This is the continued recap of our 10-day trip to the East Coast … the other parts are here, here, here, here and here.
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On our last day in Boston (07/08), I got up quite early to explore the city a little bit on my own. I knew that J wasn’t particularly interested in following me around while I was taking a gazillion of photos, so I let him sleep in a bit. I walked out of the hotel and down Boylston Street and captured some beautiful morning photos.
Copley Square
Trinity Church and Hancock Tower
Old South Church
Boston Public Library
Hancock Tower
Boylston Street
Around noon, I picked up J at the hotel, we got coffee and some breakfast at our little coffeeshop and then headed down to the harbor, because we had decided to do a “Harbor and Charles River & Locks Tour” – the best way to get beautiful views of the skyline.
Harbor
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge
Charles River
Museum of Science
We made it back to Boston Common around 4:30 p.m. and had some coffee at the park.
Park Street Church
coffee in the park
Then we headed to the Prudential Center. I wanted to go up there for the beautiful view really badly and we decided that we’d rather spend some money on some drinks at the ‘Top of the Hub’, then pay the entrance fee for the Skywalk Observatory (one story below).
Prudential Center
view from the Pru
We got a great table right along the window front. The Pomegranate Mojito was so good and and we enjoyed a beautiful view over the city.
at the Prudential ‘Top of the Hub’.
view from the Pru
The First Church of Christ
We later had a quick late night dinner at the Boston Hard Rock (classy!) and then headed back to the hotel, since we had an early flight on Monday morning.
We had a fantastic time in Boston. It once again proved to me why I call it one of the greatest cities in the world. I really didn’t want to leave and I am sure I’ll be back!