![]() So after arriving in Boston on Thursday, I trucked on down to the Boston Common – stopping only to mail something at a post office on Milk Street (not named after Harvey Milk) and to locate a CharlieCard (something I was grateful I did much later on when it allowed me through a turnstile that was not accepting CharlieTickets). I’ll try not to complain too much about the audio guide – but given my levels of frustration with it (and the Freedom Trail in general), I imagine you’ve not read the end of it. I felt gypped by the Freedom Trail Foundation and would never recommend any of their products – there are plenty of sources for free maps, including the National Park Service, that are also of higher quality. (3) Having started at the Freedom Trail information center, I then paid $3 for a poor (paper) quality map that barely withstood my wander this subsequently purchased map lacked information that was needed to complete the audio guided walk completely. (2) I did not get the “accompanying PDF map.” I did not realize it at the time, but the lack of a map ended up being annoying later. Some of the nightmare is because I just switched to an android device and do not know how to do it easily, while some of it was because the audio files were poorly named (the first 9 files lacked leading zeros) and lacked internal information like an album name and track numbering that mp3 programs could use to sort the files. Several bits of commentary here: (1) The download consisted only of 48 audio files thatwere a nightmare to get onto my mobile phone. There are two downloads included the audio tour mp3 and an accompanying PDF map of the Freedom Trail. Please check your bulk/junk mail as sometimes the eConfirmation gets sent to the wrong folder. You will receive an e-mail confirmation with instructions. Tour includes a scavenger hunt for children. It’s a great way to listen to history in your car, at home or in school. It’s a great way to walk the Freedom Trail on your own. Hear the arguments for freedom, representation, fair taxes and the principles that formed the backbone of our democracy. Walk at your own pace and visit the 16 original Freedom Trail sites and stroll into museums, burying grounds, churches, marketplaces, restaurants and pubs where brave Americans made plans to take on the world’s mightiest country. Listen to the tales of the lively and historic characters who fomented Revolution in 18th-century Boston. ![]() One of the most frustrating aspects was the Freedom Trail Audio Guide, which, as described on the website,ĭownload this MP3 file to take a walk into history. Overall, I am very happy that I have walked the Freedom Trail, but I was disappointed with a number of aspects of it, to the point where I would happily argue that the Freedom Trail Foundation needs to take a serious re-think of it and make some major modifications to it. ![]() As such, it was my top priority for Boston – and I completed it over the course of two days, breaking about halfway through after the Old State House. The Freedom Trail, which links together a number of important Revolutionary War sites, including Paul Revere’s home and Bunker Hill, came highly recommended by a number of friends and family members. I was recently in Boston as part of a trip to New England – this was an opportunity to, first, strengthen my case for having visited Massachusetts (It’s no longer the state that I have spent the least amount of time in that is now Arkansas) and, second, to walk the Freedom Trail.
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