Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

Boston, Day 3: A Boston Tea Party

Our third and final day in Boston started off along the Boston Harborwalk. Once complete, the Harborwalk will cover 46.9 miles from Charlestown and East Boston in the north, to Dorchester in the south.  We, however, only covered a small section of the Harborwalk in the downtown area, where we zigzagged in and out along the edges of jetties. Along the way we paid a visit … Continue reading Boston, Day 3: A Boston Tea Party

Inside the Mapparium Eurasia and Africa

Boston, Day 2: going inside a globe at the Mapparium and the ‘other’ Cambridge

One of the top things we’d recommend to anyone visiting Boston is to pay the Mapparium a visit. This is where we started our second day in the city, and it is essentially a giant stained glass globe that you can walk inside. Located in the Mary Baker Eddy Library, the globe is 3 storeys tall. Of course, if it was like a normal globe, … Continue reading Boston, Day 2: going inside a globe at the Mapparium and the ‘other’ Cambridge

Old State House

Visiting Boston: Day 1, The Freedom Trail

Boston is a city is that has always appealed to us. So when my employer closed down for 12 days over Christmas (yes yes, we really are only writing about this over 2 months after the event), it was the perfect opportunity to go to one of America’s oldest and most historic cities. We had initially thought about escaping the Canadian winter for warmer climes, … Continue reading Visiting Boston: Day 1, The Freedom Trail