It’s a 59 minute walk from our hotel to The Boston Tea Party.
Let’s do that.
We arrived four hours later.
We didn’t miscalculate the walk, even if we had very little internet, but we did get distracted by the beautiful waterfront in South Boston.
And the city.
The City of Boston has a population of approximately 700,000 with Greater Boston about 5 million. Hospitals are the biggest industry followed by education and then tourism, although from November to April the third highest industry becomes finance.
I-93 (Interstate) used to go through the centre of Boston but in 1982 planning began to reroute I-93 into the 2.4km Thomas P.O’Neill Jr. Tunnel. The project also included the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel (extending I-90 to Logan Airport), the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway, in the space vacated by the previous 1-93 elevated roadway. The ‘Big Dig’ was the most expensive highway construction in the States with time overruns of 9 years and almost $12 billion cost overruns.
Our shuttle driver to the airport, Joelle, told us he felt that the Big Dig had made traffic worse, particularly on weekends, and that peak time is now between 2pm and 7pm.
Essentially now you drive under the water. It’s pretty cool.
As was Boston. For two days we wandered around the city.
The buildings show a city of stark contrasts. The culture shows a deep respect for it’s diversity and history.
We loved it.
Enough that I am posting my favourite 50 or so photos to this blog. Remembering folks, this is my travel diary. Sorry about that. 😜
And now off to New Orleans for what was to be two whirlwind days. Due to a 6 hour wait in the airport, including a 4.5 hour delay, it’s going to be one day. I guess we sleep on the plane heading back to NZ on Saturday……..
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