FIRST TIME IN BOSTON! Have We Found Our New FAVORITE City??? (Pre-Cruise Port)
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2022
- We are in Boston for the first time ever! Tomorrow we set sail on the Norwegian Pearl to Bermuda, but since we had never been to Boston before, we wanted to come in a couple of days early to explore the city!
We start early in the morning with the hop-on-hop-off Old Town Trolley. We have found that these tours are the best way to learn any new city we visit! After seeing some great sites, we hop off on stop #5 to visit Quincy Market for lunch. This is a great place to get all kinds of food in one place... we grabbed a slice of pizza, a gyro wrap, a lobster roll and New England clam chowder, how is that for variety!
We jumped back on the trolley to get off on stop #8 to visit to most famous bar in the US... Cheers! Where everybody knows your name? Well no one knew ours, and Norm wasn't there, but we enjoyed a pint in this nostalgic location! Across the street is Boston Commons, so we decided the rest of our day would be on foot. We walked all through the park, the beautiful neighborhood of Beacon Hill and we even found a cemetary founded in the 1600s where most of the gravestones were so old you couldn't read the inscriptions!
We ended our night at what I like to call Tavern Row in downtown. We started with a visit to the Sam Adams Taphouse and ended with the oldest one in the United States, the Bell in Hand Tavern. What a day!!!
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I’ve lived in MA my whole life and I loved watching you guys experience my “back yard” 😊 Quincy market was a field trip destination back in grade school lol
Same here!!!! So cool to see an ‘outsiders’ perspective. Loved hearing ‘we saw where the Celtics play’ meanwhile to me it’s north station where I get the train home 😂
There were some field trips going on that day too.
So Glad you love my Hometown! BOSTON!
Glad you enjoyed Boston so much. Today is May 20, 2022 and the next two days are supposed to reach 98 degrees. If you had just come a week or so later you would not have been so cold. :)
One minor point. Common mistake - the stones on little picturesque Acorn Street are not cobble stones. They are actually ballast stones. These were taken from the bottom of English merchant ships and replaced with goods being shipped from Massachusetts to England. Ballast stones are round. Cobble stones are rectangular and flat. Streets made of ballast stones are extremely rare.
Ahhh… thanks for clarifying!
I love watching people visit Boston. My Mom was born and raised in the Northend of Boston, and my grandmother lived on Hanover Street, across from the Paul Revere Statue. So many memories for me in Boston! I hope you tried a cannoli at Modern Pastry. They are the best!
Love That Dirty Water!
Magnets are the best souvenirs cheep, easy to pack and fun to display at home
Ahhhh. Love going down to Boston. Boston is to me as NOLA is for you guys! Boston is definitely your city if you're a history nerd! ! Did you know...that old government building with the Unicorn on it has a small balcony on the front of it. That is where the Declaration of Independence was first read publicly, and right around the corner from that is the site of the Boston Massacre. I just LOVE it there, how the new city is built up and around the colonial era Boston. Sooooo glad you were able to see the best parts of the city and had a great time. Luv ya
Oh my gosh, I didn’t know that!!
And what most people (not you, Karen) don't know is that the original shoreline is shown near Faneuil Hall. Yes, much of Boston is on filled land, including most of Back Bay, where I lived (On Marlborough Street between Fairfield and Gloucester) up until 52 years ago.
I love Quincy market. Boston is definitely a nice city to visit.
Lived in Boston until 52 years ago, went to college near where Cheers is, had my informal college photo taken in the Boston Public Gardens which you liked so much. This video takes me back in time. My husband drove a taxi during our college years--but we have now lived in his home state (Vermont, and yes we make maple syrup) the last 50 years. We take friends and family to Boston and tell them we can tailor the visit to their likes. Each trip is different and always fun. I will probably watch this video over and over and over and......
Welcome to Boston
Mike’s Pastries is a must see for cannolis!!!
Hi, guys: Boston is one of our favorite cities. We’ve spent about 8 days there on a couple different trips. But you made it look even more fun!
If you get more days there, definitely check out Faneuil Hall, the Aquarium, take a sailboat tour, go whale watching, check out a restaurant or two down at the pier, and get over for a Harvard Tour done by a real student. The Sox Stadium is also cool. My favorite restaurant in the North End is Limoncello.
Have a fantastic cruise, from South Florida!
Thanks, we will be back!
Fenway Park!!
Boston is special to me and my husband, he is a Revolutionary War/Paul Revere buff, so we did the freedom trail when we were in Boston in 2016 and then he proposed at Paul Revere Mall, we are looking forward to going back again.
Yay! We live in Massachusetts and love it when our state and our capital city gets some love! We are leaving for Bermuda on the Pearl the week on July 1st!
Welcome to my city! Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome! We live about 45 minutes south of Boston in the city of Fall River. Welcome to the Northeast! Enjoy!🇺🇦🇺🇸🤜
Hi Leo, I'm from NH and spent the night at the Lizzie Borden House a few years back doing a paranormal investigation with some friends of mine who have area PI Team. A-flipping-mazing! Definitely one of the coolest experiences of my life. Fall River is beautiful!
@@karengriswold4537 I'm glad that Fall River has brought you a great experience! Very cool! Fall River also has a lot of great restaurants as well! I have vacationed in NH White Mountains many many times throughout the years and it's one of my favorite places to visit!Take care! 🇺🇦🇺🇸🤜
Thanks for visiting! The Public Gardens are across from Cheers. The Boston Common is across from the Gardens. If you like chowder and seafood, check out the Union Oyster House next time and the Boston Public Market has good food and crafts from Massachusetts.
Great vlog. Always fun to see how out of towners see the city you grew up in. But, you should have stopped to get lunch in the North End. Oh, the building you were commenting on at the beginning is the Custom House. Used to be a typical landmark we used while sailing in Boston Harbor. And, for a long time was one of the tallest buildings in that part of the city.
One of the strange things when you grow up in a city like Boston is you never visit the "touristy areas" like Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market/Cheers unless someone comes to visit. For example, I never stepped on the Constitution until I lived 3 hours away.
BTW, Boston doesn't do chocolate chip cookies, it's toll house cookies.
It might have been too early in the year, but the Boston Public Garden and the Boston Common (as opposed to "the Gaaden" where the Celtics and the Bruins play) downtown are always fun and the swan boats in the Public Garden are iconic.
Interesting thing about downtown Boston is the crazy maze of streets around Beacon Hill is the direct result of roads roads being constructed on existing cow paths.
Final thing is Boston's classic walking tour, the Freedom Trail. Takes you by many of the Revolutionary War sites in Boston, including The Old North Church, Paul Revere's House and a lot of great old cemeteries.
Welcome to my home city Boston! Glad you guys got to experience so much in the city. But 1. It wasn't that cold and 2. You need to drop your R's
Quincy Mahket and Clam Chowdah
Come back soon! Do the transatlantic from Iceland to Boston with Celebrity
Boston is a great city and the food is awesome. Had the best lobster Mac and cheese there. And the northeast definitely was not getting the memo that spring should have arrived!
Yeah, it was freezing!!
This is on my bucket list. When I was young, I use to read all kinds of books (romantic and mystery) and Boston was so described beautifully that it made want to go see this city. Thanks for sharing!!
Love Boston! Went there my first time back in 2019 before Covid hit us. Glad I got to visit.
It was fun watching your trip! It is such a beautiful city so different from others. Even though they call Chicago the Windy City most people don't know that the true windiest city in the country is actually Boston! Apparently the wind was happy to see you 😁!
Glad you enjoyed! Welcome to Boston, sorry you had a cold weekend. Usually we get 70-80 degree weather in mid-may, so you must have just missed the warmer weather. Come back soon! We can give you some other big things to hit. The lion and the unicorn on the old state house (or British customs house) are actually symbols of the British empire. They were ripped down and stored in the attic after independence, but were restored to their proper location for the US bicentennial.
Very cool history!
@@EECCTravels just wanted to toss that in since you mentioned the unicorn
I lived outside of Boston and would visit almost every weekend. Funny that the things you see and visited are taken for granted. I now live in CT and have not been to Boston for a long time, would love to go back.
What a wonderful tour of our city! That was a fabulous segment. Agree about Cheers. Everyone has the same reaction. I am surprised you didn’t hit the Union Oyster House. Hugely famous and the oysters are SOO good. Thanks for the entertainment.
Wish we could have met, maybe on another visit. I am glad you got out and walked around Boston, it is known as a walking city. I am glad you saw Acorn Street, it is known as one of the most beautiful streets.
I am originally from the suburbs of Boston. Looks like you had a good time in my hometown!
Boston is a great city! Spent five years there during the middle of my career. Great food everywhere and you can walk to everything. Can't wait to stop there again in July on the Caribbean Princess on the way to Quebec City in July! I remember some years where it did not get reliably warm until the beginning of July. The weather can be awful though August and September were always great. They used to say the four seasons were Fall, Winter, More Winter, and Road Construction. Fun video and yes, Cheers is a total tourist trap, LOL.
Was in Boston back in February. The snow was beautiful. The cold was unbelievable. I am from Florida!!!
We are driving my wife's Mom back to Boston this weekend. Sorry we will miss you when we get there as you will be on a cruise. Love the Quincy Market but the one in Philadelphia I loved more. If you get up to Ontario Canada, the Farmer's Market in St. Jacobs is not to be missed; don't go on a Sunday because with a Mennonite community they are closed on Sunday. We are planning on seeing NYC and Washington by Hop On Hop Off tours then on to some of the sites of your East Coast trip, Kennebunkport and Portland.
Great reviews about Boston! I agree, travelers should visit the markets every where they go. I could almost taste your gyro !! Boston is on my list of favorite cities!
Boston is one of our favorite Places to visit. Our daughter lives there so we get there a lot. Welcome to New England, if you don't like the weather ,wait it will change. You should try out the Duck boats.
I want to go to The US. And stop at Quincy’s food market now… you guys are for ever making me hungry and in need of winning a small lotto !!! Lol
So glad you enjoyed Boston! I live about 45 min outside of the city. Love everything about Boston! We are cruising out of Boston to Bermuda for them 3rd time in October. All NCL, but 3 different ships.
Wicked good Red Sox shirt! ⚾
I grew up in Massachusetts and I'm SO HAPPY you had such a good time in Boston! It's a fun city, and you get to learn a little history too. Gotta love the.HOHO bus tours!
What a great day spent in Boston! A great city with great food and lots of history!
We have done a couple of cruises out of Boston (probably our favorite sail away so far) and spent several days there prior to embarkation. Both times we stayed over in the Chinatown area of Boston and enjoyed Dim Sum brunch and lots of other fantastic Asian cuisine. The Sam Adams Brewery tour is also awesome. Boston is indeed a lovely city, very walkable with a good easy to use subway system. So happy you enjoyed your time there.
Ooh that is a great idea for next time!!
It's so interesting to see tourists explore 'my' city. So glad you guys love it so much! I learned some things because I've never been 'a tourist' here before..lol I've walked by Cheers but never ate there. Thank you for the price warning! I grew up watching Cheers and loved it! Pizzeria Regina is my favorite pizza! It's 'wicked good'..lol 😉 Food court/market ones are so good but never as good as the original restaurant in the North end( near faneuil hall). The weather has been soooo much worse than I've ever seen it here! It has us all scratching our heads..lol while you guys were talking about the Bell in Hand tavern behind you is a very emotional but incredibly done memorial to the Holocaust. Did you guys have a chance to walk through it? It's very hard but important...
Thank you for this very enjoyable video of Boston! 💜😀
Hello from Fall River!
Hey from Brockton!!
I live in a tourist town and you know when the locals don't go to a popular bar, it's a tourist trap. BTW, you live in a beautiful city,
We did miss the memorial, I wish we would have seen it. We loved this city!
We spent a few days in Boston for the first time last September. It's such an amazing city! Especially in the Fall. We had to visit Salem too. One of mine and my husband's favorite cities for sure!
Boston is one of my favorite cities.
Another excellent video! You two are so cute together. Looking forward to your Hawaii videos.
You guys did a great job exploring Boston on your own. Makes me think about going there on a future trip.
Worked at Salty dog for 3 years in the early 80s(any “doggers” out there?) Such a great fun spot..many happy memories
Looks delicious 😋 Have fun!
Love it! 🌆
Loved the video!!!!!
What a fun video! Y'all packed so much into your time there. Thanks for sharing with us
You two always have fun.. Enjoy
Love this! It’s so helpful to plan a trip knowing the places you’ve been! Hope y’all are having fun!
Great vlog enjoyed the food market and sight seeing.
I love the Quincy Market! It's so fun to sample all that food
Love the history lessons, I'm a history geek myself! So interesting, thanks ya'll!
That looked like so much fun. Quincy Market is my kind of place. Thanks for taking us along.😎
Regarding Quincy market layout, dont forget how OLD Boston is. The Market has been there a long time Boston is a very disorganized layout because the City wasnt preplanned and laidout(as apposed to DC) Boston just kinda happened
Awesome video. Looks like a great day.
Thanks for sharing this ! We are going to Bermuda also and again in the fall taking a cruise to Boston etc 💖💖💖💖💖
Loved watching you both, you both are very lively and you point out the cool places in Boston. Thank you!
This is awesome! I hope you do more travels like these when you're not cruising. Every place you visit makes me want to go. I love you both. Regards from Sydney Australia💝🌻
I truly enjoyed this one! I'm a HUGE history guy and this video is so interesting and informative thank yaw so much!
We went to Boston last summer for our family vacation and fell in love with the city! All of the history was amazing!
It’s a fabulous city!!
Love the food reviews & history!
Wow loved your video now i want togo visit boston also very historique loved it ,cant wait for your pearl videos keep them coming
So so interesting!! I am a history nerd too and love food.. you guys would be the best to travel with.. so much fun! 😀
What a beautiful city!!
Awesome tour of Boston ! I love traveling virtually with you and hope to get to Boston someday myself. Thanks for a great channel
I want to thank y’all so very much for sharing this with me. That’s one of our trip’s we want to do.
Just found your video about your very organized previous RV. I’m organized but you’ve got me beat! Then watched the video where you bought a van. I want to buy a class B too. Would be plenty of room for me & my dog. Enjoyed your Boston video too. I’m loving your channel! Hope you had a great time on your cruise!
Great video. I am contempting a cruise to Canada from Boston and it's good to know what there is to do there!
Really cool! I visited Boston once for work and didn't see nearly the things you've shown here. Awesome! Can't wait to get back there.
So excited to see the Bermuda videos. We are going NYC to Bermuda in November 😍
Bring that cool air back to Texas . This week the temperature got up to 94 degrees.😎🤠👍
That was such a beautiful and fun video! Thank you for sharing. You both have delightful personalities and did a great job of showing us the city and the great food!
I am glad Quincy Market is doing well. I was there in Summer of 2020 right when everything kind of open back up and they were really struggling. Glad to see they are so full and back to a lot of foot traffic.
Even my small city opened up a Marble City Market recently! You inspire us to visit! Knoxville, Tennessee
I love that you are still excited about the lobstah and chowda in New England and that your first “best” experience was at Allisons in Kport (and Portland!).
Favorite seafood restaurant: Legal sea foods!
Mine was No Name on the Fish Pier. Sadly closed during Covid. I find all Legal Seafoods chain restaurants to be overpriced.
My hometown enjoy!
We did the hop on/hop off in Barcelona. Got to see soooo much of the city!
I'm really enjoying your general travel videos. I just enjoy watching you guys, sea or land 🙂
Thanks! As much as we love to cruise, we are preferring seeing our own country one city at a time!
My husband and I also, take the hop ons, and the double deckers you learn and see more than you would driving
The aquarium is cool✅
Incredible! I would have to do reconnaissance first, assess all the food, formulate a plan and then go back in! LOL
Oh there are soooo many more places we want to go back and eat at!!
New to your channel. Love your energy and sense of adventure. I grew up and suburban Boston. You did the city right. I agree with you about Cheers. Kind of a tourist trap.
Boston without visiting Fenway Park? Sacrilege! ⚾️
My family came to Boston in the 1600’s but I’ve never been! I’d love to visit one day.
This IMO was one of your best videos!
Thanks 😊
Thanks, I just love your videos... I'm going on august so... I guest it won't be cold ;P
where do you suggest to stay before cruise ?
So nice to see you in Boston!! Sorry I missed you, I was just there picking up my son from college and bringing him home for summer!! I love seeing you guys enjoying all the sights...I now go to Boston a lot because of my son, but make a point to try to see and do something new each time!! You guys should have done the Duck tour though lol We used to laugh because it drives right past my son's dorm a million times a day lol
Thanks for the memories. We were originally from Rhode Island and spent a lot of time in Boston. We have our oldest son who lives there now so we get to visit occasionally. Awesome city…. Go Sox, Celtics, Bruins and Patriots!…..lol.
We have to catch a game next time!!
I live in Boston wish I could have bumped into u guys 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Alisa: “Get OFF” 😂😂😂 that would be me
Next time, I highly recommend Boston public market. It's about a 4 minute walk from Quincy market...and local-er
Hope on hope off bases are great we did it in DC
Cool place. Haven’t been there yet.
When you said "Hop on the bus" the 1980s Canadian in me finished the line, "the Spadina bus" by The Shuffle Demons. Look them up on UA-cam!
I loved Boston. Haven't been there since 95 though. Would love to go back
In 1673 in Newport Rhode Island the first tavern (White Horse Tavern) was opened, quite a few years earlier than this one in Boston.
Next visit walk the Freedom Trail, which is market byba line on the sidewalk. It goes by many of the historic sights
Damn you guys, everytime I watch your vids all I wanna do is eat!! Keep the the great work, y'all rock
Next time you go to Boston, if you go to Cheers again, go upstairs. It’s got the set bar which looks more like the show.
Huh, there were no signs or anything saying to go upstairs…
@@EECCTravels I only found out about it from a friend. Instead of going down those famous stairs, go up the stairs to their right. When you enter you’ll think you went to the wrong place, but keep walking in and you’ll see a gift shop and the set bar. You can get there from downstairs too, you just have to walk all the way through the entire place and go up a VERY narrow staircase