August 3: Boston

Following Brenden’s advice, I drive to a grocery store nearby and park the car there. Across the street is a bus stop. The bus leads to Harvard Square in about 20 minutes and costs $2. As I am about to pay, the driver tells me the machine has a problem with bills, so I get a free ride.

Once arrived, I sit down in a nice coffee shop, called Crema Cafe, to work for a couple of hours.

Work done, I begin a long walk in the city. First I get to Fenway Park, the legendary home of the Red Sox. You can feel the history just by walking around.

I continue my tour, going through Newbury Street, a charming street with a lot of little shops, then Commonwealth Avenue, another beautiful street with — probably — expensive houses, and finally reach Boston Public Garden.

The park entrance is impressive, with the downtown towers serving as the background. The park feels like a tiny Central Park; it’s very nice. I sit down to work in a Starbucks nearby for a few hours.

I continue my tour, towards the MIT. There are a lot of tourists there, mostly Asian. I keep walking on Massachusetts Avenue. As this is part of Cambridge, I was expecting to see a wealthy neighborhood, but a long part of that avenue doesn’t look like that. There’s a lot of small dirty stores, and people who look like they don’t have a lot of money.

After an hour walking, I finally complete my tour, back at Harvard Square. I take the bus, which still has issues with bills, so another free ride! The whole day, I was a little bit worried that my car would be towed from the grocery store’s parking. As I walk through the cars, I see mine still there, no ticket on the windshield too. I’m relieved.

That day, I walked over 16 kilometers.