Massachusetts

Massachusetts **
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By:K.A.B.


 * History:**

Massachusetts is known as " The Bay State". (which is its nickname) The states motto is " by the word we speek peace, but peace only under liberty". Massachusetts is the 6th state and it applied for statehood in February 6, 1778! Its state bird is the wonderful Black-capped Chickadee. Massachusett's state flower is the Mayflower. That is a little backround knowlege about the state. There are many diffrent historical events in Massachusetts. One of the events is the pilgrims landing in Plymouth. The pilgrims landed in Cape Cod in 1620. They came from England and Spain because of there believes. Another historical event is the " first thanksgiving". It was autumn of 1621 that the pilgrims had a harvest and celebrated. They did this because they wanted to celebrate that they made it safley and that the colony was running well. Also, it was a celebration to thank God because they believed that he got them there safley! At the thanksgiving feast they had turkeys, deer, and any other berries or wild animals they could find. Also, the indians came to the feast with some deer and other things they trapped or killed. Another important event is in 1653. That is when the first American public library was founded in Boston. Another historical event is in 1675-1676 was the war between the Indians and the settlers. What started the war was that the Indians were upset because the pilgirms or settlers keep taking there land. Also, they were mad because the settlers where limiting there food and resources and also desturbing where the indains lived. Next, the Boston Tea Party was a very important event for Massachusetts. On the day of Decemeber 16, 1773, the indians emptied 342 chests of tea into the harbor. American colonist had 3 ships full of tea and the indians emptied all of it in the water (of the bay). My week with my family is very full! Here are some of the things we are doing or going to be seeing. My family and I are going to the black heritage trail 19th century African American community trail. Also, we are going to climb up the stairs of 2 diffrent light houses and after that we will have a picnick at a local public park or trail. Next we will go and see our favorite team of all time the Boston Celtics! They will be playing Los Angles. Then, we will go to the museum of Fine Arts in Boston. After all that walking we will need a day of playing in the snow. We will go skiing at the Blue Hills Ski Area. Those are some fun events my family and I are going to be doing in Massachusetts!


 * II itinerary**

Thursday, December 24, 2009 - Today my family and I will be driving all the way to Massachusetts. Once I arrive there, I will be checkingb in my hotel which is in Boston Massachusetts. Since we are going to be driving the whole day, we won't have any time to do any activites besides the ones at the hotel! I can't wait for the smell of the beach and the history of Massachusetts!

Friday, December 25, 2009 - Massachusetts (Boston) It is Christmas, so today we will go and visite friends in Boston after we open our presents. We will go and have a Christmas dinner with them at around 1:00 PM. After we eat, we will play at there house for a little and come back to the hotel around 4:30 PM. Since there is not anything open on this day, my family will all go and eat dinner at the hotel and take a dip in the pool. After that long day, it will be time to go to sleep!

Saturday, December 26, 2009 - Boston Today we will be going to eat lunch in our hotel room. After we shower up and get ready for the day, we will go to the Musuem Of Fine Arts in Huntington Massachusetts. ( 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston). We will stay there for about 2 hours and then go out to lunch wherever we all diciede on. After lunch we will go to the beach ( even know we can't swimm) and play in the sand. We also brought soccer balls and other items to play with on the beach, so we will have a fun family time. Since it will be so cold at the beach we will go to Starbucks and have some coffee and hot chocolate. By then it will be around 3:00 PM. So we will go back to our hotel, and nap, untill dinner. Which we will eat at a lobster and crap resterunt! YUMMY I can't wait!

Sunday December 27, 2009 - Boston Today is a new day! The plans for today are to go to the Boston Celtics game! Since only my brother and my dad have a celtics jursey, my family and I are going to go all out and by all the celtics clothes we can find. Well maybe not all we can find but we will each have a shirt (atleast). To get our outfits we will go to the mall and find a store were they have the clothes we are looking for. Then we will eat lunch in the court yard of the mall. After stuffing our tummies with the yummy greasey food, we will go and visite my dad's friends from when he was little becacause he grew up there. So by the time we get there it will be around 3:00 PM. The Basketball game starts at 9:30PM so we will eat dinner at my dad's friends house and then drive off to the game at 7 :00 because there probobly will be traffic. And plus, when we get there we will want to be able to find our seat and look around the urennia. The game wont end untill really late so we will just go back to the hotel after the game.

Monday December 28,2009-Boston We will be so tired form all that screaming and cheering on the celtics, that we will sleep in probobly. So for breakfast we will again just eat in our hotel room ( we will eat all the food we brought). And then we will all get ready for the day because we are going to see 1 lighthouse and then having a picnic at one of the trails near the light houses. the lighthouse that we are visting is called the highland light house which is the oldest lighthouse in america and the scituate lighthouse and its the oldest in U.s. they are both in cape cod massaschusetts. After that we will have a picnic at the rail trail and have a yummy sandwhich. Then the rest of the plans for that day is to walk a little bit on the trail and go home for a nap. Then we will go out for a nice dinner and the resterant were you have to dress up fancey! And back to the hotel for another good nigh sleep. ( we might go swimming when we get back, it depends how tired we are).

Tuesday December 29, 2009 - Boston Today we will be skiing at Blue Hills ski area. I cant wait for a snowy long day! Before we leave we have to pack lunches because we are not buying any! But for breakfast our friends are bringing over some food they made and we are eating somewhere in the hotel together. We will leave for the skiing place at 10:00. We will stay there for a long time probobly until around 3:00 and then leave. that is what we will do that day!

Wednesday December 30, 2009 - Boston Finally some history. Today we are going to the black haritige center. I can't wait to learn about what those people did. We are going to leave at 12:00 and get back at 2:00. Then we are going to get food at a walmart and cook it in our hotel or buy it already made! After that my dad is getting his wife a spa arrangement so we will just stay with my dad at that time and go swimming. We have to go to bed early though because the next day we wake up early to leave!

Thursday December 31,2009 - Boston We had a long week! So today will be the day we will leave. We will stop by our friends house on the way home and say bye to them and then head home. We will stop to eat lunch and dinner. Also, we will probobly have to stop to get gas and to go to the bathroom! After we get home, we will go to sleep and dream about the wonderful vacation we had!

[|Directions to my hotel] [|Directions to my first hotel]
 * Travel Plans**


 * Hotel Infomation:**

Accommodations-

Hotel Accommodations to my first hotel 1. pool 2. hot tub 3. dry cleaning / laundry 4. parking 5. Interior corridors

Hotel Accommodations to my second hotel: 1. Gym 2. Swimming pool 3. resterant on site 4.golf cource 5. room service 6. high speed internet 7.pets allowed

My first hotel info- Adress- 550 Winter Street Walthham Massachusetts 02415 Telephone Number- 888 travelocity Cost Per Night- $ 89.10

My second hotel info: Adress- 37 Forbes Road Braintree Massachusetts 02184 Telephone Number- 888 - travelocity Cost Per Night- $462.20

1. Clean up rooms 2. pack bags 3. do laundrey 4. clean out fridge so nothing spoils 5. wash dishes so it doesn't rot or get moldy 6. feed fish 7. vacume floors 8. close windows and shades. 9. lock doors 10. go to the bank and get money
 * Pre Trip Planning**



Gas$159.00 Hotel- $ 712.80 Food- 1080.00 Entertainment $550.00 Shopping- $100.00 Miscellaneous- $ 50.00 Total- 2,615.80
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