On arriving in Back Bay, Boston we walked the mile or so
walk to our accommodation and checked in. The temperatures here were just as
ridiculously high as back in NY but this room of ours has no air-con, just a
fan – nightmare! After some serious budget checking we have deduced that, minus
all our accommodation and rental cars etc, we’ll have a daily budget of about $7! Even Subway could not cater to our needs now and so we set off in search of
cheap food. After picking up and putting back down many items (we could only
choose from things that are edible instantly or keep well in heat) we were
almost ready to give up. The best things we’d found were: a large tin of tuna
chunks at $6, a very pathetic looking sandwich in a packet for the reasonable
sum of $4, or assorted crisps and snacks. We also had gotten hold of a huge 2.5
gallons of water for $3 which will hopefully last us the 3 night’s stay here. Oh
and with regards to our tea we opted for the half gallon of chocolate chip ice
cream to share for $6!
The rest of the evening was spent looking for cheap things
to do etc. We looked into getting tickets for a Red Sox game but these are hard
to come by. This is due to their small stadium that gets sell-out sales every
game. This stadium though is meant to offer one of, if not the best atmospheres
in baseball and with all its history you soon see how the 37, 400 capacity
ground is so popular. We managed to find a pair of reasonably priced ($30 each)
tickets but then had our hopes dashed as we have no means of printing them out
here. We then looked into going to the stadium on the day to buy the tickets
but this looks like a bit of an epic. Tickets go on sale 90 mins prior to the
start of the game though people will queue up to 5 hours before to get them! We’ll
walk to the stadium tomorrow and have a look to see what’s what; we may try and
get on the stadium tour instead. We also have to find a printer at some point if
we have any hope of getting on the flight to Montreal!
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