Concord is what I see when I dream of New England
Just a week and a half has passed and here I am, back in Boston! This time it is a vacation with The Amazing Ms. D. Truthfully this is the first time i have been to Beantown on vacation in several years and I am looking forward to it. On the way in we decided to stop in the historic town of Concord MA. That is - as in the Battle of Lexington and Concord(1775), you know Paul Revere and all that. Concord is a lovely town that looks exactly like what I see when I think of a New England town, with all of the colonial touches there and none of reinactors (take that Williamsburg). It has the white clapboard churches and brick front houses. Shops to look in on, food to eat and a fantastic bookstore. The commercial center of Concord is small, about 6-8 square blocks, and can be easily seen in 1-2 hours (more if you if eat or spend a lot time in the stores. There are also several historic buildings/museums nearby and of course the Minute Man National Historic Park is just 4 miles...