Boston

Our last mini break out of New York was to Boston, home to Samuel Adams (one of the Founding Fathers), the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Red Sox and the Cheers bar!

We arrived around lunch time after a very pleasant bus ride, which included wifi (thank you Megabus!) and got straight into the sightseeing.  The harbour was littered with trolley bus tour companies trying to bully people into buying their tours.  We walked over to one such counter to chat to a ginger haired woman who was surprisingly helpful and upbeat (despite being ginger).  She obviously recommended her tour but told us to check out the map and decide whether we thought it was worthwhile.  After examining the map we soon realised that the place was small enough to walk around and we wouldn’t really need someone to take us around.

Boston Harbour

We headed off in the direction of the North End, which also happened to be Little Italy.  We managed to stumble across some historic sights without even trying such as the church where they hung lanterns to Paul Revere would know the British troops were coming to claim what was rightfully theirs.

Statue of Paul Revere

The church where they signalled to Paul Revere that the British were coming.

Marc trying to figure out where we are meant to go next.

We then wandered back towards the harbour and stopped off at Faneuil Market and Quincy Market which are pretty much just small shopping centres and food courts but set up in more of a cute way.  We had a look at some of the stores and grabbed a drink at one of the many Irish bars in the area.  For dinner we decided to try some of the seafood everyone was bragging about and headed to the Barking Crab for lobster and crab legs!

Marc getting a little too gropey with the Boston Red Sox mascot.

My head looks much larger than normal in this shot.

After dinner we went to check in to our accommodation for the night, which happened to be on a working tall ship!  We met some of the other guests and all decided to head out for a few drinks to get to know each other.

The next day was Harvard day.  Marc and I navigated our way around the Boston public transport system (which was very easy and efficient) and went over to Cambridge for a Harvard Campus Walking Tour.

The next day we finished off our Boston self guided walking tour by checking out the USS Constitution, an old Navy Tall Ship that has been restored and maintained for the general public. 

Our last tourist stop before heading back to New York was the Cheers Bar – a Boston must.  While the food was lousy the novelty factor was through the roof!