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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

Longfellow Bridge

USS Constitution

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!

This is the continued recap of our 10-day trip to the East Coast … the other parts are here, here, here and here.

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Finally I am getting around to work on the last part of our vacation recap (I can’t believe we’ve been home for 6 weeks already). We spent the last weekend of our East Coast trip (7/6-7/9) in Boston again. ♥ Sorry, I am not sorry for the photo overload. I can’t get enough of this beautiful city!

We dropped our rental car off at the airport (because you don’t need a car in the city) and took the ‘T’ back to downtown where we were staying at the Boston Park Plaza, right around the corner from Public Garden, for the last three nights. Awesomeness right there? Especially with our favorite coffee shop around the corner.

So, we dropped off our stuff, headed out to get some iced coffee and then took a walk through the city because it was such a beautiful night.

Hancock Tower

We stopped by the famous “Cheers” restaurant (you know, from the TV series!)…

… and  ended up having dinner at Geoffrey’s Cafe (and realized when we walked in that this was an openly gay-friendly restaurant, which I LOVED). They had fantastic service and one of the best tomato soups (with lots of fresh parmesan) that I’ve ever had!

We headed to bed early, because we were a little tired from driving and because we wanted to get up bright and early on Saturday morning.

My friend Ulli had recommended to go over to Cambridge for breakfast at “The Friendly Toast” and that’s what we did.

I had a delicious omelette with asparagus, bacon and goat cheese. Holy goodness in my mouth! Highly recommend it!

After stuffing our faces, we made our way back to the city on foot (working off the breakfast!) and crossed the Longfellow Bridge from where we had a beautiful view of the city.

I just can’t get enough of this beautiful view! Boston makes me feel like home (even though I’ve never ‘lived’ there for longer than 4 weeks.)

Public Garden Swan Boats

Saturday afternoon I got to explore the city on my own for a little while (J was tired and went to the hotel for a couple of hours) and I took a little stroll with my camera… obviously ending up on part of the Freedom Trail.

The red bricks of the Freedom Trail

State House

Granary Burial Ground (behind the Park Street Church)

Samuel Adams grave

The steaming tea pot at the Starbucks at Government Center

Government Center

Faneuil Hall and Custom Tower

Park Street Church

In the evening, we decided to have pizza in the North End, the Italian quarter of Boston.

North End view of downtown

Paul Revere Statue

Delicious! It was a fantastic evening!

And then, I decided to split this recap of the weekend in two posts, because I have way too many pictures and can’t decide which ones not to post! Stay tuned!