4 July – Wednesday
The flight with American Airlines went well, taking off from Heathrow during a spectacular thunderstorm and landing at Boston at 8.00pm local time. We had an incredible amount of leg room, although the movies were definitely not up to the Qantas standard. The service and food were also good. I would definitely rate AA as being much better than British Airways.
Independence Day in Boston – the Americans do patriotism very well! Started the day like true Americans and went to the flag raising ceremony, complete with fife band, then followed the parade to the Granary Cemetery to lay wreaths on the graves of Samuel Adams, John Hancock and a couple of others, then on to Faneuill Hall for the reading of the Declaration of Independence. The crowds weren’t huge and it was possible to get up close to the action – in all, it just had a really great “feel.” Afterwards, it was the hop on, hop off bus tour, a wander through Quincey Market among the buskers before a walk to the Boston Common and a ride on the swan boats. The whole city has an incredible holiday feeling to it and the majority of people are wearing their red, white and blue. We even found the grave for Mother Goose! To make the day even better – THE SUN IS SHINING!!!
Tonight we have a harbour cruise planned to watch the fireworks. The Boston Pops conduct a free concert, with fireworks, alongside the Charles River, but we would have had to be there about 9.00am this morning and just sit about all day on the grass waiting for the concert to commence at 7.00pm.
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