Todays photos
It's Sunday and Sunday is a lazy day so all as we had planned was a ride down to the oldest bit of Boston and the Quincy Market area, the weather has gone really today and tomorrow is going to be even hotter or so they say on the weather, I don't mind the heat it's the humidity that gets to me. Also today is Fathers Day so there's a lot going on around here.
.We got off the train at Haymarket station the headed into Boston Public Market, which is a large indoor food hall that sells just about everything you can eat, then took a short walk round the corner to The Bell In Hand Tavern which is reputed to be the oldest pub in the USA. Although it's only a short street its on it reminded me of being York or somewhere like that with lots of little shops selling mainly overpriced items, but this is where you would find the unique souvenirs that I’m so fond of. It was time to have a beer in the pub, unfortunately the world cup is at the moment, but lucky for us became of the time difference between Russia and the USA its not started or going off when we go to the pub, I really don't like football. I really don't know how the price of drinks work in here as they seem to go up as the day progresses, this was our first visit in here today but more on that later.
After 2 large beers in The Bell we took a walk round in the Quincy Market area where I was taking photographs the previous night, there was a lot going on round here today as today was Father's Day. The first thing we came across was a group of break dancers who also put some comedy into the show they were doing, as well as getting the audience involved, I'm not sure how long they had been performing before we got there, but we spent about 10 minutes or more watching the end of the show which couldn't have been easy to do in this heat.
It was great to just wander round this old area of town and imagine what it must have been like 200 years ago before going into Faneuil Hall Marketplace which is mainly fast food with a few restaurants as well. It was between here that we came across some break dancers who also put a lot of comedy into their show. Slightly further down was Pogo Fred, who managed to do a backwards flip on a pogo stick without breaking his neck. Just across the way from there is the Great Hall, which contains mainly gift items now, but also has historic items on display as well.
We stopped off again at The Bell in Hand on the way back pasted and it was $9 for a large IPA and coke, then it was $12 for an IPA and orange juice and finally $9 for just an IPA. We don't normally spend that long in one pub anyway and today was only a chill out day anyway. There are lots of places to eat around, but you can never really find what you want so ended up with a slice of pizza. On the way back we dropped into Boston Public Market, which is a large food hall, but still had no joy with something to eat, the only thing we got was a tote bag for a dollar, I do like a good tote bag with a logo on it.
It's Sunday and Sunday is a lazy day so all as we had planned was a ride down to the oldest bit of Boston and the Quincy Market area, the weather has gone really today and tomorrow is going to be even hotter or so they say on the weather, I don't mind the heat it's the humidity that gets to me. Also today is Fathers Day so there's a lot going on around here.
.We got off the train at Haymarket station the headed into Boston Public Market, which is a large indoor food hall that sells just about everything you can eat, then took a short walk round the corner to The Bell In Hand Tavern which is reputed to be the oldest pub in the USA. Although it's only a short street its on it reminded me of being York or somewhere like that with lots of little shops selling mainly overpriced items, but this is where you would find the unique souvenirs that I’m so fond of. It was time to have a beer in the pub, unfortunately the world cup is at the moment, but lucky for us became of the time difference between Russia and the USA its not started or going off when we go to the pub, I really don't like football. I really don't know how the price of drinks work in here as they seem to go up as the day progresses, this was our first visit in here today but more on that later.
It was great to just wander round this old area of town and imagine what it must have been like 200 years ago before going into Faneuil Hall Marketplace which is mainly fast food with a few restaurants as well. It was between here that we came across some break dancers who also put a lot of comedy into their show. Slightly further down was Pogo Fred, who managed to do a backwards flip on a pogo stick without breaking his neck. Just across the way from there is the Great Hall, which contains mainly gift items now, but also has historic items on display as well.
We stopped off again at The Bell in Hand on the way back pasted and it was $9 for a large IPA and coke, then it was $12 for an IPA and orange juice and finally $9 for just an IPA. We don't normally spend that long in one pub anyway and today was only a chill out day anyway. There are lots of places to eat around, but you can never really find what you want so ended up with a slice of pizza. On the way back we dropped into Boston Public Market, which is a large food hall, but still had no joy with something to eat, the only thing we got was a tote bag for a dollar, I do like a good tote bag with a logo on it.
