Boston

Rather than staying in a hotel, this time we are in a condo with Victoria who we found on airbnb.com. So far we've enjoyed the experience as there's more room, someone to guide us with information, and someone else to chat with.

Victoria is 38 and airbnb shows she's been on their website since 2011 and she has 89 reviews. Her fridge is fully stocked and it's 'help yourself to whatever you want', but we've generally bought our own food and drinks. No Ouzo, and the scotch bottle was nearly empty so i partook in her Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum with coca cola. White wine and coronas in the fridge.

At 38 she still works so the house is ours, so to speak!

After a late night chatting to Victoria and visitor, Steve, we get up the next morning and head into town to find the freedom trail. This is about 2.5 miles long and takes walkers past historic sites. Very good but about halfway through it started raining so we had to pop into cafes etc along the way when the rain was too heavy. We didn't quite finish it but saw enough and particularly liked the North End part of Boston with its narrow streets and Irish and Italian bars, cafes and pubs. Paul Revere rode from here on his famous midnight ride to advise that the British would march on Lexington and Concord via the sea route (we all knew that!!??).

Today was the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings with VP Joe Biden in town. Lots of news crews and security, you probably saw it on TV. Sadly it rained on their parade.

Hope you enjoy the photos. Sorry that there is not a notation to each photo but the blog is misbehaving, or is it just me?