DAY 26---BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

 

        Spending the day here in Boston, MA.  High clouds and 57 degrees at 8am.  High clouds and 66 degrees in the afternoon.

LAST EVENING

                                                    Cocktail hour in Meridian Lounge.

                                                   Rohan with Rombauer chardonnay.

                                                Window table in Compass Rose for dinner.

        They did manage to prepare our black muscles as appetizer.  So good I ordered them again for tomorrow night.

                                                  We both had the turkey with trimmings.

                                                 Molten chocolate lava cake for dessert.

TODAY

                                              Great view from our balcony today.  YUK!

        I was supposed to go on a special 4 hour tour this morning provided by Distinctive Voyages.  They are associated with our travel agency, Pavlus Travel.  Rebecca has had a nasty cough for over 10 days so I decided to take the shuttle bus from the terminal into town to get her some cough medicine and skip the tour.  The cough drops we have are not helping.  We both have our annual physicals next Monday so will see what doctor says about her cough then if she still has it.

        I caught the 9:30 shuttle.  Apparently the 7:30 & 8:30 scheduled shuttle did not go as no one showed up.  It was a 20 minute ride to the drop off by the New England Aquarium.  I had used Google Map before leaving and found a 7-Eleven just a couple blocks away.  I was dropped off at 9:50 and the bus was to head back to the ship at 10:00.

        I was walking fast to the store to get this.  I ran back and was at the bus by 9:55.  Quick trip!

                                            This was the drop off with aquarium in distance.

        Right across from the drop off was this restaurant, "Legal Seafood".  It is where we dined back when we were flying and had Boston layovers.  Had to be at least 35 years ago now.  Great seafood.

                                                   7-Eleven was just across this avenue.

                                                                Trip back to the ship.

                           Not much of a view on the other side of the ship in this port.

                  There is a huge Virgin Atlantic cruise ship docked in front of us today.

                                                 View from the bridge camera on our tv.

                                      This black bean soup was very good and very hot.

        Thought I would try the reuben sandwich from the pool grill for lunch.  Way to thick slices of bread and it was not hot.  Did not eat it.  I had some spaghetti bolognese sauce instead.

      I could watch airplanes land during lunch at the Boston airport.  I used to fly into this airport.

                                                          Dock area behind our ship.

        We will be sailing again at 4:00 this afternoon.  Tomorrow is our last day at sea.  We'll be arriving at the Manhattan cruise terminal in New York City by 6am on Friday.  More about that tomorrow.

        At 6pm is the Captain's Farewell Reception in the theater followed by the Krew Kapers show.  As you recall from the first segment it is a show put on by crewmembers.  As we have seen it on the first segment we will just head to the Meridian Lounge at 6pm.

        Tonight's Compass Rose menu is same as for every Captain's Farewell.  We will be having more black muscles to start with followed by beef Wellington.

        In the theater at 9:30 is "The Liars Club".  It's another thing unique to Regent.  Always hilarious!  I will explain it more tomorrow.