Day 17 - Boston, Boston Common

As expected the sun woke Julian up at 6am.  Steve and I had been awake since 5:30am, so it could have been worse.  Julian was content to lie with us for a while in the King size bed which was very good of him.  The strange thing about this bed is that it is about 1m off the ground - photo to come.

We all had breakfast and then once again mucked around, making the most of not having to be anywhere.  I put on a load of washing in the washer/dryer and it said that it would take 4.5hours!  I thought it was joking, little did I know that it was going to change its mind and take longer!

At around 9:30am Julian was eager for a run around, so we put on his doggy backpack (with a leash for us to hold) and we went for a walk around the surrounding streets.

Beacon Hill is one of the most expensive areas in Boston (we saw a BASIC 3Br apartment for sale for $3.2M- damn scary).  We walked the block to Louisberg Square which is prime real estate.  The brownstones around this block are valued between $6M - $20M.  Senator John Kerry has one on the corner.  One can dream...

We then got yet another hot chocolate from Starbucks and we all walked 3 blocks to Boston Common.

 Julian is loving walking and we are trying to make the most of it.  So far today he walked at least 1km (according to Google Maps).

We then walked him to get Julian a decent lunch and give him a rest in the cot.  I then walked 85m (according to Google Maps) to Cafe Vanille and bought our lunch:

Toasted Pastrami Panini (don't know why we got bread), Pain Aux Chocolat and Chocolate Eclairs washed down with in-house Passionfruit Iced Tea.  Steve wasn't too keen on the tea but everything else was delicious.

As I write, Julian is still asleep.  When he is up we will go back to Boston Common and join a Freedom Trail walking tour.