I tend to attend a symposium in the US, abd this fifth time I planned one extra day to (finally) visit Boston. It was just half a day – I walked the full 6 miles to the busstation, and so I arrived only in the afternoon. I joined the Freedom Tour – a guided tour along places and about people that played a role in the prelude of the American Revolution.
Boston has changed quite a bit since those days – most of modern Boston was sea at the time. But the lands were flattened: Hills moved to lower grounds and so the landmass increased, and most of today’s Boston is on what is called “land fill”.
Of course, the skyline has changed as well over the years, and I’ve circumvented the sky-high Financial District, Nit juts followed the Freeedom Tour but on my way back, following the old wharfs and docks, now being converted from harbour area into living quarters – expensive, no doubt. A relaxing route after a heavy week.
These are the images I took back as a non-imaginary memory.