Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Boston with children
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BOSTON (Reuters Life!) – Founded in 1630, Boston is one of the United States’ oldest cities. It is home to historical sites and with 50 colleges and universities in the area it has a lively, youthful feel.
Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most out of a 48-hour visit.
FRIDAY
5 p.m. – Boston’s Children’s Museum, featuring a variety of exhibits on history and culture, offers a discounted $1 admission from 5 p.m. till 9 p.m. on Friday nights. The museum is usually boisterous, particularly around the three-story enclosed climbing structure where children can burn off any nervous energy. (308 Congress Street (www.bostonkids.org/)
7 p.m. – Walk along the Fort Point Channel near the site of the Boston Tea Party, which is one of the events that led to the revolution of the former British colonies, toward the harbor to the Barking Crab (88 Sleeper Street, www.barkingcrab.com/). It is a casual waterfront fish shack that features local oysters, lobster rolls and, for picky young eaters, macaroni and cheese.
If fish is not your thing, cross the channel and walk 3/4 mile along Boston Harbor to historic Fanueil Hall and Quincy Market (between Chatham and Clinton Streets, near the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, here).
The food court, housed in a 250-year-old market building, features a variety of choices, from pizza to creamy New England-style clam chowder. The complex also offers sit-down restaurants, including a replica of the bar from the iconic 1980s U.S. television series “Cheers.”
SATURDAY
9 a.m. – Get a behind-the-scenes look at Fenway Park, the 98-year-old stadium that is home to the city’s beloved Red Sox. (4 Yawkey Way, here) The 50-minute tours run all year round, though you’ll only have a chance for a look at the players on game days. Walk on the field, see the dugout and get an up-close look at one of Major League Baseball’s last hand-operated scoreboards.
11 a.m. – Stroll through the Public Garden. From mid-April through mid-September, visitors can catch a ride on the pedal-powered swan boats (here), which little ones might recognize from the 1941 Robert McCloskey book “Make Way for Ducklings.” Out of boating season, fans of the book can walk to the northeast corner of the garden for to see a bronze statue of the heroine, Mrs. Mallard, and her eight ducklings.
Cross Charles Street and
Article source: PRNewswire
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