Cruising to Boston, Massachusetts October 8, 2011

     Even though our cruise officially ended in Boston, there was adequate time to take a tour of the city before our plane left.  In addition to telling us that the 3 main industries of Boston are tourism, technology and movies, our guide pointed out many historic sites including the location of the Boston Tea Party, a statue of Paul Revere and the famous church steeple where 2 lanterns were hung to indicate that the British were coming by sea.
     Truth is always stranger than fiction. Our guide said that it took a crew of many men 24 hours a day, 6 days a week for 40 years to fill in the Charles Bay in order to provide land for new immigrants – mainly from Ireland.  The second bit of trivia happened in 1912 when the Molasses Factory had a HUGE explosion sending a wall of molasses 13 feet high down hill killing many people and horses.