Boston - Day 2

Boston 2016 - Day 2

On Day 2 we started out by eating breakfast at the Japanese restaurant next door - Hojoko - and I would not recommend it for breakfast.  None of us would.

So then we grabbed a cab back to the Prudential Center for the Duck Tour.  We got a  really funny tour guide and got to see a lot of downtown Boston before going for a cruise in the St. Charles river.  Bix got to drive the boat.

 

My friend Craig met us afterwards and he drove us out to Legal Harborside where we wanted to go to lunch on Day 1.  I had a good Lobster bake, we ate some oysters, fish and chips, and then we went up to the third floor and got a primo table overlooking the harbor.

 

 

Then we went to nearby Castle Island and Fort Independence and enjoyed a cool summer breeze coming off the water.  Craig had never been there.  After the fort, we went back to the hotel to relax before dinner and the Boston Pops pre-show (the night before the 4th show).

We headed out to eat dinner downtown, but we couldn't get anywhere near the restaurant due to streets being blocked off.  So we went almost back to the hotel and ate at a place called Bertucci's a local restaurant with several locations.  I liked the food well enough.  After dinner we asked Craig to drop us off near the Hatch Shell where the Pops were playing.  We got dropped off on the Cambridge side and walked across the bridge - we could hear the Pops playing the 1812 Overture, complete with ridiculously loud cannon sounds that sounded like bombs going off.  But by the time we reached the Esplanade, they had stopped playing.  We couldn't get into the grounds with my backpack, so we were restricted to wait on the perimeter.  We heard Demi Lovato sing a song and then we took off.  So it was really a bust we could have waited and listened for more, but I wasn't feeling well, so we went back home.   We're going to watch it on TV tomorrow.