WOW, what an awesome weekend. Saturday and Sunday was the first time I really had time to explore the city of Boston, and what an amazing city. I spent the entire day just walking up and down the streets and doing the "touristy" things. Some of the highlights include:
- Taking a "self-guided audio tour" of the Boston Gardens and Boston Common.
- Watching a car being blown up into the air during a movie shoot, Ryan Reynolds was around too.
- Seeing the graves of Paul Revere, John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin.
- Checking out Paul Revere's House.
- Seeing the USS Constitution (old sailing ship).
- Taking a "Old Town Boston Trolley" tour.
- Meeting some South Africans.
- Drinking a beer at some old pub with some Welshmen and Irishmen.
- Doing the "Freedom Trail" walk all around Boston and seeing where The American Revolution really started.
I must have walked close to 15 miles on Saturday. I was really enjoying my free time. I loved how "alive" city was. There were so many people out and about. Monday was "Columbus Day" and Massachusetts that is a public holiday (another thing that is really weird about America is that not all states take the same public holidays off), hence the reason for so many "tourists".
I finally got back to my hotel room at around 11pm after spending more than 14 hours in the city just walking around. I wanted to sleep, but I was too excited for the South Africa vs Australia rugby game, that I managed to watch online (thanks Jane). Let's not go into too much detail on that though :(
After the rugby I managed to watch Sebastian Vettel win the drivers championship in F1.
And that brings us to Sunday.
Slept slightly later than I normally would have (seeing as I only got to bed at 5am). I walked up and down the Charles River mostly on Sunday, seeing people doing all the fun activities that this city has on offer. There are parks next to the river all the way and people were just sitting around enjoying the wonderful weather and just hanging out. I got some really nice pics of the sunset on the Charles and some amazing shots of Boston at night.
I really love Boston. I could see myself living here some day, maybe for a post-doc or something.
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