Historical Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Harbor; image from flickr by Willem von Bergen

Downtown Boston; image from flickr by tostie14

Boston has so much to offer – history, sports, museums, shopping and, unfortunately, some of the worst traffic I’ve ever seen – a 4 or 5 hour stop from a cruise ship requires choosing one thing to do and being satisfied with it.      

 What we did:     

She said:     

We landed in Boston, and upon debarkation, took the shuttle into the city.  We spent some time and had a quick lunch at the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.  Faneuil Marketplace is a huge conglomeration of shops and restaurants all in one place.  It has everything, but we weren’t really in a shopping mood, and Bill had never been to Boston and wanted to see the city.  I’ve been to Boston many times, but had never taken a tour to see everything.  The biggest bang for the buck and time were the trolley rides.  It took forever for the trolley to arrive and the lines were long, but we finally hopped on one and away we went.  It happened to be the same trolley company that we were on in Savannah.  The tour guide was really pretty good and if we had had more time we could have hopped on and off to see more.  Boston is a fun city to see, and a terrible city to have to drive, so the trolley is the best, and I strongly recommend it.     

He said:     

In that I’d never been here, we opted for a visit to the Faneuil Marketplace and a trolley trip around the city. The shopping wasn’t high on our priority list, so the huge marketplace was more of a time filler than anything else. We did, however, manage to find some wonderful clam chowder to sate our nourishment needs!     

The Old Town Trolley tour we took covered a little bit of everything. Had we been in town longer, with the on and off feature, we could have used it to see the historical areas associated with the revolution. It was frustrating to get so close to spots like BeaconHill, Cambridge, the Bunker Hill Monument, and the Old North Church yet not have the time to further explore and imagine the exciting history that occurred at these spots. The nearly 2 hour drive through town did, however, served to peek my interest for a future visit when we can spend a few days here.

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