Welcome to Boston! There is no denying that it is rich in history, art and the culture is amazing at its worst. There is Fenway Park, Boston Commons and we can even have a Tea Party if you want. Oh, scratch that, it's been done! Why don't we just go for our #WednesdayWalk instead? Get acquainted with the neighborhood and see if we can find anything of interest on our way.
FULL DISCLOSURE! NOT ALL OF THE COBBLESTONES ARE LEVEL OR EVENLY SPACED... OR, WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE. WATCH YOUR FEET.
Music can be heard, throughout the streets of Boston, on street corners, near the T stations or while you are walking through the Commons. So very soothing to the soul.
As an aside, the subways in Boston are run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or MBTA. The logo is a large "T" in a circle, and over time, people referred to it as the"T"
The outdoor chess scene in Boston is alive and well! There are really four places that you can find a ChessMate (Oh, excuse the pun!) at any given time, Quincy Market, South Station and Christopher Columbus Park, which is actually in the North End and Harvard Square. This is at Quincy Market and there are always onlookers. Hey! I was one of them.
I think we are going to Quincy Market for #MarketFriday, stay tuned!
Walking down to "The Common" as Boston Common is called is a short walk and there is so much that I didn't show you, because if I did, we would never get done with our walk. Boston Common is America's oldest public park having been established in 1634. Remember, we haven't been around long. Everything is green and blooming. Oh, I fought the urge to spend the day here, with a blanket on the lawn, inhaling the beauty of the day.
The fountain was a gift to the city by Gardner Brewer, which began to function for the first time on June 3, 1868. It is a copy, in bronze, of a fountain designed by French artist Liénard [Jean Auguste Edouard Liénard, most likely]. The fountain was sculpted for the Paris World's Fair of 1855 [Exposition Universelle de 1855], where it was awarded a gold medal.
I forgot that The Boston Irish Famine Memorial in this small little park, on a plaza between Washington Street and School Street. There is so much to see on this block. We will have to revisit this. There are actually two sets of statues, one of an Irish family during the Great Famine and this one, of a more prosperous family that had chosen to emigrate to America. The Potato Famine was 1845-1852
¸.♥´¸.•♥*¨) Let the sun shine in on your life
So the joy may touch your soul
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And just like that, our walk is over! I hope you enjoyed wandering the streets of Boston today on this #WednesdayWalk, and, I can say that there will be more coming. There is always more. Boston is not huge, but, it is packed with wonderfulness. Just you wait and see. As always, I wish you all an amazing day and thank you for coming along on this walk with me.
Thank you for visiting my post 💖 Because of you, I come back to post again and again, I am encouraged by you, for the time you take to visit, comment or even upvote. For all of these reasons, I am eternally grateful. Don't ever forget what a wonderful world we live in, people. Let's hold hands around the globe and make this earth really spin. Some days, it is not as easy to see, how wonderful it really is. Kindness counts. Wherever you go, whatever you do.
they set my aunts house on fire
i cried the way women on tv do
folding at the middle
like a five pound note.
i called the boy who use to love me
tried to ‘okay’ my voice
i said hello
he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?
i’ve been praying,
and these are what my prayers look like;
dear god
i come from two countries
one is thirsty
the other is on fire
both need water.
later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered,
"where does it hurt?"
it answered,
"everywhere"
"everywhere"
"everywhere"
warsan shire
