Massachusetts: Our 18th State and Our Final Destination

So we have made it to Boston! Our 18th state!! Can’t quite believe we are in our last city now 😦 Sorry there was no post last night. We were out late gallivanting (more on that in a sec) so it’ll be a double post today! 🙂

So yesterday we had to catch a 7am bus from the centre of New York, to Boston. The plan was to get up at about quarter past five, get ready and jump in a taxi for six and then board the bus at seven. Unfortunately, a half-asleep Rob woke up at quarter past five, switched the alarm off, and then went back to sleep. So it was quite stressful waking up at ten to six, and having to rush around like crazy to get over to the bus station! Fortunately, we made it with about ten minutes to spare!! Phew!

Our bus was pretty good actually. We went with a company called Bolt bus, and it only cost  $30 for the both of us – the same as our taxi ride in New York just to get over to the bus station from Brooklyn!! The journey to Boston took around four and a half hours, and we both managed to have a little doze before we arrived too.

Meeting us at the other end was Rob’s brother and sister-in-law (Alastair & Rach) – who gave us a lift over to where we were staying so that we could drop our bags off before going out into Boston for the day! We’re staying just outside of the Logan airport – in a lovely little B&B, which reminds us of home a little bit!

So we’d dropped our stuff off, and the four of us went for lunch in a bar and brewery near Harvard university. Nowhere else in the other 17 States of America has turned our British driving licences down as a form of ID. Nowhere. Apparently the Massachusetts law is different – meaning that we needed our passports for an alcoholic beverage, which were back at our B&B. Of course they were. No lunchtime drinks for us. Boo.

After eating up, Rach kindly gave us a lift back to get our passports, and we then headed back into Boston (again). This time, destination: Jackson Square. There are a lot of cool bars in the area – so we sampled quite a few of them during our afternoon/evening together. It was so great seeing them both 🙂 It had been forever since we were last all together, so it was great fun catching up! We ended up at a bar which had a live band on, who were pretty good, so that was fun too. Getting lost on the way home delayed our journey back a bit, but we made it back eventually! Well done and thank you for driving Rach! 🙂

The Team! Not really sure what is going on with our eyes in this photo!

Today we ventured into the middle of Boston/to the waterfront. We are staying right by the airport subway stop, so we hopped on a train and were by the aquarium and harbor front in about ten minutes! Perfect! 🙂 We wanted to get a coffee and check out the waterfront first, so.. that is what we did; Dunkin’ Donuts for an iced coffee, and then a stroll to the waterfront! It’s so pretty and peaceful there, and it was nice to just wander about with our iced coffees in hand and soak in the views. We got some tickets for the whale watching for tomorrow morning too, so stay tuned for pictures of that tomorrow! 🙂 Really hope that the whales are feeling sociable tomorrow! Fingers crossed.

From the waterfront, we headed over to Quincy Market; an area filled with quirky stalls, shops, bars and restaurants. We shopped around, got a few bits and grabbed some noodles from the food court. All in all, we had a lovely afternoon 🙂 Boston is a very pretty and clean city – so it’s awesome just to walk around there.

This evening we went to catch a movie at the Loews Boston cinema. We saw a film called ‘Boyhood’ – which was marvelous! And that was pretty much our day! It’s really starting to kick in now that we fly home in just a few days 😥 We really don’t want our adventures to end!!