Boston, Salem and Charles River

Boston, February 2025

So this was my second time this year in Boston. I don't mind the cold weather at all. I'm now used to it and with the years I learned how to properly dress in cold weather. This was an unusually long layover but since I already know Boston very well (I started flying to Boston in 2016) there is not much left to do in the city. Even my shopping list abroad was empty. I ended up buying a pair of sweatpants and I came up with the idea of buying an AirTag which would have been helpful with some situations I had to deal in the past with my suitcase - fortunately I never lost anything other than temporarily.

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Boston Common

Again the Common Park is something you can't avoid. The lights at night at the Frog Pond are nice to see but guys... aren't we in February already?!

On the second day I joined a collegue visiting Salem, a coastal city and residential area on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Catching a train (Amtrak) in the North Station, the trip takes about thirty minutes and the ticket has a cost of 8$ each way.

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Salem

Salem is also a tourist area well known because of the Witch Trials in 1692. And of course we visited the Salem Witch Museum to know a little bit more about its history.

Other than witchcraft tales, Salem is a really small town full of wooden houses.

Back to Boston, I went to James Hook & Co for lunch, which was establised 100 years ago! The lobster roll was amazing!

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Boston & Cambridge

On my way to the Apple Store in the CambridgeSite shopping mall to buy the AirTag, I took this photo in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.

The sun was setting really fast while I was crossing the Charles River towards Cambridge.

The Museum of Science is the one thing that I am missing to do in Boston. But as the museum is currently undergoing major renovations, I prefer to wait until they finish it all.

Lechmere Canal Park

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Longellow Bridge

On my way back to Boston I chose Longfellow Bridge instead of the Dam Bridge. And I got to shoot some beautiful pics.

And finally one last photo of the Massachusetts State House:

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Return Flight

The return flight to Lisbon benefited of strong tail winds taking just 5h40 to cross the Atlantic.