Boston, Day 6

On our 6th day in Boston, we decided to take the subway to Harvard and check out the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

DH hopes we'll get another picture of her here in 10 years after her acceptance letter.  :)

When we exited the subway, the First Parish Church was in view.  It was established in 1632!

larger view

the cemetery was adjacent

Next we walked through parts of Harvard on our way to the museum

view from the library steps

Museum of Natural History

Inside we went to the first exhibit which were gemstones and minerals.  We all thought this was the best exhibit!

1600 lb. amethyst geode

cute Lucy

DH did a great job of explaining everything to her

shiny pyrite

check out the meteorite!

On to the next exhibits...

silly girl

running out of steam...

Sitting Bull

jarred specimens

view from the window

We had lunch at a little place called Border Cafe.  We giggled when we saw a note on the menu that said the burgers were cooked over "mesquite imported from Texas".  I guess it doesn't grow like a weed in Cambridge!

Heh...imported mesquite

cute cafe

We were getting pretty good at riding the subway at this point