Goodbye Boston, Goodbye USA :'(

Today was our last full day in Boston, our last full day in Massachusetts and our last full day in the States. It’s really strange to think we’ll be flying back tomorrow.

We were a little slow to get going this morning – starting to think about packing and getting some bits and bobs sorted. Just as we were about to set off for the day, our hosts invited us for an early lunch of spaghetti – how could we turn that down?!! 🙂 We ended up chatting about our travels and the area for quite a while with them. We’ve been really lucky throughout this trip that the majority of people we’ve met have been absolutely lovely, and the hosts we have here are no different! 😀 After lunch we reminisced for a while about this trip. Very sad that it is coming to an end! 😥

After a tip from AJ (one of our hosts), we decided to walk over to the harbor nearest us, and a park called East Boston Piers Park, which is right next to the water. Getting over there took about 10-15 minutes, and once again we had views of boats, the water, people sunbathing and the Boston skyline. It seems to be a really historical and arty area here in East Boston (as you’ll see from some of the photos), so we got quite camera-happy!!

Jen and her spaghetti!

We’ve been for a meal out too to commemorate our trip. We headed to a place called Oliveiras Brazilian, about 30 seconds away from where we are staying… So it was a really long walk! 😉 It was a buffet style place, so of course we both put too much on our plate! XD They had a really cool meat chef, who had all the meats spinning in a fire-cooker. When we asked for them, he drew them out and chopped them up for us! Super fresh, and super delicious. We also opted for pudding – hey, it’s our last day of this holiday, so don’t judge us! Rob had a huuuge slice of chocolate and caramel cake, and Jen got a choccy mousse 🙂

Now we have returned home, all we have to do is pack away (again), and go to sleep! I guess it is unlikely that there will be a post tomorrow, as we take off at around 6:30pm, and airport days don’t tend to make for the most exciting reads!

These last 3 months have been so fun. There has been (quite literally) blood, sweat and tears at times, but we’ve had the time of our lives. We’ve both fallen in love with so many places, and we’re certain that we will look back at this trip with so many fond memories for the rest of our lives.

On a personal note (Rob typing here), I’ve had the absolute time of my life, and I couldn’t have had such an awesome time without Jen. It is dead cheesy to thank her here on the blog, but I’d like to. I think we’ve both done amazingly well to be in each other’s company constantly (24/7) with only a few minor disagreements here and there. So well done us 🙂

Who knows what will become of eighteenstates when we get back to normality. I’m sure there will be a few more posts in the next coming days, but beyond that, who knows! We hope you all have enjoyed reading our blog as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together! 🙂 Also, well done if you read every single post and kept up to date with us. We know it’s a lot of reading! 😀

If anyone ever has any questions or wants tips on any of the places we have visited, please do just let us know! We’re happy to help 🙂 Hopefully we can get a questions/contact us page set up soon!

Thanks again guys, and we’ll see you on the other side… well back in the UK! Goodnight!