The night we arrived in Boston we went candlepin bowling with Jeff and Laura. The pins are thinner and the ball is smaller than in regular bowling.
In candlepin bowling you get three balls each round instead of two. The pins aren't cleared from the floor until you are completely done with your turn. This way you can knock a pin that is already down and it might hit another pin down. The ball is smaller and it does not have holes in it. At first I had trouble holding the ball because it is just slightly bigger than my hand, but I got used to it.
A strike is still getting all of the pins down with the first ball. A spare is only counted if it is done with the second ball. If you get all of the pins down with the third ball, you will still get the 10 points but no additional points from your next throw.
The pictures aren't the greatest because it was fairly dark inside the bowling alley and I used my camera instead of Mark's. Click HERE to see the slideshow.