2006-08-07

Boston Vacation, Day One

So today we started our vacation in Boston. Arrived late last night after a very, very loooooong 9-hour drive (possibly longer with all the stops, praise be for onboard video...) to a decent enough hotel, nice rooms with two queen-size beds, relatively clean and all. Donna seems a bit let down, but she's coming back from Texas staying at the Gaylord 5-star, me I keep fresh in my memory my stay at the little air-conditionerless one-star stop on that weekend trip over in India. All a matter of perspective...

Anyways, today we spent on a trolley tour of Boston, primarily along the freedom trail. Took us bloody well forever to find the stop at the USS Constitution (Shouldn't that have been an easier find? Big wooden ship on the water?) and after a few circles, u-turns, and finally a helpful local at a Dunkin' Donuts (according to one of the trolley conductors, they have ensured a decent police coverage in town by putting a Dunkin' Donuts on every corner - a fairly close estimate - but there is not such a readily available explanation as to the Starbucks on every other corner) we gratefully stepped aboard the orange-and-green bedecked trolley, piloted by the stalwart Peppermint Patty.

About 17 stops across Boston, and we can get off wherever we like and reboard the next one to come along (every 15-20 minutes). Got to see some beautiful buildings.

More to follow in another posting, just so I don't write for an hour and lose it all due to a freak power surge or something.


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