We left Plainfield on a Tuesday morning for Boston leaving Symi with Rae and John for three days - a period of time Symi would later refer to as "The Spoiling". Rob's dad John had very kindly lent us his car and we had booked two nights at an Airbnb just outside the middle of Boston. We arrived late morning to be greeted by our hosts Sally and Bruce.
We headed into Boston with a vague plan of completing a National Park ranger led walk - yes Boston is a national park. We got off the "T" Boston's tram service at Boston Common (luckily missing the stabbing that happened there later that afternoon!). We quickly found the freedom trail that leads you around Boston covering the events that happened there leading up to the beginning of the war of independence. After covering the southern section of the trail independently reading the plaques we arrived at the visitor's center and booked ourselves on the next tour. We had a short wait so fortified ourselves with a cup of coffee.
