By J. Joshua Placa
Boston plays host to much more than half of an epic battle of two baseball colossus,’ slugging it out in an ancient and manic summertime rivalry. The Red Sox/Yankees drama grips the city in a fevered madness tantamount to gladiatorial combat, wielding mitts, bats and balls with deadly precision. The contest is little less bloody than the Roman bouts, but no more civilized.
Not much will distract this town when the hated Yanks come to play, but this doesn’t mean there isn’t more in Boston that will entertain and edify the most experienced of travelers. The nearly 400-year-old city is steeped in a rich colonial heritage, boasting wild tea parties, terrible massacres, celebrated horse rides of inspiration and gallantry, and even an old-fashioned siege or two, among other landmark events of the American Revolution.
Today, with a city proper population of about 600,000, plus another 3.8 million composing the Greater Boston area, the town ranks 11th among U.S. cities and is a modern center of learning, technology, and medical research. It’s also a fun town, easy to walk around, impossible to drive.
If gonzo baseball is not on your menu, then a walk through the grassy Boston Common offers a sunny retreat from the workaday world. Or it may be watching the tranquil sailboats and rhythmic crew and coxswain on the Charles River, or strolling through the social smorgasbord of famed Faneuil Hall, which offers a kind of Boston appetizer for most of what can be found in the city.
Some of the nation’s best seafood restaurants serve it up here tender and fresh and often much cheaper than expected. So after the theater and after a sumptuous dinner, a canoli or other sweet traditional delight may be just the thing to top off the not-quite-satisfied palate. A browse of the Italian neighborhood in the North End will lead you to such Epicurean treasures.
Boston is the unofficial capital of New England, a gateway to miles of sandy and jagged shoreline, coastal recreations, home to big-brained bluebloods seeking to fatten their heads and add letters after their names and, of course, that charming, fanatic hometown pride. It offers varied activities both indoor and out that bring fun and delight to any holiday escapee.
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