Boston
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Mon 5 Aug 2013 01:18
42:21.5N 71:02.6W
I won’t bore you with all the details of our Boston visit. We stayed
for four nights, which was longer than we originally planned, partly because
there is a lot to do in Boston and partly because we felt that the Boston
Harbour Sailing Club mooring balls were such good value at $45 a night, being
right in the heart of Boston (just outside the aquarium).
While in Boston we
Approaching the mooring field in Boston harbour
Setting off on the Super Duck tour of the harbour
The state house, home of the most corrupt group of politicians in America
(so we were told by multiple bus drivers)
The Harvard Lampoon building, designed to look like an astonished Prussian
soldier
Sometimes architects get too whacky and MIT is suing the architect (Gehry)
for this building not being weatherproof
Old Ironsides in all her splendour. The US navy presentation was
excellent and they even had us cheering on the Constitution against the
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