First of all I have to start off with a bit of sad news. I got up at 1.30am on Saturday in the hope of watching the Formula 1 qualifying, and to my dismay it was not on. The same was true of the race on Sunday morning. You can imagine how unhappy this made me. Thankfully the rest of the weekend was much better.
Sunday I went off to Boston. It is 175 miles from where I am, which equates to about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive each way. You cover 3 states which are Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. One of my colleagues came with me which meant the journey went really quickly. Boston is one of the oldest cities in the US and is steeped with history, especially with the English. It is named after Boston in England from which several prominent colonists emigrated. Here is some interesting reading for the Historians among you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Boston. You may also want to read about the famous tea party of 1773 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party. Nowadays there is a very large Irish community there, which of course means lots of Irish bars J It is a beautiful city and far nicer than any other US city I have been to so far.
We started off in the Aquarium. This was really nice, although I would like to have seen more marine fish. They have a huge 150,000 gallon (567.811 litre) fish tank which stands in the middle of the aquarium. A spiral walkway goes right to the top so you can see all the fish, sharks and turtles. This is very impressive. If you double click on the pictures then you can see them in better detail.
After the aquarium we headed of to ‘Cheers’ for a beer. The bar is a lot smaller than I imagined, but I think this is because they have a souvenir shop in the middle. I sat at the end of the bar in Norm’s seat. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind though! For those of you who are a bit confused with what I am referring to, then ‘Cheers’ bar was the inspiration for a TV series which centred around a bar in Boston called ‘Cheers’. http://www.celebrateboston.com/attracts/cheersboston.htm
Finally we went on a Duck tour around the city. The ‘Duck’ is a guided tour in an amphibious vehicle which goes though the streets and then into the river. It was really good, but so cold. The temperature was about 2c, so it certainly wasn’t the time to be going in the water. Despite this is was still fun, and I would like to do it again when it is a bit warmer. http://www.bostonducktours.com/
Sunday I went off to Boston. It is 175 miles from where I am, which equates to about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive each way. You cover 3 states which are Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. One of my colleagues came with me which meant the journey went really quickly. Boston is one of the oldest cities in the US and is steeped with history, especially with the English. It is named after Boston in England from which several prominent colonists emigrated. Here is some interesting reading for the Historians among you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Boston. You may also want to read about the famous tea party of 1773 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party. Nowadays there is a very large Irish community there, which of course means lots of Irish bars J It is a beautiful city and far nicer than any other US city I have been to so far.
We started off in the Aquarium. This was really nice, although I would like to have seen more marine fish. They have a huge 150,000 gallon (567.811 litre) fish tank which stands in the middle of the aquarium. A spiral walkway goes right to the top so you can see all the fish, sharks and turtles. This is very impressive. If you double click on the pictures then you can see them in better detail.
After the aquarium we headed of to ‘Cheers’ for a beer. The bar is a lot smaller than I imagined, but I think this is because they have a souvenir shop in the middle. I sat at the end of the bar in Norm’s seat. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind though! For those of you who are a bit confused with what I am referring to, then ‘Cheers’ bar was the inspiration for a TV series which centred around a bar in Boston called ‘Cheers’. http://www.celebrateboston.com/attracts/cheersboston.htm
Finally we went on a Duck tour around the city. The ‘Duck’ is a guided tour in an amphibious vehicle which goes though the streets and then into the river. It was really good, but so cold. The temperature was about 2c, so it certainly wasn’t the time to be going in the water. Despite this is was still fun, and I would like to do it again when it is a bit warmer. http://www.bostonducktours.com/
3 comments:
Hey Debs,
cool blog! Like the template, and of course all the pictures, especially these fishy pictures (just love the color blue :)
Will try to visit more frequently (hint: post more pictures (^_^)!
Hello,
thats looks verry good, i think you havving a great time there......
Rick
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