Boston and Philly

Boston was a slight shift in mood after having so much fun in New York - it was cold, raining and our hostel was more than questionable. we were paying $40 a night for a room with 24hr neon lights above a bar which played live music till 2am. It was definately a case of the red light in Seinfeld.

We did part of the freedom trail in Boston which incuded a pretty awesome Holocaust memorial.

And we went to the bar that Cheers was modelled off - which conveniantly has renamed itself - Cheers.

Whilst in Boston we also made a trip out to Salem to see the Witch museum (the place which the crucible was based). It was fairly lame but interesting.

To be honest we did spend a significant amount of time at the movies in Boston sneaking into second and third shows in order to avoid the creepy hostel manager and bad weather but finally left for Philadelphia via Providence (yes we did book those flights after a few drinks and clicked the wrong airport...)

Ahhh the beautifull Philly hostel - Chamonix Mansion actually, was a nice refreshing change after the Boston Backpackers. It was only a half hour bus ride out of the city and surrounded by Horse studs, forest and lakes. We did head into Philly tho and saw the steps which Stallone ran up to eye of the tiger in Rocky.
- they even made a statue for him at the bottom.
At the top of the steps is an art museum which was also lovely - this is the view looking out over Philly from the top.