We had a walking tour out at Harvard starting at 10.30 am but still managed to get in a morning walk. The train was the quickest route, about 15 minutes, and so we took the red line train for the four stops out to Harvard with reasonable ease. Our guide for the day was David, … More Harvard Day.

For our morning walk we headed down the road towards Charles Street. We had driven along this charming English-Village style street yesterday whilst on our bus tour and were pleased by the proximity of this to our apartment. It was definitely somewhere we wanted to return to for a longer visit and so we did … More Freedom Trail Day.

Monday 2nd Our flight from New Orleans to Boston left at 9:15 AM on Monday 2nd October and so we had an early start getting ready to get out to the airport. We woke at 6 AM to the sad news that there had been a mass shooting in Las Vegas and that new filled the media at the … More Boston: first two days.

Sunday 1st October The forecast for the morning was for rain and so we were pleasantly surprised when we woke to cloudy skies but dry conditions. So we headed out for a morning walk as I thought we should at least see the Mississippi River before we leave. There’s a bit of a foreshore walk … More Voodoo day!

New Orleans: Fri 29th September 2017 Friday was a very long day. It started with a sunrise at Bondi Beach and ended over 24 hours later with a near midnight arrival in at New Orleans after a very long flight.   We were delighted to find our AirBnB apartment in an ideal location within the … More First Days in New Orleans