our summertime travels continued with a trip up to boston. phillip and his sisters were born there but none had been back since, and since i loved the city the last time i came with my friend vinh, i was all in, no doubt about it.
we were up bright and early that friday morning and landed at boston-logan international airport around eleven a.m. seeing as how our trip would total to barely 48 hours, no humongous luggage bags were necessary (shocking, i know), so we deplaned, grabbed some local transit maps, and hopped on the free silver line bus to south station. as my father would say, “if it’s free, it’s me!” about ten minutes later we exited and began to roam the city streets. we couldn’t check into our airbnb for a few hours, and since we were hungry for some local eats, we asked a friendly bostonian for directions to the original cheers restaurant. i mean, when in boston, where else would you go?
it was easy to find the restaurant, just a few turns away and a gathered crowd. there was a slight wait due to the start of the lunch rush, so while we waited we did what every good tourist would do and took a junk ton of pictures. aren’t they fabulous? 🙂
once our buzzer buzzed, we took the stairs down and crammed ourselves and all our stuff into a cozy booth. the restaurant was coming to life right before eyes, the energy was tangible, and it was a great way to begin our visit.
like all great day-time vacations, we were not on the clock and were quick to order a couple of adult beverages. phillip had a local dark something and i stuck with a standard wheat beer – you know, easing myself into things. both were crisp and cold and quite refreshing.
in no hurry at all, we also ordered ourselves a little appetizer to munch on while we looked over the rest of the menu. per the waiter’s recommendation, we enjoyed the spinach artichoke dip. what a classic! the picture may not be doing it justice, but this popular dish was nice and hot with fluffy gobs of whipped cream cheese, hearty artichoke hunks, gooey cheese, and tasty spinach. a bite here, a sip there, things were off to a good start indeed.
pretty satisfied with the dip, we decided splitting an entree would be the way to go next, and the kitchen gladly served us our reuben on two individual plates. this sandwich is such comfort food to me, and the only thing it needed was more thousand island dressing. i can never get enough!
with full bellies and a second wind, we killed some time on the self-guided freedom trail tour. the map directed us through boston common, over to the old south meeting house, and, for us, ultimately to faneuil hall. it could not have been a better sightseeing day, as the air was cool and the cloud coverage was substantial – a welcome change from the stifling georgia heat!
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at last we received word that our airbnb was ready for our arrival, so we navigated our way through the financial district to our studio apartment for the weekend. the space was just perfect for our two-night stay and ended up being a great, central location for all our adventures.
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