Nat's Zen Life: Boston Site Seeing With The Parents

So my parents are only here for a week. They have mostly been helping me unpack, settle into the new apartment and buy some big ticket items like a new desk, shelving units and of course, the first round of groceries (THANKS PARENTS!)

And now its my turn to give back-- by taking them where they want to go. And that means TOURS, lots of historical tours!

Tuesday-- A historical tour of HARVARD. We learn about the $27 billion Harvard sits on. About the famous alumni network that includes celebrities and presidents. We learn about fascinating people who have buildings on campus named after them. For example, the inventor of the Poloriod, was a harvard drop out and sponsored the science building.

Quick Facts: Harvard is over 400 years old, making it the first college established in the U.S.
Celebrity Alums include: Matt Damon, Conan O'Brien & Natalie Portman.
U.S. President alumni: John Adams, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

The statue of John Harvard aka as the Statue of Three Lies.

Lorenzo, our tour guide, talking to us in Harvard Yard

Wednesday-- The SAM ADAMS brewery tour (dont think this counts as historical, but is a tour none the less). Parents learned about the 4 main ingredients in beer: Yeast, Malted Barley, Hops and ? Can you guess the last one?

Thursday-- BOSTON City and FREEDOM TRAIL TOUR. Our tour guy takes on a character who lived in the 1700s and tells us his story of Boston. He shows us around Boston Commons, the oldest park in the US, the first public school and church, the site of the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party and tells us of the life of Boston's famous citizens: John Hancock, John Adams, Sam Adams, and Benjamin Franklin. Dad was stoked! He is quite the history buff. And our tour guide relived it for us each step of the two and a half hour tour.