This morning I woke up early (6.30am... who said holidays were cool???), had a fast breakfast (a very yummy spices & orange cake I bought on Staten Island yesterday) and took the subway to Chinatown to take my bus. As always, I arrived early because you almost never wait for the subway here and you always find your way easily. While waiting for the bus, I started speaking Russian with an Armenian lady taking the bus to Boston. She has several grand-children living in France... the world is soooo small!!!!
At 9.00, our bus left Chinatown, took Manhattan bridge (it's very high above the river), crossed the Queens, the Bronx and then left NY. After 4h30 on the highway surrounded by trees, we arrived in Boston. Ahahah!!! The town is muuuuuuch smaller than I imagined!!! Before the bus stopped, I had already seen several buildings and other places I planned to visit. I shouldn't loose time going from one place to another.
The bus stopped at South station. I took the subway to the hotel, left my luggage there and started my visit at 3.00pm. Tonight, I'm back at the hotel and I've seen Boston Common, America's oldest public park, more than the half of the Freedom Trail : the State House, Park Street Church (under restoration), Granary Burying Ground, King’s Chapel and its Burying Ground, Old Corner Book Store, Old South Meeting House (I will visit it tomorrow with my GoBoston card), Old State House (I will visit it tomorrow too), Site of the Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall (a good place to eat - you find all kind of food: american, italian, chinese, indian...).
It was already too late to take some nice pictures as the old buildings are smaller than the more recent ones and are in the shadow in the afternoon.
Before going back to the hotel, I went to haymarket to see the bus station to go to Salem. I still hope I will have time to go there.
I also tried to go to the Prudential Tower (the local Empire State building) to have a panoramic view or the area, but it was closed.