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DAY 19
Ok so the 5am start didnt really go as planned we got up just before 6 and ran to the subway to get to the greyhound.all was good though we caught the bus and got into boston about half 11. we didnt really do much the first day. we chilled in the hostel for a bit went online to find out wot there was to do in bosotn and we booked a hop on hop off city tour and the boston city pass which gets u into certain attractions for a discount! we went and grabbed some food once we got a bit more info and went for a walk around a nearby park then headed off in a random direction thinking we were exploring the city be really just getting incredibly lost! it started to get dark think jen was panicing a bit cause we really ahd no idea where we were we'd kinda dissappeared off the map! eventually we found our way back to the hostel and had an early night!
DAY 20
Had a bit of a lie in then went to catch the city tour bus and head to harvard. i have to say walking around the campus i did feel just a little bit small lol. everyone looked like brainiacs. maybe cause i knew they went to harvard it made them look cleverer to me lol. we took lots of pics of random buildings on campus then went on the hunt for the main gates to get a pic by them. think we were the only ones wondering around with a camera looking very touristy but oh well lol! we got backon the bus after that and our next stop was boston common. didnt really take us long to walk round it but it was pretty with the trees turning colour. we found the cheers restaurant (the tv show). took some pics outside but decided to go for lunch there on our last day. we hopped back on the bus and went down to the wharf and saw the navy shipping yard. the USS constitution was closed for the day but we still had to go through airport like security just to walk through a museum and gift shop. very very OTT! we headed to TD garden after that which is where most of the sports get played in boston. we went into the pro shop and got tickets for the basketball game playing the following night, boston celtics against utah jazz. we got really excited about that lol! got food after that cause we were starving then went to the museum of science to see the harry potter exhibit. found out when we got there u had to pay another 16 bucks to see the exhibit but cause we'd already paid to get into the museum with our city pass we didnt see the point and we only had anhour before closing. was a pretty cool museum. lots of interactive things! another thing on our city pass was to go up the observatory tower in the prudential centre that was pretty cool! it was dark when we went up and the city looked awesome all lit up! we decided to just buy some food from the local supermarket that night to save money so i had my first ever meal in a hostel it consosted of noodles, egg sandwich and a danish lol. not too much cooking involved just how i like it lol!
DAY 21
The city tour we had only lasted for 1 dat so 2day we had to strike out on our own lol. we got up late lol well i got up late hehe. we had a chilled out morning in between jen doing her laundry we headed to fenway park. we didnt have time to tour it but we walked around and went to the pro shop. its actually quite ugly from the outside. once all washing had been done we got the subway into town and went to cheers (from the tv show not the replica) for lunch. on the way we saw police cars and roads blocked off. i got excited thinking maybe tom cruise was filming cause hes supposed to be in boston just now but boy was i wrong. it was the rememberance day parade. i'm sorry to say but since i've been travelling i've totally lost track of days. so we watched some of the parade and paid our respects then headed to cheers. we thought it would be packed but we got seated straight away in the back room. gutted we werent in the bit from the show but we took pics lol. i couldnt help myself i had to have "rebeccas fish and chips" and it was yummy! cldnt leave without spending money at the gift shop lol brought myself a cheers t-shirt as sad as it is lol.
after that we got back on the subway and headed to the new england aquarium. it was part of our city pass. i have to say i was pretty dissappointed! the penguin bit was inside all they had was fake rocks and a little pool to swim in wasnt impressed! the main part of the aquarium was a bit tank in the middle which u walk round going up a spiral walkway. it was kinda impressive i guess but not big ebough for wot was in there. we only took about half an hour in there and we thought that was gonna be a highlight. didnt stop us spending money in the gift shop though lol. we headed to the markets after that. there were 3 markets filled with every store possible and lots of eating places and bars it was pretty cool! we brought some souveniers and chilled out with a coffee and a cake before we had to head to the stadium for the ball game.
ur not allowed to take bags into the stadium but we figured a few shopping bags wld be ok...wrong! we had to go get a clear bag from the pro shop and put all our stuff in there. bit of a hassle but never mind. we knew our seats were up the back but we didnt realise they were nose bleed seats i.e as far back as u can possibly get!!!! the view was pretty awesome though even if the players were little dots on the court lol. the atmosphere was amazing! both me and jen were dressed in green celtics t-shirts to look the part and i even went all out and brought a foam finger lol! the game seemed to stop and start a lot but it was cool. there were real life cheerleaders lol and they did the whole d-fence chant was pretty cool! by the final whistle the boston celtics beat the utah jazz 105-88 i think it was. we were on a bit of high after that so we went to the near by hard rock and ahd dinner and a few cocktails. got a bit lost though trying to find the subway to get back when we eventually did find it it was so weird. the station was disserted! felt like we were in some kinda movie wher the damsels in destress are on there own in a dimly lit subway and someones gonna jump out of the shadows lol. didnt happen lol! we were the last ones into bed when we got back to our dorms which was a first!
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