Renaissance Boston Hotel And Spa At Patriot Place Foxboro

... C'arn the Celts.

TBC - Long night ahead!

Pt 2:-
Just had the stop over in NYC. No time to get the T-shirt I wanted, but had Wendy's for the 1st time since hitting USA. OK but won't go back if a DD or In 'N' Out in sight! Much warmer here....was 34 on the board outside the bus stop.

PT 3:-
Made it to Boston by 02:00 and then cabbed it to the hotel. I jsut told the driver to take me to the Garden and thats where we pulled up. Seen the sign and the hotel was right ...

... is our last day here. Went to Harvard and MIT this morning to soak in some of those intellectual rays. To be honest, Harvard was a little anti-climactic - sure it's a big campus, but it's just lots of old buildings! The significance wore off quite quickly, same with MIT. But a big thanks to James who showed me a little bit of the 'behind the scenes' stuff in the computer science department!

Heading to DC tomorrow morning..will write again soon!

xox

That was the first massive billboard i saw as we drove in hahaha - i was like i may need one of those!!
So just a few dotpoints so i don't forget them - the cemeteries in New York are disgusting - they are the biggest things i have ever seen and they don't even lay out the graves nicely, there all like on top of each other. Plus they are always put right next 2 the motorways.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States catf24

loved the flight, and the hospitality of the BA business class experience. I even had a facial as I though it would be done by a dolly. Then some big gay guy came out to 'facial' me. I was petrified. I have to say that he did a really good job though!!

I REALLY made the most of the free champagne and wine on the flight too. Legs were a bit wobbly on my return to the good old US and A!

... into the town. Here we took the Driving Creek Railway which was built by Barry Bickell over a period of a few decades (he is still alive at the age of 73). This 60 acres is now part of the N.Z. Trust and can never be sold or developed. The different trees that are native to N.Z. were all marked so it was interesting. The hillsides are beautiful with lots of farms. We then had a picnic lunch in the park and ...

... this was refreshing. So, we were up, and on our way by 7.30am, only 14 miles up the road, however at that time in the morning, it took us 45 minutes! Thank goodness we had decided to leave extra early. Our bus driver Tim, was dead on time (I like that!), and we soon found out that he was a born and bred Bostoner (if that's what you call them), and I believe an Irish one at that. He was a living ...

... the museum presentations share, is: COURAGE. I cannot put it more simply. The JFK library is situated right on Columbia Point, overlooking the water with Boston in the background. Jacqueline (his wife) sought out an area that would be particularly poignant, and certainly represents JFK's love of the sea (it was that affiliation with the sea that drew hime to sign up in the Navy during the war) , and ...

... are here, in the same piece of land, running an amazing four season camping resort. How amazing would that be? To be working on the same piece of land that your parents, grandparents, great and great and great ....have worked before you?? That's hard to comprehend. But you can imagine then, the pride they have in the place. This, is the first piece of history, in an area that is FULL of history, as we are ...

... I think our landlord could be in for some interesting tenants! The final day before we flew out I was actually still working out my notice. The house was still a mess and in the end I quit work at midday, headed home, frantically scrubbed the house with Erica for 3 hours on what was one of the hottest days of the year, before getting in our rental car and racing to the airport. I dropped off Erica, the cat and the luggage, drove back to Cambridge to drop off the car, took ...

Well, the day has finally arrived, and it's strange because Cape Town
is so incredibly urban that going home will not be so much of a culture
shock as if I went home before entering South Africa. I mean, maybe
I'll try to get in on the wrong side of the car for a couple of days,
but other than that, everything here is about what it would be at home.
We went to a cafe for breakfast this morning and found there was a
fashion shoot going on there! It was a bit ...