Talking about the Revolution

Boston: tea parties, Red Sox, Harvard, MIT (and seemingly hundred other universities - we recon at least 2 per capita) and the Boston Massacre. That rare breed an American city with history was our first stop on our mini round the world trip. We had decided to visit a couple of cities in the states on our way to Hawaii to break the journey up a little. So, firstly we stopped off in Boston. We got there the week before Independence day, when all americans gleefully fly the flag, have BBQs and watch fireworks, so obviously Boston was awash with revolutionary zeal. We wandered through the historical places where the evil Brits had "massacred" the americans (5 people died when the soldiers were provoked - hardly a massacre but that set them off) and seeing almost every aspect of Paul Revere's life (he rode from Boston to Lexington to warn the rebels that the english are coming and hence became a national hero).

All revolutioned out we headed back to the hotel, the Omni Parker House which (unbeknownst to us when we booked) was where JFK proposed to Jackie, Ho Chi Minh was a soux chef and Malcom X was a bell boy. All very grand.

Our second day led us to the hallowed grounds of Harvard in Cambridge which, although having lovely leafy squares, really is a lot smaller then we imagined. We wandered back via the Charles river, tried to see if we could get into Red Sox game ($200 for a ticket i think not, you would have imagined it would have been lot less for a team that never wins). And that pretty much was that.

Other highlights included the Maparium, a stained glass globe you can walk inside and see the world, the pretty residential streets with red brick houses and even the main shopping street been made up of similar houses with the ground floor been converted into a shop. To be honest we could probably live here - it's our kind of a town.