FRIDAY
We caught the ferry back to Boston, checked out the town, saw a Baseball game in a nice Irish Pub - the Beantown pub and then went shopping then out to a funky place in town for dinner!
SATURDAY
Freedom Walk
The touristy thing to do in Boston is to do the Freedom Walk of the town to see the sights. Was good... managed to do some shopping in Abercrombie and Fitch on the way as it was very hot and needed air conditioning shopping therapy to cool us down. There was a shop assistant as you walk through the door, probably all of 22 with no top on. Was very distracting as he looked like this picture.
Did you know the The Freedom Trail is:
a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites, every one an authentic American treasure. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1958. The Freedom Trail today is a unique collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship, and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and beyond.
Sign posts
Traffic Lights
In Boston they have similar traffic lights to New York, a white filled in dotted man to go and a red dotted man to stop, but some of them had counters to tell you how long you had left to cross the road. Funny that.
Memorial Garden
Part of the tour went past a Memorial Garden for those killed in the Afganistan and Iraq wars. War - What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! I went on the Anti-Iraq War in London with my friend Liz but did not manage to stop Britain going to war.
Memorial Garden - close up
We finished the tour at the Navy shipyards. Then headed out to party before going back the next day to New York.
Boston Navy shipyard
DAMON - You are a star taking my rather thick Abercrombie and Fitch sweatshirt and jogging pants... opps I am sounding American - I mean tracksuit bottoms home. (plus all the other bits I bought in NY)
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