From Beantown to P-Town

Before Boston we had to make a stop for the kids, the Soccer Hall of Fame. Mike and I sacrificed and passed Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame. We did drive through the town and were surprised that the Hall didn’t have a line. Maybe that’s only when a player is inducted?

Anyway, the Soccer Hall of Fame didn’t disappoint anyone. We saw lots of soccer footage and hands on activities for the soccer aficionados. There was even one activity that clocked kicks. The pro’s kick average at 50 mph and Sabrina’s were around 35mph.

The museum had a lot of women’s soccer paraphernalia, which was inspiring to Sabrina. Gabriel and Sabrina decided that they’d like to have their birthday parties at the Hall! We all learned a lot more about the sport we spend our fall, spring and summers enjoying.

As we parked the car in the garage to catch the T in Boston Gabriel spotted a Minnesota license plate. We walked over to the guy getting out of the car and mentioned we are also from Minnesota. The guy said the car was a rental but he was going to be going to Minnesota shortly. He dispelled all East coast stereotypes, he was so friendly! He was upset when he couldn’t give us a personal tour of his city. However, he did give us some good ideas for touring Boston.




Our first day of school was spent learning American History on the Freedom Trail. Of course lunch included bowls of clam chowder and lobster bisque. Since the kids were great historians we treated ourselves to dinner in the North End and gelato and cannoli’s at Mike’s pastry.

I learned that the Boston Massacre wasn’t really a massacre~ Sabrina

Paul Revere didn’t say, “The British are coming!” All colonists were British. Instead he yelled, “The Regulars are coming!” ~ Gabriel

We then moved onto the Cape and spent a few days in Provincetown, what a beautifully quaint city (with it’s own wild side). We are enjoying the calm Atlantic Ocean and it’s beautiful white sandy beaches.




Our science class for one day was a whale watch, which didn’t disappoint.
We saw four large Humpback whales and their calves.

The Humpback whales weigh over 4 tons and are endangered ~ Gabriel

The different colors in the ocean are from all the plankton, which the whales eat.
~ Sabrina

I learned that whales are one of the biggest animals. Dolphins are also part of the whale family. ~ Cecilia

A special history treat has been tracing the Fearing roots. We saw the town and church that the Fearing’s helped start in Hingham. The kids are wondering why the Fearing's ever left this location and moved to Minnesota. The beach, the harbor, beautiful weather, great food, what were they thinking?



We saw a church/meeting hall as it looked over 300 years ago. The closer to the pulpit that you sat the more prominent in the town you were. The Fearing’s were very close to the front, again why did they move? A local shared with us that families transfer their property for $1 to other family members otherwise its very expensive here, a mortgage payment as well as a payment to remodel the house. I guess Minnesota seems very affordable.

We’ve run into many New Englanders who’ve correctly made the assumption that we are democrats.