Tax day, all tax returns have to be filled today and therefore all the press seems to be dominated by it, and there are also deals in loads of shops which creates an interesting atmosphere. We were watching CNN and there was a reporter at a TEA party (based on the famous event here in Boston and also stands for Taxed Enough Already) who almost had a full blown fight with a number of protesters which was strange viewing. This also queued a very funny report about 'teabagging action' all over the and comparing the number of protesters to a number of people who turned out to such events as a Motley Crew reunion, Pet Festivals etc and great quotes such as “people were stopped from trying to teabag the treasury department without a permit” and “teabagging on the White House lawn”. The joys of very biased news presenting.
Anyway, enough of the current news and back to our holiday, today was car return day so we set off from the Super 8 and headed to the (bloody windy) beach to see if we could see home (we couldn't) and then headed North off of Cape Cod and towards Boston. Thanks to some brilliant navigation from S and the big dig tunnels which go under the entire city and harbour it was a lot easier than M expected it to be to get to the other side of Boston to drop the car off at the airport.
Our trusty steed
We then got on the T back to the middle of town and found our Marriott Hotel (thanks to priceline) and dropped off our stuff before heading for a wander around town in the beautiful sunshine and getting a Burrito to eat sat of a park bench watching the birds, ducks and squirrels, all of which are very friendly, in particular the mallard that tried to eat S's finger.
We then came back for a quick snooze before a planned evening out, with grand ideas of going to a couple of bars as we are able to have a lie in tomorrow for the last time this holiday. With this in mind we headed back to the same restaurant we went to last time. This time things were slightly different as there was a sports programme being filmed but we still had a very nice meal. Firstly we ordered a pitcher of Harpoon IPA and got ID'd, very flattering, then M had a boisin mushroom burger and S had a double bbq burger (that is 1lb of meat). All the food was very delicious but very filling (esp for S) so we decided to head back to base and have an early night as well as a lie in (mostly as it may be the most comfy bed i have ever been in).
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