Lizzybear
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6th October
Awake at some ungodly hour and went down for some breakfast: Similar to the Hampton Inn’s offerings and, again, no need to buy breakfast elsewhere unless you really want to. Oh and yes I do go down to breakfast in my pyjamas at hotels, I have no shame! After breakfast, showering and dressing we set off for the nearby ‘T’ (subway) station: Andrew Square. Although we had the car Boston is very expensive to park in (our hotel was in south Boston and not walkable to the centre but only 10 minutes away on the train) and the T is only $2 per single fare including changes. We found it much more user friendly than the subway in New York and were soon into the swing of using it, a good thing as our first journey involved two changes. We arrived at the New England Aquarium around 10, got our Citypass voucher books and used the first one to visit the aquarium. It was a very nice one (we’ve been to a few!) and the spiral walkway means no stairs which is good for weary legs. We especially like the penguins, very cute! I bought a fridge magnet, Steve got some aquarium branded Swedish Fish (he always gets a bit obsessed with these in the US, one of the few veggie-safe jelly sweets!) and we left around midday to catch the T to The Prudential Centre.
Just keep swimming!
Cute frog
Little otter
Me pretending to dive like an otter, as you do.
Once there we purchased Duck Tours tickets: Luckily there were seats available for a tour leaving in ten minutes so we made our way to the waiting area and it was soon time to board. It was a very fun tour, undeniably pricey at $30 each for 80 minutes but I think everyone should do it once as it really helps to acquaint you with the city and, though here are other companies doing them now, this was the first Boston Duck Tour and I’d wager the one with the most character!
Not our duck but i'm liking the rainbow stripes!
Some kind of duck staff
Our mad con-duck-tour!
Another important looking building
Brave people!
CONTINUED
Awake at some ungodly hour and went down for some breakfast: Similar to the Hampton Inn’s offerings and, again, no need to buy breakfast elsewhere unless you really want to. Oh and yes I do go down to breakfast in my pyjamas at hotels, I have no shame! After breakfast, showering and dressing we set off for the nearby ‘T’ (subway) station: Andrew Square. Although we had the car Boston is very expensive to park in (our hotel was in south Boston and not walkable to the centre but only 10 minutes away on the train) and the T is only $2 per single fare including changes. We found it much more user friendly than the subway in New York and were soon into the swing of using it, a good thing as our first journey involved two changes. We arrived at the New England Aquarium around 10, got our Citypass voucher books and used the first one to visit the aquarium. It was a very nice one (we’ve been to a few!) and the spiral walkway means no stairs which is good for weary legs. We especially like the penguins, very cute! I bought a fridge magnet, Steve got some aquarium branded Swedish Fish (he always gets a bit obsessed with these in the US, one of the few veggie-safe jelly sweets!) and we left around midday to catch the T to The Prudential Centre.
Just keep swimming!
Cute frog
Little otter
Me pretending to dive like an otter, as you do.
Once there we purchased Duck Tours tickets: Luckily there were seats available for a tour leaving in ten minutes so we made our way to the waiting area and it was soon time to board. It was a very fun tour, undeniably pricey at $30 each for 80 minutes but I think everyone should do it once as it really helps to acquaint you with the city and, though here are other companies doing them now, this was the first Boston Duck Tour and I’d wager the one with the most character!
Not our duck but i'm liking the rainbow stripes!
Some kind of duck staff
Our mad con-duck-tour!
Another important looking building
Brave people!
CONTINUED
