Boston - Wednesday 30 November 2016

Walked from hotel through Boston Common to Newbury Street. Nice street with upmarket shops. I was looking for the Trident Cafe which I had read about on TripAdvisor.

Found the cafe and had breakfast - burrito with egg and avocado. Quite nice.

Walking down Newbury Street...

Then walked back up Commonwealth Ave. Finally I found the nice part of Boston. Lovely wide street with brownstones and a walkway in the centre of the road.



It was so cold, I went to Uniqlo and bought a beanie...

Saw this at the Trident Cafe, which is also a book store.

Back to hotel, checked out and left my bag.

The weather this morning was okay but it started to rain again. It's funny how the weather can affect your impression of a place. I can't wait to get back to New York.

Walking through Boston Common...

Main road next to Boston Common at 12 noon. Where is everybody ?

Boston Common...

Faneuil Hall...

Then followed the Freedom Trail. A red line built into the footpath for quite a long way. I'm not that interested in the history but it was a good walk.

Church on the Freedom Trail...

Crossing the river...

Nice architecture...

Ended up at Bunker Hill where an important battle was fought in 1770 against the Brits.

Climbed the monument - 294 steps !

View from the top...

Bunker Hill...

Walked then to Constitution Harbour. Not much to see. Then back to have lunch in Hanover Street.

I can't believe how quiet it is here. Yes the weather is bad but it's not winter yet and yes it's a weekday but...

Caught an Uber to airport. $11 compared to $23 for the taxi coming in. Got here early as there was nothing else to do. My flight was meant to be 1850 but due to weather is now 2030 !

Flight delayed some more but JetBlue changed me to a slightly earlier one. Flight okay. Small plane, but bumpy ride, slept most of the 46 minutes !

Arrived back at JFK late. No Uber so caught taxi to new hotel - Sago in Lower East Side. Nice new hotel, small room overlooking street which is better than the "internal" view than I was expecting. Small room (but to be fair, I did book a small room to save cost) and expensive, but you have to expect that in NYC. Good to try a different area.