Boston

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Boston: Today we arrived in Boston at 7:15 a.m. and as we left at 4:00 p.m. we tried to cram in as many sights as possible, one way to do this was to catch the hop on hop off trolley bus, which took us to a number of historic sights such as the U.S.S. Constitution, Bull and Finch Pub Boston Common America’s first public park dating back to 1634, and Boston’s north end home to little Italy, one of the oldest Italian neighbourhoods in America.
From there we went to Fenway Park home of the Boston Red Sox, this is one of the baseball parks where Babe Ruth played, the game is so popular here that every home game since May 15 2003 has been sold out. In 2008 the Red Sox sold out its 456^th consecutive game breaking a Major League record. The tour of Fenway Park was great we even sat in the press box, and went past the private boxes which cost $250,000.00 per season, and there are 81 home games each year. Just outside Fenway Park there is a shell service station and as parking is at a premium, for each home game the owner can fit 92 cars in his station at a cost of $100.00 each, which is almost $750,000.00 he makes each year. Had lunch at Quincy Markets, very crowded saw some young rappers strutting their stuff, also very good. Went to the ships berths where the Boston Tea Party was held in 1775, had a cuppa bought some souvenirs and them made our way back to the ship, ready for our 4:00 p.m. departure, all in all a good day we love Boston.

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Photos

Fenway Park
Home of the Boston Red Sox, the ground is being prepared for a game of soccer against Liverpool who they are playing we did not ask

Outside Fenway Park
The world series pennants are flying in the background.

Cheers Pub
Photo with Norm, he hasn't changed a bit.

Boston Tea Party
Replica of one the ships from where they threw all the tea in the harbour rebelling against having to pay King George the "Tea Tax"