Today we caught the trolley bus to Boston Common where we walked around and saw heaps of squirrels, joggers and tourists! The Botanical Garden is next door and is beautiful so we had a good walk around there as well. Next we walked around the Back Bay area - gorgeous old houses, then on through Beacon Hill - more stunning homes and cobblestones. Back on the bus and on to Harvard. Lovely to walk around. Then back on the bus to the place we had to take a one hour...

Well the good weather had to end sooner or later and today we awoke to rain, so we donned our raincoats and set off to catch the trolley bus. We stopped at USS Constitution and climbed up and down the decks of this lovely old ship - certainly doesn't have much headroom in the lowers decks and some of the rooms are tiny. I'd hate to have been at sea in her! We then walked up the road to take the 'duck tour' which is the bus/boat that drives into the river and th...