Day 10 - Boston

Distance travelled: 23 miles by car, 4 miles by subway, 2 miles by foot

I got up early today as I’d asked Jo and Mike if we could watch the Formula one race, which started at 8am here.

The Engelhardts get up early every morning so it wasn’t a problem. Myself, Mike and Dylan watched most of it together. Kathryn got up when Jo prepared pancakes for us for breakfast. They were really nice with butter and sugar.

Watching the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

After the race had finished, I went outside with Dylan to play soccer for a bit before they had to leave for his pool party. Again, the weather was great and it was really sunny. Actually it was getting noticeabley warming and I remember thinking that this was actually a pretty decent day for summertime in the UK, let alone November.

Jo and Mike's Street (top), their back yard (middle) and Kathryn ready for the next leg of our journey (bottom)

Jo and Mike have a really spacious garden with a swing rope from the tree that obviously I had to have a go on.

Everyone left for the pool and after packing everything up again, me and Kathryn left about 12 o’clock for our final drive into Boston. I was pretty nervous, but it was a lot easier driving in the daylight. We actually went past a junction that previously I would have accidentally left the interstate on, but this time we knew what we were doing and avoided it! We stopped for gas on the way back too, which was easier again as I knew what to do! Once we got to the airport, the rental car return was really well signposted so we were able to get the car straight back to the drop off point. Once there, it took about 2 minutes to hand the car back, and we were back in Boston.

View of Airport Station on Boston public transit

We headed over to the hotel straight away to drop our bags. The hotel was kind enough to upgrade our room to a park view, but it wouldn’t be ready until later.

Street outside hotel

In the meantime, we explored the local park oppsite the hotel, and went for some lunch at a wine bar and kitchen. We had grilled chicken pinini and chips, which was filling enough for the rest of the day!

View of park in Boston known as Boston Commnon (top), Soldiers and Sailors Monument (middle) and State Library (bottom)

We walked around some of the shops on Newbury Street and returned to the hotel about 4pm when the room was eventually ready. We were actually feeling pretty tired after the early start, so I went out to get some coffee and cupcakes for an evening snack/desert. I got vanilla, coconut and chocolate flavours, the best was chocolate!

As we’d missed the last few weeks of The Walking Dead, we just watched the previous episodes and the new one before going to bed.

Exterior of Georgetown Cupcakes Store (top) and cupcakes (bottom)