Big Fat Update

Sorry about the lack of updates... we have had internet access since we got here, but I haven't felt like posting. I have been Flickr blogging all along though, and Ron has been updating.

Vacation Day 1
Traffic is the theme ofthe day. If there was a traffic jam anywhere between Massachusetts and Philadelphia, we found it! The GPS we snagged from Ron's dad is a very useful gizmo!

Vacation Day 2
We walked and walked! We walked to the Mutter Museum, which was AWESOME! Then we walked and walked all over town. We saw (and smelled) Chinatown, wandered through the historic district, then staggerd back to our hotel.

Vacation Day 3
We visited Laurel Hill Cemetery in a very sketchy section of the city. Lovely cemetery, but Boston has better. I shot TONS of pictures here, which I will subject everyone to as soon as we get home. These photos aren't nearly as exciting as the ones I shot at The Eastern State Penitentiary though. We booked a private two-hour tour of this fabulous place. We decided to stay in Philly an extra day so we could go back and explore this wonderfully creepy place some more.

Vacation Day 4
Today we went to the Martin Guitar Factory and took a tour. The smell of all that wood was, in the words of Julie the Eastern State tour guide, AMAZING! I took more pictures, but sadly could not capture the wonderful smell with my camera. We had dinner in a restaurant that was in an old firehouse. Sadly they carried the firehouse theme all the way through to the fodd... it was pretty much charred to a crisp. And I am a firm believer that there is no such thing as a badly done potato, but I now stand corrected. The place had atmosphere in spades though, and they made a martini that got better with each sip.

Vacation Day 5
Tomorrow we plan on hitting the Rodin Museum, then heading out of town. We are heading North and exactly where has yet to be determined. Stay tuned! I will post again as soon as I can, or when we get home.

Cheers!