Day 19 - Quincy Market, Old State House, Boston Common, Cheers Restaurant

This morning we get up at our leisure. Dinner plans tonight is at Cheers restaurant in town so we decide on the best way to arrange plans. Tim is on holidays so has some free time, Vanessa has exams in a few days so I'm trying best not to interrupt study!!

We decide to all head into town together to have lunch at Quincy Market which has a dazzling array of food selections.

A local specialty we try is Clam Chowder.

Vanessa parts ways to a nearby place to sit down and study for the afternoon while Tim and I browse the market and explore, poor Ness!

We visit the Old State House which housed seat of government here in Massachusetts during British rule before the revolution and independence.

We walk past a rather funky looking garbage bin and Tim comments that this is an invention that came from a Babson MBA grad, the bin has an inbuilt compactor which reduces the size of the rubbish so it can fit roughly 5 times as much in before needing to be emptied saving on the cost of people driving around. It is powered only by the solar panel on the top and sends a notification when it is getting full and needing to be emptied.

We go for a stroll around town.

As the afternoon rolls on we walk down to Boston Common which is the main large open space in town and where we are meeting up with Vanessa to head off to dinner.

We all head over to the Cheers restaurant made famous by the television series of the same name to have dinner.