Komarnicki Kids

I think one of the best parts of our vacation was not having anything scheduled. Our daily lives are so scheduled now with Addison and Fischer, so it was nice to just go and do things as we felt like it. We did have our hotel reservations made for each city, and we had a couple restaurants in mind that we knew we wanted to try. In addition, we knew we were going to do the Harpoon Brewery tasting on Thursday, we just weren't sure if we'd do the 2:00 or 4:00 one... it just depended on how our day was going!

Thursday, we woke up and wanted to try a local diner type place for breakfast.  The concierge at our hotel recommended a pub that was close by. So, we gave it a try and it was a great suggestion!

After breakast we headed over to explore Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market.  Since the Market has so many food vendors, we were going to eat lunch there before heading to the brewery.  We walked around for awhile, and tried on some lobster hats and spent some time with the Cheers crowd.

By the time lunch time rolled around, we still weren't hungry because of our big breakfast (although Scott did try a bowl of chowder from one of the vendors). We decided to walk towards the Brewery and find something to eat along the way. We ended up at Legal Test Kitchen for lunch. Many people recommended Legal Seafood as somewhere to eat, so we thought it was neat to be able to try their test kitchen restaurant. Our food was delicious, and I especially loved eating more oysters!

After lunch, we walked along the water. The water was basically infested with jellyfish - I couldn't get over how many there were!

We knew we were getting close to the Harpoon Brewery because these were on the sidewalk...

Scott was getting excited!

We arrived early for the 2:00 tasting, so we spent some time looking at all the Harpoon merchandise. Scott bought a hat and proudly wore it during the tasting. Finally, we got our tasting glasses, and the fun began. It was an hour long tasting but there was no tour since it was during the week. In between samples, the guys would talk about the history of each beer that was on tap to taste and the history of the company. Total, there were 11 beers we could try. It was informative and fun!

Afterwards, we took a cab back to the hotel so we could take advantage of our hotel's indoor pool (which was really cold), steam room and deck. I had a great time relaxing in the sun - everyone kept saying how hot it was, but in my opinion, it was perfect!

For dinner, we went to Turner Fisheries so Scott could sample some of their award-winning chowder. I decided to have some too! It was good, but not the best we had during our trip. After that "appetizer" we headed to Chinatown, which was close to our hotel.  

We were full from dinner and tired from walking all day, so we decided to make it an early night. We were excited for our trip to Portland, Maine on Friday!