First 24 hours in Boston...

... although we have been in Boston 24 hours, we are simply cutting and pasting from our electronic diary, as we didn't have internet access yesterday...

MONDAY 03.05.10:

Although we had booked in online – we still left early this morning... just in case... “In case what???” Just in case we break down, we get a flat tyre, there are road closures!!! Anyway we got to the airport really early and we were too early to drop our bags off – which was fine as it gave us time to enjoy a pre-road trip breakfast with two very special friends, who felt like they themselves were actually going on this holiday!!! We were finally able to drop off our luggage and go through into duty free – waving a final goodbye... and off we went... into duty free and beyond!!! We didn’t spend too much...

We had a great flight... arriving in Boston at 13h30... we have to keep reminding ourselves that we are five hours behind the UK... we caught a taxi to the hotel which was really weird – as there seems to be a whole road system under the city buildings... kind of like loads of wide tunnels... On arrival at the hotel we simply dropped off our luggage and decided to go off exploring – armed with a map, we walked across the road from the hotel to Boston Common – we were sitting having a chat and the skies were growing darker by the second – but we just kept chatting about our impending travels... when suddenly the wind just whipped up around us... and everyone was getting under cover, at this point a branch broke off the tree under which we sitting and dropped down on us... this was the sign to make a move!!! Given the time of year all the trees are blossoming, it was just lovely to watch all the blossom flying on the wind... anyway this gave us an excuse to find somewhere for a drink... so we ended up in a French Bistro!!! Having looked at the map, been all touristy and asked the waiter where we were on the map, we went off to the tourist information... where we left with an armful of leaflets and maps and we have booked ourselves on a trip tomorrow with the ‘Old Town Trolley Tours’... we stopped for a quick bite to eat...at a small burrito cafe... where it took us ages to figure out the menu in terms of how to order – some friendly Americans took pity on us and explained the whole process!!! On getting back to the Hotel, although it was only 18h00, it was 23h00 to us... and we were pretty tired... so after a relaxing bath, we were early to bed... waiting for the day to begin tomorrow, when we would explore in earnest...