Boston Photo Gallery 2

The Boston Photo Gallery 2 has photos of Boston neighborhoods. Boston's Little Italy is featured, along with a few shots in other areas. I LOVED Little Italy!

Little Italy

A signpost in Little Italy. It points the direction to Rome, Milan, etc.

We took a walking tour of Little Italy focusing on the food and what to look for in the markets. The Boston North End Market Tour was very informative and entertaining (and delicious - lots of tastings along the way!). I highly recommend it.

This is a lovely garden outside of one of the many churches in Little Italy. Several statues are obscured by the flowers in this photo, but I loved the statue of Mary and the lamb. Really pretty, and peaceful.

We were there during the Feast of St. Anthony - in the early evening, a statue of St. Anthony is paraded through the streets, decorated with money, and accompanied by musicians. The streets were decorated with lots of lights, and the place was so vibrant in the evening.

Parkway Over the Big Dig

Part of the reason Little Italy is so distinctive is that it was cut off from the rest of the city for many years, by a freeway that divided the town. Part of the freeway was recently put underground (the "Big Dig"), and a lovely parkway now sits over the road.

There are fountains and this very shallow "pool", which the kids were enjoying after the St. Anthony festivities.

Fun Photos!

I went on this trip with a group from my sister-in-law's gourmet club. They had heard that Boston's Flour Bakery had the best sticky buns, so of course we had to try them! It took two visits to the bakery (it opens at 8 am on Saturdays, and by 9 they were sold out! We had to order in advance for Sunday morning!) - but these are the only sticky buns that I can honestly say rival those of my mother!

This one is just for fun! I saw this car (with hotel logo) parked outside of the Colonnade hotel - I hope that's not the hotel shuttle!

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