Music & the Esplanade

During our long walk, we crossed the Arthur Fiedler bridge to the Esplanade (a park), and I learned a little bit about this guy. He conducted the Boston Pops for 50 years, and he established the tradition of free Boston Pops concerts for the public during the summers in Boston. That tradition continues today.

On the other side of the bridge, we found Arthur Fiedler, himself!


We continued walking and found the Hatch Shell, where the Boston Pops concerts are in the summer time. I read that there is a HUGE July 4th celebration here with fireworks being shot off over the river to the orchestration of the Boston Pops. That sounds incredibly fun to me! (Maybe I'll go one year!)


Names of composers line the front of the shell.


Then we walked to the river and rested a bit.

Quotes were imbedded in the concrete at the base of the benches.

We watched ducks, a guy fishing, sailboats, and people in kayaks on the Charles River.

Kelly

It was definitely time for a break in our walk!

We ended up doing all this walking because this was plan B, since we couldn't get into the Museum of Fine Arts that day. I'm glad we were able to walk to the Esplanade and see all of this! I had a good time!