Blogs from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 9

Day 3. A damp start to the morning, caught the trolley bus to the Boston Tea Party, great fun & very interesting. Although the rain had stopped, still a very chilly wind, hoped back on the bus up to the Bunker Hill memorial, from where we walked the Freedom Trail all the way back to Boston Common.... read more

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Took us around 5 hours to drive up to Boston - quite an easy drive and found our apartment easily. We are in North End (which is called little Italy) where Paul Revere lived... a very busy bustling area... within 200 metres of 87 restaurants, bars, salumieris, Italy groceries... love it!!! Lots of Mom and Pop stores!! Such a great spot... tiny little apartment but 2 bed and 2 bath. Also about 200 metres to the waterfront in the other direction. Went for a lazy casual dinner and a couple of beers at the Boston Sail Loft on the waterfront.. then back for an early night. Woke early but we are all still with aching muscles, calves after our hectic time in New York. First things first down to a lovely Italian place for breaky and ... read more

Day 1 The crack of noon. That’s when Sean and I departed for parts unknown, the longest journey we had attempted with our bicycles. I would have loved to leave earlier, but a combination of having to work the evening before, the completion of my summer semester, and putting the final touches on trip planning made waking up early kind of impractical. Plus Sean was having an issue with his front wheel and needed to have it looked at by a bike mechanic before leaving. Yeah…that was the real reason we started out so late. My dad dropped me off in Longueil, on the south shore, which was our meet up point. I set up the gear on my bike. We were both traveling extremely light. I had a tent, down sleeping bag, compact stove, basic ... read more

The main reason for the boat and crew to be up in Boston, MA was to be there for the 4th of July. The Boss thought it would be fun to watch a Red Sox game the day before and he booked a private perch and took the family and included the crew. We got a tour of the stadium, a historic run, every one got a had lunch box and alcoholic drinks. It was $2000 for 10 people plus $200 per extra person to hire the perch with a personal bartender for 4 hr and a half. We were really there for the atmosphere and to have fun not really to watch the game. Personally, I don’t know anything about American games, never the less “Baseball”. But I anticipated the fun to catching some action ... read more