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Fountain fun in Boston

By Mara 6 Comments

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On a chilly January morning, it’s easy to forget how oppressively hot it was during our first night in Boston in the summer of 2011. It didn’t help that the air conditioning was broken in Giacomo’s, the North End restaurant where we had dinner (since it is an old favorite of Matt’s and mine, we toughed it out). Happily, on our walk back to the hotel, I was able to set the boys loose in the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, which stretches like a necklace of parks from Chinatown to the North End sitting miraculously on the site of what was once an elevated highway. Serendipitous moments like these are among my favorite reasons to travel with kids.

Are you considering a spring break or summer family vacation in Boston? If so, I hope you’ll return next week because I’ll be finishing up the story of our trip there last year – I realized recently that I really only got about halfway through the things we saw and did.

For Photo Friday at Delicious Baby.

Want more information on visiting Boston with kids? Check out these posts:

  • Marriott’s Custom House: A family-friendly Boston hotel
  • Giacomo’s: A great Boston restaurant for families
  • Museum of Science in Boston: Fun enough for a day and then some
  • Family fun at Fenway
  • Breakfast and books in Beantown
  • Walking the Freedom Trail with kids
  • A lesson in history at the Old South Meeting House
  • Petting sharks at the New England Aquarium
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  1. Sonja says

    January 20, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    Love those random moments too. Always memorable.

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  2. Steve says

    January 20, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    Looks like a fun place to play, especially if you’re coming from somwhere with broken air conditioning.
    Looking forward to next week, as we do happen to plan on being in the Boston area this summer.

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  3. Lisa says

    January 20, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    That looks like so much fun! I can’t keep Emma out of fountains like that – she loves to get soaked. Looking forward to the rest of your posts about Boston. I have wanted to go to Boston for such a long time but we have never been able to fit it in for a long weekend when the weather is good – every year I think, maybe this year!

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  4. Jessica says

    January 21, 2012 at 12:08 am

    We are planning to go Boston this fall. Can’t wait to see the rest of your report, so I can add it to my notes.

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  5. Mara says

    January 21, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Glad to hear so many of you are planning trips to Boston! I will be writing about our tour of Fenway, the New England Aquarium, and the Freedom Trail among other things.

    Reply
  6. Vera Marie Badertscher says

    January 21, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Looks like so much fun, and yes, it is hard to remember back to heat-filled summer. But these remind me of Millenium Park in Chicago. Have you and the boys been there? And I think there are some in a building at Navy Pier, too.

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