Day 32 30/7 Old Town Trolley Tours of Boston and more Baseball

The weather today although warm was (34c) was less humid which we were all thankful for. We decided to take the bus into town for a change as it wasn’t as far to walk to the bus stop. It was a very comfortable ride in and once in the city we bought tickets for the “Old Town Trolley Tours”. This was a hop-on, hop-off bus and it took us all around the old and new parts of Boston with some good (but corny) commentary. We hopped off the bus and at the Harbour and did a lovely harbour cruise which was included in our ticket price. We learnt that so much of Boston has built on reclaimed land and even now there were construction sites everywhere. As part of our ticket deal, we were able to visit the Old State Museum free and we now feel pretty well up with the history of the place. After a little shopping in Macy’s in the late afternoon, Heather and Paul returned to our beautiful accommodation and Rob and I went off to see if we could get tickets for another Baseball game. We lined up for tickets at the official window and managed to get $60 tickets in the stand. We saw another great game between the Philly’s and the Redsox with at least 3 double plays. It was 1 all at the end of the 9^th innings so the game continued. We stayed until the end of the 11^th innings and then decided to make our way home. Rob continued to follow the game on his phone and while doing the final long walk from the station to our accommodation, the Redsox won in the 13^th innings.

Day 31 Sunday 29/7 The Freedom Trail and a little of Boston

We had a little sleep in today due to our late night at the baseball. Once we were organised we walked to the train station and caught a train into the centre of Boston. Here we decided to do the famous Freedom Trail, a walk around Boston that takes you to many of the famous, historical sites relating to the Boston tea party, the start of the American Revolution and includes a visit to the oldest house in Boston which also happens to be the house where Paul Revere lived. We enjoyed the walking and half way through stopped for a delicious seafood lunch. We continued our walk after lunch then did some grocery shopping before returning on the train to our accommodation. We have managed to do quite a bit of walking most days averaging around 14,000 steps but today we hit over 20,000! Should sleep well tonight.

Day 30 Saturday 28/7 Amtrak fun to Boston and Red Sox Rule

After a lovely stay in Newark and New York City, we left the Newark Penn Station on an Amtrak train bound for Boston. It was a fantastic, relaxing and enjoyable journey with many interesting things to look at as we sped along the tracks. Boats, beaches, lush forest were some of the sights we took in. Once we’d arrived in Boston we ordered an Uber. He took us to our new home, a lovely place we have all to ourselves in the upmarket area of Newton. We were really impressed with Boston. The clean streets, many trees, parks, gardens, homes beautifully maintained and the people were friendly and not as “brash” as the New Yorkers!  After settling in to our new abode, we took a train heading for Fenway Park, hoping to get some tickets for the baseball. We managed to get 2 tickets from one guy at the station so that was a start. Unfortunately the train we were on broke down and we all had to get off and back on the next [H1] one. No one complained. Everyone just took it in their stride. Once we had safely made it to Fenway Park, the boys were able to trade our 2 tickets for 4 tickets seated together. Yay. Baseball was fantastic, with the Red Sox beating the Twins, 10 to 4! Rob managed to find a vacant seat behind home plate. He sat there and back in Adelaide Jas was watching the baseball on TV and saw and recorded her father enjoying himself. Just amazing!