trip to Boston

We are spending some days in Boston. It is bliss. Even with the kids.

The city has so many cool playgrounds and they all are special in some way. Titus Sparrow Park, around the corner of our hotel in the Back Bay area, has two sand diggers in a large sandpit, as well as the standard play set. My son was very pleased to get hold of one of the many brushes and dustpans that lay around there, to help keep the sand in the pit, which for me was a welcome opportunity to finish my coffee in peace. The Myrtle Street Playground, in beautiful Beacon Hill, is full of tricycles, scooters and little cars to drive around. The Frog Pond in Boston Common, has an extensive play set. And there seem to be lots of small playgrounds sprinkled in between the streets in all neighborhoods we visited.

The food is delicious: after eating mostly pizza on day one, we reverted to pick up different versions of fish soup  - assorted chowders :) - in many different little places. Most of them where outrageously delicious. At Fanueill Hall I just got 2 cups of Manhattan Clam Chowder from Boston Chowda, because the regular clam chowder (even if prize winning) seemed a little to thick to me. I would have loved to try out Neptune, a highly recommended fish restaurant, but with two kids under 3 you just don't do a raw bar.

And in my quest to eat great American food, I "discovered" Harbison, a delicious cheese from Vermont. It truly has a note of raspberry in it, like the guy in the cheese store pointed out to me (I love cheese, but it  makes me giggle when tasting notes use flowery descriptions of flavors). We paired it (and some other excellent cheeses, like an ash covered goat cheese called Humboldt Fog) with a bottle of Gruet sparkling wine (I love bubbles), another great find I think.

Let's see what today brings to us!