Baseball, Broadway and Boston Cream Pie

New York was a seriously good time! We spent most of our 4 days there feeling like we were on a movie set - the yellow taxis, the bright lights of Times Square, running through Central Park, the Americans that fitted all sorts of stereotypes...

We went to watch Chicago on Broadway one night, and enjoyed it so much that we went to watch Rent off-Broadway the next night! There goes our budget for the next two weeks...but oh well, it was worth it! Admittedly we spent most of the first half of Rent wondering what the heck was going on, and summarising that it has little to no plot...but the singing and dancing was incredible! Those people can really hold a tune.

And the FOOD...oh the food! Bagels bagels everywhere...amazing pizza shops on every corner...fantastic Mexican food...it was a smorgasbord of edibility!

We were really hopeful that the Yankees might be playing while we were in New York. They play so often that they had games on 3 of the 4 days that we were there. So we went to a game - the baseball was good, but it's what happens in between innings that is the real entertainment. We all sung 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame', then everyone stood and took their hats off to sing God Bless America in another break. Our favourite though was when the YMCA song came on and the groundsmen simultaneously came onto the pitch to brush away the dirt. Rhythmically. And then performed all actions to the chorus. Just amazing.

Now we are in Boston for a couple of days, where of course we will now determinedly hunt down the best Boston Cream Pie that the city has to offer. We also walked the Freedom Trail today, which is a route through the city that takes you past heaps of the historic sites and buildings that are significant to American history and the war of Independence. Unfortunately I (Jess) know little about American history so ended up reading out the information brochure to Chris a little something like this: "[Some dude] was born here in 1796, where he signed [some significant document] with [some other dudes]". I'm sorry for my ignorance, old-timey founding fathers!
So we walked our 2.5 miles and can now be genuinely classified as Boston Historical experts. Don't get us started on that Boston Tea Party.... Seriously. Don't ask about that, because there was little to no info on it. But the War of Independence? Paul Revere? Civil War? USS Constitution? Experts.

Taaaake me outtt to the baaaallgame! Hello, Yankee Stadium.

Chris ponders Boston history and why there are so many American flags around.

Don't mess with us...we have a cannon.

Buskers in Central Park. So much skill!