When we finally got on the bus we wound our way around streets so that the various sights could be pointed out ot us. The first real stop after our pick up was at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. Our Go Boston passes allowed us to get free tickets to the game that night so off the bus we got and headed for the ticket office. We managed to secure tickets. We had considered doing a tour of the ballpark however the next available slot was midday so we decided to give it a miss.
On our arrival at Fenway PArk there was a crowd near one of the entrances to the park with much camera clicking. We concluded that one of the people on the other side of the road was one of the baseball stars but we had no idea who was there so did not bother with photos although later I thought that I should have taken a photo of all the people clicking away.
Back on the Beantown bus we trundled around Boston before crossing the Chales River and entering Cambridge, home of MIT. We got off at the next stop so that we could go over to Harvard. The Red T line, Boston trains, runs through Cambridge and on to Harvard and beyond. How difficult could it be. Firstly, we needed to get a Charlie ticket but how this could be obtained was not explained. After stuffing around for a while we eventually found a helpful lass, the stations are unmanned, who stepped us through the process. You get the Charlie card when you buy your first ticket and from then on it just gets updated.
Trains ran frequently, at about 5 minute intervals, so we only had a short wait. Two stops and we alighted at Harvard Square. We booked a walking tour of Harvard, free on our Go Boston pass, grabbed some lunch and returned to Harvard Square where we joined the tour.
In 2011 we visited Harvard in the pre-dawn. Today, at least, it was light and sunny. Our guide, a student about to start her 3rd year at this hallowed seat of learning, entertained us as we trundled around the precinct.
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| Interesting building ... and I liked the bowtie ... office of one of the Harvard papers |
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| Looking down on Harvard Square with the T station bottom right. |
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| A relaxed looking Harvard yard ... most of the students are on holiday |
While out at Harvard we briefly visited the Peabody Museum which specialises in archeology and ethnologybrfore going on to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. This latter institution had an excellent exhibition dealing with climate change. It also had an impressive collection of crystals. However the highlight was a huge collection of glass flowers. Trevor took some photos of these very life like obects and here is three of his photos.
As the afternoon was slipping by and we had a baseball match to get to we called it quits at Harvard and headed back to the Pru on the T. We were getting to be old hands at the trains after just two trips.
After an early dinner we headed for Fenway Park which was a mere 1.5km away and an easy walk. Once at the park we milled around for a while before taking our seats. Both teams did their warm up down at our end of the ground. I still have no idea who was who. Perhaps a program would have helped with the identification process. Too late now.
We were in time for the presentation of the people who had been inducted into the Red Sox Hall of fame earlier in the day.
Then the game got underway. The red Sox were beeing well and truly beaten until the 6th inning when the Houston pitcher lost it and allowed them to run in 8 runs. From that point on the crowd was happy but the game was virtually over.
We have now attended our major league baseball match so can cross that off the to do list.
Unfortunately we didnt get to tour Harvard so thats for pur next trip and their were no ballgames on
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