Sunday 25 March - Boston

A quiet weekend, the last one in my temporary home town of Boston. Libe remained in her short-term abode of NYC too, thus there was one more weekend away from each other to go. Certainly looking forward to not being apart for such prolonged periods of time. Clearly, I couldn’t handle a job down the track where one of us would be required to be on the road for significant lengths of time and would create absences like the ones that we’ve been experiencing..

Saturday was spent watching the Australia v South Africa game. One of the advantages of being here at this time is that the Caribbean is in the same time zone as the eastern states of the US. Thus, today I was able to wake up at 9 and jump straight in front of the laptop for a full day of absorbing cricket.

Sunday I decided to step out and do a last little bit of sightseeing; to tick off the things in Boston I’d listed as ‘must do’s’ upon stepping out of Logan International Airport on 30th December but hadn’t yet done.

The Prudential Tower is Boston’s second largest building, but is home to its major observation deck (much like the Rialto is the second tallest building & our observatory). It was good to look out over the area that has been home for the last 3 months (which has gone so quickly it feels like 3 weeks), and to piece together the familiar sights like a big jigsaw puzzle. It’s not as breathtaking as the Empire State Building’s view, but it’s still pretty handy.

Fenway Park is home to the Boston Red Sox, the local Major League Baseball team. It’s much like Skilled Stadium is to the AFL. Fenway Park is probably too small for league standards, and for a city of 4.4 million people, at only 35,000 capacity (which has increased a few thousand in the last few years too). However, it’s old, quirky, full of history, and it might be the last bastion of ‘suburban’ baseball in the US (ie. away from the big stadium feel that you get with the MCG and the Dome when compared to Skilled). The hourly tour I went on was huge in numbers – probably 100 or so in the group – which probably reflects the aura that it carries. Well worth a look for anyone who passes through Boston.