Well what a change, yesterday perfect weather today raining oh well. So we didn't want to walk to far for breakfast. Just across from our hotel was the local markets, and located there is the replica Cheers bar famous for the TV series of that name,so a great spot for breakfast.
By the time we had finished breakfast, the rain had passed so we headed to the water front which has a walkway along pretty much the entire harbour front, past many many apartments, some of them very well to do with marinas and some nice vessels tied up in them. Yes another walk around the "walking city".
Heading further up the harbour where I discovered that the Charles River had a series of locks, later replaced by a dam in 1910 which was replaced by another dam in 1978. The dam’s locks permit recreational craft to travel from the river to the harbor and back year round. There is also a "fish ladder" that allows fish that spawn upstream to navigate into the river system. In case you were wondering, the locks and dam were created as a flood control mechanism.
We continued walking up to Beacon Hill, which is the location of the Bull & Finch hotel which was the inspiration for the bar used in the TV show "Cheers". As you would expect we had to pop into the bar and also stayed for lunch. I tried to go small, but as with everything on the US it is huge, however Win and Anne were even smarted and went for the petite burgers, I looked at that but felt as a male there was no way that an Aussie bloke could order a small burger. Ben, meanwhile went for the Norm Burger - it was huge, and I have to say that Ben who is pretty handy in the tooth department did struggle.
Ben and the Norm Burger
After the Cheers bar it was time to waddle back to our hotel for some quiet time before attacking the evening again with gusto.
So back into the area which must be home to all the people with Italian heritage in Boston. Ben once again found a top restaurant, in my view not quite as good as last night's, but very good indeed. What is it with the small kitchens in this city, yet another small kitchen and I am not sure that any of the chefs could move a foot either way.
I ordered Gnocchi as my entree (main meal) it was very good but not as good as Win's (or her Mum's). Another great night with great wines and great company.
Sunday
Slept in a little this morning - and why was that - trying to watch/listen/get updates to the NRL Grand Final - woo hoo - you little beauty Manly Sea Eagles Premiers
So first port of call - breakfast. Breakfast at an Irish Pub - does it get any better, probably not. Oh and by the way there were a few guys having a beer or whatever with breakfast - what the hell it is a free country - right !
My suggestion was to go for a tour on the DUKW (yes pronounced duck), and this was agreed to by all, no more walking tours.
Where does the term DUKW come from? More at the end of the post
So we signed up for a 90 minute tour. This took us around the city and then we launched into harbour. Before we hit the water we DUKW'ed around the city which gave us some history and put some names to many of the places that we had walked past, so very worthwhile. Then we hit the water, this gave us a good overview of the sights and areas around the harbour. What an excellent final day in Boston.
After the tour of the city and harbour, we decided that you cannot come to Boston without having seafood on the menu. We opted for a place called Legal Seafoods - bloody fantastic, comes with a big recommendation from me.
Once again Ben is the model with his medium Lobster
Then it was time to pick up our luggage and head to the airport. Lets not get into how long it took us getting back to NY when it is only a 40 minute flight, as that would only spoil a great weekend
Yes - what a fantastic weekend, I would definitely come back here for a visit
And in case you were wondering about the term:-
The DUKW is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious attacks. the name is not a military acronym a I thought but the GM naming terminology
- "D" indicates a vehicle designed in 1942,
- "U" meant "utility (amphibious)",
- "K" indicated all wheel drive
- "W" indicated two powered rear axles.
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