Nov 5&6 Boston

 No Canadian stops after Quebec on this segment. We had already lost Saguenay and Sydney due to the delay in Montreal. Then, just as we were an hour from Halifax, the captain announced we weren't going there due to high winds. Fortunately we had visited them on the way up, but a loss for the people who had joined in Montreal hoping to visit some Canadian ports. I guess November in the northeast is not a good time. On the plus side, skipping Halifax put us into Boston earlier than planned.

A shuttle bus took us from the port to Quincy Market, in the middle of historic Boston. 

 Since we arrived about noon, we took advantage of the food court in the market. Oceania doesn't believe in chicken tenders, but Quincy Market does.

Faneuil Hall is right next door

Samuel Adams oversees the market area.

 

 

Boston has a Freedom Trail that visits many of the Revolutionary sites. The path is well marked.

The Old State House

 The Boston Massacre occurred right in front of the Old State House

The Old South Meeting House, the gathering point for the Tea Party demonstration. 

The Old City Hall

Ben Franklin

 

Granary Burying Ground

Famous internee

Massachusetts State House

And that's the end of our first day in Boston. We trudge back in the twilight to the shuttle bus stop.

 We're back bright and early the next morning. Quincy Market is about the midpoint of the Freedom Trail -- we went backwards to the beginning yesterday. Today we cover the second half.

 Paul Revere's home.  Perhaps the Midnight Ride was to get the contractors to come to his house, and they've finally arrived.

Not historic, just pretty

Paul Revere statue and Old North Church

Copp's Hill Burying Ground

Not willing to walk another mile across the river to the Bunker Hill Monument, we settled for a picture from a distance. The battlefield is now residential, with just the monument noting the spot.

Nearby is Boston Garden where the Celtics and Bruins play.

In the alcove for the Garden (and a large grocery store) is a statue commemorating Bobby Orr's famous Stanley Cup goal. Not part of the Freedom Trail, but probably more important to modern Bostonians.