We didn't have much planned for today apart from a trip to Harvard, it's only about a 20-minute ride on a couple of subway trains so set off about 10:15. Harvard is the posh part of Cambridge so most places are overpriced, but they do have a natural history museum there that's only $12 and this also gets you into the Peabody museum next door. It was a bit of a walk to get there, but it was a nice sunny day unless I put my sunglasses on then it went in. We spent 2 hours in there, then took a stroll back through Harvard Yard then dropped into a pub called Cambridge 1.
The beer was good, but at $9 a pint you only have one in here. We then had to walk around the shops and had some ice cream at Ben and Jerry's. I'm glad we came to this food court as they had free WiFi and by now it was about 4:45 so we were getting hungry as well as thirsty, so a quick check on Google maps and we found a pub called Grendel's Den and is in the basement of a building not too far away.
It turns out that after 5pm all food was half price so we had a couple of drinks, then ordered a couple of turkey burgers, Jane forgot that chips here are crisps so ended up with them and not fries. Ha. At least we got the $9 dollar discount on the food so one turkey burger was free. It was only a short walk back to the subway so was back on the train by about 5:30.
Harvard is a strange place for public transport as even the buses are underground next to the subway, considering that these are diesel buses you can imagine how loud that can get. I even found my Dunkies mug today for $10 which will keep my beer cold.
Harvard is a strange place for public transport as even the buses are underground next to the subway, considering that these are diesel buses you can imagine how loud that can get. I even found my Dunkies mug today for $10 which will keep my beer cold.
