Bought a weekly ticket for the T and local buses for just $18 from a very friendly employee. If only Sydney had such a ticket. Hopped out at Hay-market for an enjoyable walk to the ferry wharfs and decided to train to Salem tomorrow morning and ferry back. Better than an organised tour from our hotel which would cost more, involve a long trip in a cramped coach, picking up other passengers across town, listening to info I know already from a desperately cheery guide/driver and having to add a tip at the end of it all.
Listening to my iphone which is really just an expensive ipod on this trip. Sounds remarkably good in this room though so no need for any speakers. Which brings me to the title.
We arrived at Back Bay station yesterday around 4pm and caught a cab the very short distance to our hotel. A tenner included a sizable tip! After staying in swish hotels all trip this one is disappointing. Well located and with lots of parking but more a local haunt or backpacker place than our style these days. The Desk was slow to welcome us as they were placing a dinner order for themselves at the time. The old carpets smelt of tobacco, the smoke detector was smoke yellow and overall, our room was disappointing. Then the earth started to tremble as downstairs turned on their AC. The Manager assured us he knew how to solve the problem so we went out and returned to a quiet room ..... until 10.30pm when I turned in after watching the Debate.
Before that, however, we had wandered downtown a little then made our way back to the Prudential Centre for dinner at Legal Seafood, everywhere in Boston. They were busy so we took a beeper and went to the Bar for a pre-dinner drink. Unfortunately, while I went the the washroom, Tess, perhaps in a pre-headache moment of confusion, told the waitress we would eat perched on high stools (which she hates) where we sat. It was too late to change when I returned which meant we ate seafood tasting batter perched uncomfortably on stools in a noisy bar with a woman next to us TALKING at the top of her voice to her companion. Despite the noise in the bar, I can tell you she had worked for KPMG and disliked "pert" Sally who did ........ !!!!! On and on:-((((((
Can't say which was worse on the box - the Debate or Dirty Dancing. I tended to switch to the movie when slippery Mitt was speaking. The debate was not helped by the Debate commission allowing PBS's old Lerner too much say in the format which was dull and encouraged rote answers. I didn't learn much from it except that Romney would be disastrous for the planet if he won.
Back to bed and suddenly the ground started shaking, and not for exciting reasons but the AC below again. Very tired, I phoned the Desk and to cut a long story short, we moved all our luggage at 11pm to a quieter room. You can still hear the neighbours through the walls and the plumbing but we slept until a yelling match this morning, possibly between the manager and the guest from the room below us with the noisy AC. There were yells about punching and lawyers but no gunshots. It seems the sort of place - not quite a dive - that might have witnessed its share of gun homicide in the past but when all is said and done, we just need a room. A fridge would be nice though. It does have a pizza vending machine though:)
The wifi will only allow one machine so Tess is on. Will add some photos and upload tomorrow.
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Location:Mid Town Boston
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