Homeward Bound or a Fist full of Dollars

We are finally on our way home and sat at Logan airport waiting for the flight to London. The temperature plummeted today back to minus 5 all day with strong winds so a massive chill factor.  I was thinking of all those Ugg boots we saw in Australia when the temperature was 35 degrees and I foolishly didn't buy any!

We went up the Prudential Tower today which has a viewing floor on the 50th floor with an audio guide to tell us about the city. What surprises me is that every guide mentions the Italian influence on the city and the new Latino arrivals but fails to mention all the Irish and the number of Irish pubs and gallons of Guiness that are drunk. Here we are in Dooleys with Richard's cousins .and dad Barney.  Barney was actually part of the "Big Dig" excavatijng all the new tunnel system in Boston so definitely deserves a mention in the Guide books

Here are some of the views from the tower - This is another skyscraper that was built with 10,000 panes of mirrored glass but some of the panes fell out and they had to replace them all before the building could be used. It does reflect the surrounding area beautifully.  It had to be built at an angle as the church down below had rights to the light.

One of the most famous sights is the Fenway stadium

According to signs in our taxi to the airport, Boston invented the snow machine.  Looking at these photos you must wonder why they bothered.


The river Charles runs through the middle separating Boston from Cambridge.  It is solid ice at the moment but there are 6 miles of tree lined promenades along the edge which must be lovely in summer.

The best sight in the snow is the State House with a gleaming god leaf covered dome which is just above the common.  They painted over the dome in WW2 as they thought it made rather a good target.

In England we argue whether you pronounce scone to rhyme with Boston or stone, in the states they solve this by calling them biscuits.  Biscuits of course are cookies.

Every part of this tour has been fantastic but it is now time to go home so thanks to all the family and friends we have met and if we win the lottery we will do it all again but maybe go to Australia when it is cooler and Boston when it is warmer