener Museum was pretty neat too. The three story Italian- style building was filled with many art works from that period of time. The courtyard was amazing and it was worth the visit. The downside is that no pictures are allow in there.

(Museum of Fine arts, Boston)

(Postcard from Isabelle Stewart Gardener Museum)

Next Stop, Beacon Hill, a national district filled with brick sidewalks and 19th-century row houses. We begin at the Otis House located on 141 Cambridge St. It's a house built by Charles Bulfinch for the wealthy congressman and lawyer Harrison Gray Otis and his wife Sally. From Otis House, we take a short walk down to Nichols House at 55 Mount Vernon St. Both are houses with interesting guided tours detail the lives of the family and the changes over time in Beacon Hill and West End neighborhoods.

(Beacon Hill)

(Postcard from Otis House)

(Allen outside Nichols House)

After beacon hill, we headed off to the Little Italy section of the North End. We stopped by for some photos of Paul Revere's house (A revolutionary figure). The house is tucked away on these old cobblestone street and wedged among countless Italian restaurants and shops. On the way out, we stop by The Daily Catch for fried calamari and lobster fradiavolo.

(Pual Revere House)

(The Daily Catch lobster meal)

(The Daily Catch menu)

(Shop at North End)

(Candy shop)

(Antiques shop)

(North End Street)

(Cute Shiba I walk into on North End)

From North End we walk over to Quincy Market and Long Wharf Harbor for shopping and dinner. At this point, it was pretty late and we went back to our hotel and turn in for the night.

(Quincy Market & Long Wharf Harbor Area)

(Group shot at Long Wharf Harbor)

Next morning, we went back to Charles Street, Beacon Hill for a delicious breakfast at the Liberty Hotel also known as Charles Street Jail back in 1851. Interesting right?

After breakfast, we drove back to New York. Of course with only 3 days in Boston. there's no way we could have seen everything, but I can say that I will be back.

(Liberty Hotel)

(Liberty Hotel, Bars from Charles Street Jail)

(Liberty Hotel, Bars from Charles Street Jail)

(Liberty Hotel, Breakfast)