Our last stop before returning to England was Boston. We drove the car back to the airport to return it, took the airport bus to the T underground, took the blue line to Bowduin and walked into the Beacon Hill district to find our next Airbnb. This was a studio apartment in a run down building and itself in need of lots of TLC. Not the kind of room you want to spend any time in. Boston is so expensive and this was a reasonable option within walking distance of all we wanted to see, so for a bed for 3 nights it sufficed. we did feel the owner was remiss though and obviously carelessly relying on the fact that people will take it as a cheaper option - not the spirit of Airbnb though and the shenanigans about its location and where to pick up the key (from a key safe attached to a tree fence around the corner from the apartment?!) led us to believe this host was only concerned with making money.
However Beantown proved to be an interesting, not too busy delight. We walked the Freedom Trail, going over our school history lessons about the Tea Party and Paul Revere and we visited the USS Constitution and heard from a guide how they conquered our ship HMS Guerriere in the war of 1812, where one of our cannonballs apparently bounced off her side earning her the nickname Old Ironsides.
We loved the red brick sidewalks, tall elegant town houses and the dark gaslit streets of old Boston and tried oysters and seafood at Legal on the waterside, watched athletic street entertainers jump over 3 of their audience at Faneuil/Quincy Market, had a drink in an Irish pub Emmetts and lunch in the Green Dragon where once Paul Revere plotted with his fellow patriots in the 1700s. I even found the 'make way for ducklings' sculpture that I had read about at the Eric Carle museum in Amherst. A beautifully illustrated children's book from the 40s, the starring ducklings have been brought to 3D life here and it was obvious that small children loved them.
We were sad to leave the USA, we've seen so much and enjoyed all our stops. Sleaze and elegance side by side in NYC and NO, peace and beauty in the mountains and lakes, fabulous people who are so friendly and open and willing to help - all laid back and easy. It's a great country, let's hope it gets the 'right' president! ?????
However Beantown proved to be an interesting, not too busy delight. We walked the Freedom Trail, going over our school history lessons about the Tea Party and Paul Revere and we visited the USS Constitution and heard from a guide how they conquered our ship HMS Guerriere in the war of 1812, where one of our cannonballs apparently bounced off her side earning her the nickname Old Ironsides.
We loved the red brick sidewalks, tall elegant town houses and the dark gaslit streets of old Boston and tried oysters and seafood at Legal on the waterside, watched athletic street entertainers jump over 3 of their audience at Faneuil/Quincy Market, had a drink in an Irish pub Emmetts and lunch in the Green Dragon where once Paul Revere plotted with his fellow patriots in the 1700s. I even found the 'make way for ducklings' sculpture that I had read about at the Eric Carle museum in Amherst. A beautifully illustrated children's book from the 40s, the starring ducklings have been brought to 3D life here and it was obvious that small children loved them.
We were sad to leave the USA, we've seen so much and enjoyed all our stops. Sleaze and elegance side by side in NYC and NO, peace and beauty in the mountains and lakes, fabulous people who are so friendly and open and willing to help - all laid back and easy. It's a great country, let's hope it gets the 'right' president! ?????
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