Port of call - Boston. Our day started with an Uber to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. What a great museum! We spent about 3 hours there and I feel that we just scratched the surface. Then it was time to meet Linda's cousin Susan for lunch. It had been 7 years since they'd seen each other. We had a nice seafood lunch in the Back Bay. After lunch Linda and I walked through the Boston Public Gardens and the Boston Commons before heading back to the ship.
We had a nice sailing out of Boston accompanied by hungry gulls. We obliged and fed them a few grapes. At dinner we were rewarded with another stunning sunset, this time with the Boston skyline on the horizon. We also sailed though the Cape Cod Canal later that evening.
Wednesday, August 9
Port of call - New York, New York
We had a beautiful sail in to New York - past Coney Island, under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island and past the Manhattan skyline.
After docking we went for a walk through Times Square and then up to Central Park for a coffee at the Tavern on the Green. That evening we had dinner in "the city" and saw Groundhog Day, the musical. We didn't know it at the time but Bill Murray was in attendance at the show. After the show we had to stop at Juniors for cheesecake.
It was a great ending to a wonderful adventure.
If only it really was the ending. We're now in the United Airlines lounge at Newark Airport and it's 24 hours since we were supposed to be flying home. Let's just say that it started with an aircraft maintenance issue (understandable) and has escalated into system failures, incompetence and rudeness. Thanks United. At least I've had the time to write a pointed letter - and to complete the blog!
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