A Little Bit of Boston

I enjoyed a fun day trip to Boston before heading to Martha’s Vineyard for a conference. It was my first time in Boston though I’ve wanted to go for years. I never found the right opportunity to go until now. 

I had a very long layover in Boston so I decided to venture out into the City. I did a little bit of internet searching before I got there but I mai it played it by ear. I had noticed from a prior flight at Logan airport how close downtown Boston was from the airport by water. I decided to reach my water transport options upon landing. 

I followed signs to ground transport and using a combo of the internet and signage and asking for help, I ended up on the #66 shuttle to the water transport dock. From there, it wanted the option with the most flexibility as far as hours to return so I went with the water bus, which ran on an hourly schedule. 

While I felt a little seasick on the ride, the short cruise was a beautiful way to approach the city on a glorious September day. 

I was a bit disoriented when I got to Longs Wharf since I had never been to Boston before, but I just started walking and using the Apple Maps feature on my phone and looking for destinations. I had heard of before and ended up making it to Quincy Market where there was lots of delicious food to choose from but that I skipped. I’ll have to put Quincy Market on my to do list for the next time I return based on all of the fresh seafood, chowder, french fries, macaroni and cheese, and fattening foods I salivated over when walking through the market on my walk I also stumbled upon Hall where I was able to obtain a national park service map of the Freedom Trail. Since I was limited on time, I decided to hit some of the highlights of the tour. I was able to see the old House and the new state house. I visited Boston, the old city hall and several other locations on the freedom Trail,

I ended my sightseeing with a walk-through the North End neighborhood I went to Mike’s Pastries and got a giant cannoli. It was a very cool amd casual vibe at the bakery. I also saw Paul Revere‘s house.

The quick trip allowed me to touch on a few famous landmarks and decide how best to plan my time n Boston when I can back for a longer trip, perhaps even with the kids.

I decided that probably wasn’t cost-efficient for me to take the water bus back back to Logan airport so I ended up taking the subway system from the aquarium stop to the airport on the blue line.

I took the shuttle back to Logan where I boarded a very small plane to Martha’s Vineyard. I traveled on Cape Air airline in the smallest plane, a Cessna, that I’ve ever been on. The flight was about 40 minutes, long and we traveled to the island at sunset. It was quite beautiful.

I even got to act as copilot and watch all the pilots notations and instrumentation while we flew. 

I’ll have to write a separate post about Martha’s Vineyard since I pretty much just collapsed in my room as soon as I got to the hotel in Edgartown. Im looking forward to exploring the island tomorrow.