Boston: Quincy Market

On Sunday morning we made our way to the Financial District to drop off our luggage at the Hilton Inn. Though it was difficult moving our luggage from one side of town to the other, it let us get familiar with parts of the city that we probably wouldn't have if we stayed in the same place the whole trip.

We made our way over to the pier to get a glimpse of the ocean. It was a perfect day, 70s and sunny and the ocean breeze only made it better. After wandering for a while, we ran into Quincy Market. It is an outdoor mall/market. There is a wide range of shops, ranging from American Eagle to specialty craft stores. The buildings at this place are hundreds of years old...history and shopping...who knew?

Quincy Market

Go Boston!

The food court in this place is amazing. It is set up almost like a flea market where you walk down a long row of quick service restaurants on both sides. They throw free samples at you and yell to get your attention. We opted for some mac n' cheese! I had the original and Luke had the Italian-style with grape tomatoes and pesto mixed in with the cheese and noodles.

This clam chowder was pretty good.

Our mac n' cheese lunch

A collage of what we saw at Quincy Market

After lunch, we made our way to East Boston to check out an apartment. I didn't take any pictures, but I don't think we will be living on that side of town. Though it is economical, it isn't the safest (though the apartment we looked at was on a pretty safe road, according to the police web site) and the apartment was no where close to the subway. We loved meeting the landlord, Kieran, though. He is from Ireland and seems like such a great landlord. We hope we can find one like him!