For whatever reason, though I'd been to Boston two other times on tour, I'd never visited the capitol building. Shame on me!
That was happily rectified this visit. We arrived in Boston around 2:30 on Friday afternoon, and as this would be our only time to visit the capitol (having FOUR shows the next day and THREE on Sunday), we hustled over there to take the last 3pm tour. While I'd been by the capitol on the other visits, I never went inside. It is beautiful!
It was soured by a large group of demonstrators within the capitol building who were chanting and screaming about climate change. I'm all for their right to protest, etc., but it was TERRIBLY annoying and INCREDIBLY loud. I couldn't hear what the tour guide was saying, and so I just casually wandered behind the group and took the pictures that I wanted, doing my best to ignore the teenagers who had SKIPPED SCHOOL to scream in the capitol building.
An enormous painting of Abraham Lincoln; our tour guide said that the reason he has his hand behind his back is because painters were paid by appendage, it would cost more if you had to paint two arms and two hands, hence the phrase "it'll cost an arm and a leg"--
Here's a few shots from my hotel room--looking north toward the capitol and the Boston Commons (outdoor park) and the pretty church--
And now to the theater, where we'd played each time we were in Boston--the Shubert Theatre which looks very similar to the one in New Haven, CT--
We got to spend 3 days in Boston--but Saturday and Sunday were filled with shows, as I said, so I didn't get to do much. Eight shows in 3 days is a lot; considering that Broadway shows are 8 shows a week. Whatever.
I was able to look forward to having a free day in Joliet/Chicago, so that got me through the tough days in Boston.
Joliet, IL is next! Pictures coming soon.
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