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| Acorn Street, Boston |
Today the plan is for a short walk around the Beacon Hill area. This proves to be very pretty and quiet taking in the affluent residences of Beacon Hill built in the 18th and 19th centuries. There are pumpkins and ears of corn on a lot of door steps presumably to celebrate the fall and Halloween.
After this the urgent need is to find a bar that is showing English football so Dave can watch the Chelsea v Arsenal game. We naturally head for the Italian quarter because they are most likely to have the football on. Sure enough, the caffe del sport is the place to be – at least for 15 Italian men, 1 English man and me! I’ve never seen an espresso last so long, maybe they’re making their house’s untidy. Towards the end of the game, the wives appear, they’ve been shopping and it’s time for the men to take them out for lunch! As for the result of the game, well let’s just say Dave stomped his way through the next part of the walk.
We followed the Greenway all the way to China Town. It’s a beautiful strip of green park land following a major thoroughfare, interspersed with modern interactive are and beautiful gardens. As this ends we decide to walk to the Prudential Building to go to the observation deck, quite a walk it turns out. Dave’s not happy that it includes passing through a very expensive shopping arcade (Jan’s naturally delighted). On reaching the entrance to the skyway, we find it’s closed; so much for up to date information in the guide book.
The way back to beacon street is through the streets of the Back Bay area past the Bull & Finch Pub, the location for the filming of the 80’s TV series Cheers. Aftera long rest we decude only a steak will do, so after some research we decide on Ruth's Chris steakhouse and an exellent choice it is, an atmospheric setting, good service and a superb steak.
So our stay in Boston is nearly over on to the white mountains, hopefully we'll still have acess to the blog if not see you in Westport...
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| Sunset over Boston |
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