On the trail of freedom

Greetings from beautiful, historic Boston! 

Wow has this been a day. We started off leaving LAX at 11:00P last night, laid over for a mere 20 minutes in Chicago at 5:00 in the morning, landed in Boston at 9:30A, and arrived at our hotel at 10:00A, where we proceeded to drop our bags, then spent the whole day exploring the city on foot. It was a grueling day to be sure, but well worth pushing through sheer exhaustion to accomplish what we did. 

I won't go into much detail now, but I will say that the highlights of Boston for me were: 

1. Taking a guided walking tour of the Freedom Trail and leaning about the foundations of American history on the sites where they actually happened. 
2. Getting to visit the two oldest pubs in the US. 
3. The clam "chowdah", best in the world! 

The last 18 hours have been a fun and much-needed break from the stress of work, packing, and moving. I think I'll probably sleep better tonight than I have in weeks, partially because I'm utterly exhausted from an active day on almost no sleep, but also because I'm in a far better place mentally and emotionally thanks to this little respite.

Boston is one hell of a town, and I'm already looking forward to when I can make my way back here to stay a bit longer!