Boston

Day 54

As most of you know I was meeting my cousin Suzanne in Boston.  In 2 days she has shown us around and we have seen so much including out of the way things you wouldn’t see if you stayed here for weeks.  Boston is a great city and you can see so much of it just by walking.

Suzanne lives right in the centre of the city next to the State House and our hotel is only a couple of minutes from there.  We started with the Granary, a famous graveyard for people like John Hancock,  Samual Adams, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklins parents -  so much history.  From there we walked the Freedom Trail, the Boston Common, the Public Gardens, went for a ride in the famous Swan Boats and saw the Make Way for Ducklings statues.   

We stopped to eat at the Cheers Bar and they had really good food.  We had a great clam chowder.  After that we went for a walk down Newbury Street to look at the shops and visited the Mapparium which is a very cool place where you stand inside a globe.   We felt a bit homesick when we looked at Australia.  The acoustics are such that you could whisper at one side and hear it as clear as a bell on the other.

We finished the day with drinks at the Top of the Hub which is 52 floors high and you can see most of Boston.  We then walked home – not bad for day one. 

We started the next day with Suzanne’s favourite 5klm walk beside the river, over the bridge past the sailing boats and  came back over another bridge.  The views were stunning – and she does this regularly.  From there we went for a tour of Fenway Park home of the Red Socks – Babe Ruth played here before being sold to the New York Yankees.  Big mistake – they didn’t win again for about 86 years.

In the afternoon we went on Bostons Famous Duck Tour where we had a narrated drive around the city (much of which Suzanne had already told us) and then drove into the river for a loop around for up close views of the bridges, river banks and ducks.  The driver was very entertaining so it was a great tour. 

Later we headed to the river front for a walk around and also visited the Old North Church where in 1775 Paul Reveres’ signal lanterns warned the country of the march of the British troops to Lexington and Concorde. There is a statue of him erected there and a little walk from there was his original house.

We have fitted so much in such a short time - but having a great time.