Boston, MA

thats a lot to do. spend some time in lexington and concord. walden pond, authors ridge, north bridge, follow battle road, lexington green, downtown concord is nice for a stroll, rent a canoe and paddle to old north bridge , do the house tours, wayside inn louisa may alcotts home bring good shoes and good weather lol

I don't know why you would like to know my opinion about this trip,but as far as myself I like to enjoy time and place and company at the same time.I went to Boston quite some time ago with my husband and we have had a great time there.We had also about three days to spent there,which is not a lot of time to see Boston.First we went to Boston Horbour it was beautiful there.We have booked one of this trips to watch wailes it was great experience.One needs to take camera before going and decide about how much time wants to spend on this trip.They are entire day trips or half a day trips.You won't regret it.Than one entire day we've spend on Boston Market and it was not enough.Great seafood restaurants suvenoir shops and just everything you can possibly imagine is there.Than some history of course.We went to museum there,I don't recall the name,but for local people probably wouldn't be aproblem to find it.They had old wapons there just like the ones used in Civil War.It was fun,fun,fun.We were tired but happy.We've seen a lot,ate a lot of delicious food and vaisted no time.

Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear about your camera. Just an FYI...you should always put an address sticker on your camera......there are some good people out there that would send you your camera!!! I lost my camera on my first day on a cruise to Alaska. We hadn't even set sail yet and I put my camera down by my chair and it was snatched in a matter of 5 minutes!!! Like you, I could care less about the camera but I had lots of pictures on it already!

Sounds like a great trip!

Boston is amazing! I've been twice and loved every minute of it! I hope you one day get to experience a Red Sox game. I'm not a Sox fan, but as a baseball fan, it's unlike any other experience (and I've been to 100's of games!). Try the tour of Fenway next time too. It's great to go to the top of the Monster.

Next time I hope to do more of the historical stuff.

Your trip description made me smile. It sounded so much like our 3 day trips to places. My daughter wanted to check out Boston University for school next year. I looked for a reasonable hotel near Boston and decided that the Holiday Inn Express for 129 dollars in Waltham didn't sound too bad, thinking that it would be an easy train ride into Boston from Waltham. After asking lots of questions at the hotel, the staff didn't know where you could park a car and take the train in, so I decided to drive in and park in a parking lot near BU for 10 dollars - off of Commonwealth. We were going to spend one hour at BU and then head for Quincy Market on the T. The tour took much longer and we decided to take a taxi into town, which was a thrill ride for 15 dollars. Quincy Market is full of vendors selling souvenirs surrounded by stores - Clark Shoes, Gap, Urban Outfitters,etc. THere are hundreds of food shops inside and I wish I would have stood in line for chowder, but gave in to a slice of Pizza. My daughter, only 17, was too tired to do the Freedom Trail, so we took a cab back to BU, the T was so crowded, we would have had to stand and it was about 30 minutes on the Green line back to BU. I decided to drive to Walden Pond in Concord (about a 40 minute drive) and then out to Salem. Since it was 86 degrees that day (in October) everyone was at the Pond swimming, (old men in Speedos, teens making out, ice cream trucks) - the whole romantic idea of Thoreau quickly evaported. My daughter really like the environmental toilets though and took a pic. The only Thoreau tribute is a statue of the author and a replica of his one room house. Next onto Salem at 5 pm. We got caught in I-95 traffic and sat for about an hour and half before getting out to Salem. Once again, alot of witch tourist traps, a closed House of the Seven Gables and a kickoff Halloween parade. The town has many New England style homes, lots of Capes and cottages, we really loved that. I too wanted seafood, so we ate at Captains, on the Wharf, which was really expensive but a beautiful setting on the harbour, lobster was 40 dollars so I opted for the haddock and it was good. The next day we drove along Commonwealth which lets you see the neighborhoods surrounding Boston, so beautiful. We visited Boston College and Brandeis, which if you want a tranquil campus, Boston College is the one. The trip was supposed to last 2 days, but we decided to drive to Connecticut instead, which is another trip.

loved your story of your trip im going there in july and taking in a redsox game i live in lake havasu so its way diifernt here next time you plan a trip come out here to lake havasu and make sure you stop by the desert martini!!! coldest beer in town////