Renewing Old Ties

I just got back from a week's trip to Boston. My cousin, Rama and my brother-in-law, Vivek stay in a city near Boston called Sudbury with their two cute daughters - Sareena and Alyssa and Vivek's father. They have a beautiful house (literally in the middle of a forest - because around the place there are a lot of woods and they have frequent visitors in deer, coyotes, turkey etc.) We got there late on Friday night. So the saturday was dedicated to visiting the old city of Boston. It reminded us a lot of London and UK in general. I guess Boston is one of the very few places in this country to actually have a rich history. The best way to get a glimpse of Boston Downtown is to go on the Freedom Trail. This is a 3 mile walking tour which starts at the Boston Common and ends at the Bunker Hill. Of course, we never got to complete the 3 - mile tour for various reasons. The trail is marked by red bricks all along the pavement of the route and at times it is a red line so you just follow the trail and look around all the places of interest.
The following day was something we were really looking forward to - Skiing! We went to the Wachusett mountain - about 40 minutes drive. It was my first time at a snow mountain and I was being readied for it all the way - with special instructions from my nieces who had attended a class once before.