Friday, April 2, 2010

bean Town..day ONE part II....

Since we were a short subway ride over to the Science Museum where the Duck tours departed from. We decided to skip the South end of Freedom Trail and do the Duck tour instead. The Duck Tours are amphibious World War II vehicles that drive you around the city and point out all the interesting and historical spots in and out of the water.


We arrived at 3 and the next tour was not leaving until 4:30...BUMMER. Well we were there and we might as well just wait and do the TOUR already. So we bought our tickets and spent the next hour or so in the museum gift shop, in the bathrooms, on the steps that are like the piano in the Tom Hanks movie Big, outside jumping off curbs...that 1 1/2 hours seemed like an eternity!

I really dread the stores in museums, especially the rock table that everyone and there brother runs their slimy, grimy paws through and my kids are not excluded in that. I usually stand near by with the wetwipes an the ready. I do have to say we have found some good books and educational nic-nacs in museum stores. And on this day is was a good time passer.



But before we new it were getting put on our boat/truck and our tour guide was none other than Johny Baggodonitz...a very knowledgeable old man, gave us all sorts of interesting facts about Bean Town. And let all the children drive the boat in the river, AND got us jammed up against another Duck Boat! Yikes, we all had to unload and reload on another boat.


Ah-yah...this was a very interesting moment. I was afraid we were going to have a mutiny against Johny Bag-O-donuts! We stood out there and froze our buns off. They (whoever they are) were emptying the river, so there was a very strong current. Our driver was afraid our older Duck Boat would not be able to go against the current so he called in a newer stronger boat. Making us then unload and reload, under the highway next to the train tracks...weird...NICE! Baggodonitz! Made for an interesting trip.
Each kiddo on the boat had the chance to drive the boat...giving Baggo a break.





By the time we were done with our Duck Boat Adventure...which by the way was well worth our time and money( aprox 30bucks a person X six!). We say the whole city and got the scoop on everything. Although it was chilly when we took the tour so the windows where down on the Duck and I did not get any pictures if the city. While we were moving.

Then we scooted back to Quincy Market to eat our dinner at Dugen-Park a very old supposedly authentic New England eatery. In it's original days I am sure it was awesome but unfortunately it has become a bit too commercialized. Our meal was tasty but overpriced. I would steer clear of the Quincy Market area for eating....too commercial and overpriced.