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I usually share Lessons Learned on my blog on a Tuesday, but following the news of the two bombs in Boston yesterday, this post will be a bit different. Twice I have spent a holiday in Boston. The first time (before kids) my husband and I spent a few days in Boston in the mid-nineties,…
What is House Swapping? It is exchanging your home (or second home) with another homeowner somewhere else in the world for a vacation. Shop in their local supermarkets, live like a local, find out much more about a culture and way of life than you would ever experience on a traditional holiday in a hotel…
We are home, bags unpacked (mostly), and recovering from the jet-lag by spending the afternoon on the beach. Temperature has dropped significantly but we enjoyed the warm sunshine, but missed the warmer waters of New Emgland. We packed quite a lot into our final days in Concord, MA. It is a beautiful small New England…
I had booked a PhotoWalk Tour of the Back Bay area of Boston for this morning. As traffic would be lighter, and the T was still operating the shuttle bus as part of our journey, we opted to attempt to drive into the city centre. Thanks to our TWO SatNav’s (the one in the hire…
We ventured as a family of 5 into Boston on Saturday. We went by car, the T, a shuttle bus (part of our Red Line was closed), more of the T, and finallly found our way to book a Duck Tour for later in the day, and then on to the New England Aquarium. The…
Having stayed in such a perfect cape cottage on Cape Cod for 10 days, it was hard to imagine how our second destination would be any more pefect – but it is! Welcome to Concord, and our home for another 10 days. It is a beautiful historic home (1876!) which has been extended sympathetically and…