Did the tour and it was great. Rode the roads then the Charles River! The chick PJ, running the show had a hard time because she was trying to engage all the tourists and nobody would respond. Me included, I wouldn’t do it because I was by myself so a little embarrassing but she was good, certainly knew her stuff. Boston is an amazing city. I am sad to be leaving after only 1 ½ days, certainly not enough time, but I didn’t know. If I ever come back to America, unlikely as it is, Boston would be number 1 on my list.
I didn’t get to do the Freedom Trail Walk unfortunately, but I think I travelled most of it when in the Duck (Curly). The area I was staying in was called Back Bay and it is 450 acres of land fill (not rubbish, real soil) and it is beautiful and clean. The old part of Boston is Beacon’s hill etc and it is all windy and all over the shop. The new part, including Back Bay, is all symmetrical grids. Most streets are loaded with big flower pots of beautiful colours and the sidewalks are about 5 metres wide – makes for easy walking and it makes is look really pretty.
Went to Solas, an Irish pub, to watch the Sox play and have something to eat. This tipping thing in America is weird. It is expected but what do you do if you think the service was ordinary? Last night when leaving I paid and said, ‘Oh nearly forgot tip’ and the bar guy, who I had thought average, said ‘It is a pretty easy thing to get your head around’. I am thinking, mate you don’t deserve a tip because you are obviously rude! Did give him $2 though telling him it is not a given from where I am from and that is why it isn’t easy to remember. Certainly not everybody who expects one should get one.
Sadly, I left the hotel this morning and the lovely city of Boston. Currently on Acela Express back to NYC. I didn’t realize it when booking, but today is 11th September (9/11). There are big memorials all over the country so now I definitely know I will be going to Ground Zero to pay my respects. Sad day in history indeed.
Got to hotel and found out that they gave me all the wrong information, and were misleading. Apparently you get free internet but only in club room and in your own room it has to be connected to cable. Wireless costs!!! Bloody NY!
Anyway caught E train down to WTC because I wanted to see it and pay some respects as it is 11th September. Well for starters the whole site is complete surrounded by a 10 foot fence and you can’t see anything. Then there was a million people, police and protestors. I tried to get to Statten Island ferry but couldn’t find that, so my afternoon was not so great.
To be honest, I wish I never left Boston, I could have enjoyed myself there so much more. Now, after having spent those 2 days in Boston, I am so over NY! It is overcrowded, loud and trashy compared to Boston. I think now that I don’t have the tennis, and I have no company there isn’t much for me to do! And I want to go back to Boston, or even better home!
Doing nothing tonight, tomorrow will do the hop on hop off downtown tour and then tomorrow night Yankees. Saturday I might do a matinee broadway show, and then I fly out.Decided to go for a longer walk around Times Square and kept looking for mobiles. They are just as, if not more, expensive as they are at home, so I let the sales guy con me into a camcorder instead!!!! I don’t even know the brand and I kept wanting to walk out but I let him talk me into it. He reckons it was $999 normally but he gave it to me for $360. Then tax on top so effectively $400. Sucker, I just hope it is a good brand!
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