{"id":2490,"date":"2024-08-05T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/spilling-the-tea\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:10:00","slug":"spilling-the-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/spilling-the-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Spilling the tea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here we are in a city we have never been. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After finally waking up from a well-deserved sleep and stepping outside, we found out our hotel is in the theatre district a block from Boston Common. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the opposite corner of the park was a bar that <em>inspired<\/em> a TV show that now inspires a bunch of people to drink to their memories of a stage set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheers to the start of a fun day in Boston being tourists. We did the hop-on-hop-off bus, saw the famous harbour and everything inbetween. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a beautiful day, and after a \u2018start of a new tradition\u2019 dinner, slept very well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1490-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1490\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boston Common, the oldest city park in the United States.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Common\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Common<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1491-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1491\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Central Burying Ground<\/em><br><br><em>Central Burying Ground was established in 1756 as Boston&#8217;s 4th graveyard. Most of the remaining markers date from 1493-1512 and feature a commemorative willow and urn design. The 1836 granite tomb holds those disturbed during the widening of Boylston Street and a mass grave holds hundreds exhumed during the construction of the subway in 1895.<\/em><br><br><em>The cemetery serves as a final resting place for the painter Gilbert Stuart, America&#8217;s first composer, revolutionary soldiers, and foreigners who died while in Boston.<\/em><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1492-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1492\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1493-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1493\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">They did NOT know my name!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1494-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1494\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1495-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1495\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1496-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1496\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two dorks on a tourist bus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1497-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1497\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1498-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1498\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1499-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1500-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1500\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1501-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1501\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1502-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1502\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1503-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1503\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1504-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1504\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1505-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1505\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Does not look like tea and we are still getting taxed. <br>Want a refund!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1506-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1506\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1507-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1507\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our gregarious tour narrator, Chris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1508-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1508\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1509-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1509\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1510-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1510\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1511-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1511\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1512-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1512\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Dyer, Quaker, staring at a bunny. It is not even quaking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1513-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1513\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1514-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1514\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Theater in Boston is almost 200 years old. The first theater was a stage built in a barn on Haw-ley Street (behind Filene&#8217;s) in 1494. To disguise the nature of the productions &#8211; plays were still banned in Boston &#8211; the presentations were called &#8220;moral lectures.&#8221;<\/em><br><br><em>John Hancock, then Governor, closed this stage, but within two years, Boston got a permanent theater on Federal Street.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1515-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1515\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1516-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1516\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Which way to the rooftop bar?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.monkeydads.com\/2024-paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/images-posts\/1517-spilling-the-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1517\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dinner at a Thai restaurant to start a new tradition: Last meal of the current trip should be something of the next trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are in a city we have never been. 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