Boston - Red Sox and Freedom Trail

Upon the advice of a guy in a liquor store (what better place to get this kind of advice) we went to a local sports bar to watch the 6th game of the World Series. Vito's was an excellent choice. When we got there at 6:30 people were starting to pour in and it was well and truly packed by the time the game started (8:07). It was mostly young people, all Red Sox supporters and loud. There were 6 large TV screens, all tuned to the game. In addition the beer was cheap (George was drinking Dos Equis and Heineken and a pint was $4) and the wings were half price.

Our first order; North End Style, glazed in olive oil and rosemary. We also had Buffalo,
 wow they were hot, and ginger and soy.

Needless to say when the Red Sox won the place went wild. I have a video but its just basically noise, so I'm not going to post it.
We set out this morning to walk some more. We started just north of our B and B and explored some of the river front. Some old commercial buildings converted into businesses and residences. Very upscale. We saw an advertisement for a one bedroom, renting at $9,500 a month.

Cormorants are everywhere.

After a quick coffee at Starbucks we found the red line of the Freedom Trail again and walked another section of it.

The steeple of the Old North Church. This is where the lanterns were lit prior to
Paul Revere's ride to warn of the British troops movements "One if by land,
two if by sea". At the time it was the highest point in the Boston area.

Paul Revere's house, supposedly the oldest house in Boston and the one to the left
the oldest brick house. However we saw a number of buildings claiming to be the
oldest. Either way these two are pretty old.

We walked back down to Feneuil Hall where there was a tent set up selling T-shirts announcing the Red Sox win, a group of "break dancers" entertaining  and a huge crowd of people who had just taken their American citizenship - quite a busy place. We walked through Quincy Marketplace which is a huge, amazingly diverse, food court. Then back to Mike's pastry to pick up dessert for dinner.

This box contains an absolutely delicious Boston Cream Pie slice and
a divine slice of Carrot Cake.

We drove out of Boston in the rain to the hotel that we will leave the car at and pick it up in 2 weeks. We had less than 48 hours in Boston but found it to be a very pleasant and friendly city. We only really thoroughly explored "our neighbourhood" of Little Italy and walked about half of The Freedom Trail. We found the subway to be easy to use but its also an easy city to walk in.

I love the juxtaposition of the old with the new.

There are so many examples.

Statues and sculptures all over the place, including quite a few
taking up bench space.

And just strolling around.

We will come back.
I gather the internet is expensive on a cruise so I probably wont be posting on the blog for a couple of weeks.