Boston - arrival

We stayed overnight at Mum and Dads last night ( Fort Erie) and left by 7:30 this morning. The Peace Bridge was no trouble and in a short time we were on I 90 and heading East. Upper New York State was rolling farmlands glistening with the overnight frost that did not burn off until about 10am. We crossed the Erie Barge Canal a number of times and thought about how much fun it would be to traverse it in a sailboat as some of our sailing friends have done. We also crossed the Hudson River which the canal enters and boats then make their way down to New York. As we drove further east and into Massachusetts it got more wooded and higher hills. Most of the trees have lost their leaves but what is left are lovely deep copper colours and the occasional yellow of silver birch. I tried to take pictures from the car but the quality wasn't great so I am not going to post them.
We were in Boston by about 4pm and relied on our newly downloaded GPS App (on the tablet) to guide us in to our Bed and Breakfast and Alison (the voice we chose, slightly British, clipped) did a great job. We came into town on I 93 and then went underground through the tunnel that goes right under downtown Boston. Until completed it was known as "the Big Dig" and it is quite amazing how it helps the flow of traffic in what could be a very congested city with its narrow streets, laid out in no logical pattern. The highway took us under downtown and across the bridge pictured below and then we doubled back across another bridge to get back across the river to La Capella Suites.

Looks like a couple of huge sculptures but its the ends of a striking bridge
across the Charles River.

We also passed the Boston Bruins Gardens. The Bed and Breakfast that we found on the internet turned out to be lovely and in a great location. We are a block from the river in Little Italy. Although we had to walk up 4 flights of stairs we have a nice room with a balcony and a kitchen that we share with one other room.

The balcony, looking into the room

Shared kitchen

We are only here for a short time so relying heavily on the guidebooks for suggestions. We ate at Pizzeria Regina just a few blocks away and it lived up to what the books said. Small, noisy, great thin crust pizza for a reasonable price.

Ours had all the traditional toppings: sauce, cheese, green peppers, mushrooms, onions and anchovies.
They guaranteed 3lbs of toppings and I believe it!

All the guidebooks also mention Mike's Pastry shop

But we were too full so will have to indulge tomorrow.

On a final note the 6th game of the World series is being held here, at Fenway Park, tomorrow. We anticipate it will be a crazy evening and plan on going to a local sports bar to watch with the Boston fans.

Even Paul Revere is getting in the mood.