Day 6: Museum of Fine Arts

Friday started off with coffee at a local coffee shop:We then hopped the T with the intent of going to the Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy museum. We hadn't brought our guidebook along and were relying on memory as to how to find this place, so it took a little more time than expected. Finally, we knew we were in the right place:
The Mapparium was very interesting, though we weren't allowed to take any pictures. It's a giant glass globe that you can walk inside! The acoustics are such that you can hear whispers across the room as though the person was talking to you.

We had an appointment at one at the Museum of Fine Arts, which left us just enough time for a quick lunch:
And then on to the Museum of Fine Arts:
The son of a friend is an artist who works at the MFA. Although he was very busy preparing to open the new wing of the museum, he took time out to take Brian and me on a tour, telling us interesting anecdotes about several of the pieces. We were so happy that he did, as it made our trip that much more memorable and interesting. I will never look at mounts in the same way again!

Although I could have taken pictures, we left the camera in the coat room; as we were leaving, I asked Brian to take my picture in front of the nearest piece of art:
We walked around a park for a bit (right across the street from the MFA). Among other things, we saw this goose sitting on her nest:
We took the T back to the North End. This sign made me laugh every time we saw it:
We ate at a pizzeria on Salem Street. The pizzas were huge! We could have shared one:
We walked around a bit more; I bought a Boston Marathon T-shirt from Bill Rodgers's running store.

Then, we stopped at the Bell and Hand, which is possibly the 10th oldest bar in America, dating from 1795. Brian had a Sam Adams Boston Red Brick Ale, which is available only in the Boston area. I had a cider, which should be more available in America; sadly, it is not as popular a drink as I think it should be!
Walking home, we crossed a street that has some public art. Near the haymarket, an artist has installed some public art in the crosswalk of squashed garbage. This is near a market selling fruits and vegetables.
On Friday night, we saw some actual squashed fruit near the squashed fruit art:
I was across the street while taking this picture, but you can see the line forming outside of Mike's Pastry.
Another great day came to and end!