Ooh, Betty! I've been articulated!

Since I had plenty of time to spare before dinner, I decided to wander up to the Charles River and walk along it for a bit.

All the space along the river is public and open, unlike in Cambridge back home, where the University of Cambridge colleges keep as much of it private as they can.

There are bike trails and walking areas everywhere.  I didn't cross the river into Cambridge itself, but I saw a lot of sailing boats, eights rowing and people just sitting watching.

There's an esplanade that's more wooded, and I saw people in canoes that were obviously not skilled in the art given that half of the time, they seemed to he headed into the trees - much like the punters back home.

I'd already looked up how to get to my restaurant on the T from Fenway or Kenmore stations, but by the time I'd walked all the way along the esplanade, I noticed that I was only one stop away from Copley Square anyway, so I carried on walking there instead of taking a train for a few seconds.


The sun was setting by this point, which was pretty.

All the areas of Boston that I've seen have been nice.  All through the suburbs out to the end of the 'D' line at Riverside where my hotel is, though Newton, Brookline and other places all look very quaint and nice.

I hadn't realised, but my dinner was actually in the bar and restaurant of the Fairmont on Copley Square, and the bar was full of quite smartly dressed people.  Since I'd worn long trousers due to the cold start, I fitted in OK once I'd taken my Giants shirt off, revealing the normal plain polo shirt underneath!

I don't think I've ever had a steak that was so salty.  The last couple of mouthfuls were really too much, but apart from that it was all OK.

The Green Line trains are simple two old trolleys coupled together, each one with a bendy bit in the middle.  I didn't realise that when I first travelled on the train, until I discovered one foot was moving backwards and forwards as I was half standing on the join!

The movement in this video wasn't as extreme as some of the earlier bits, I couldn't get to sit there earlier on in the journey to film it, and when we arrived at Riverside, we didn't cross to the other track, which also makes it go a lot further.
Location: Boston, MA, USA

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