We get up early grab a cab to the depot and make our bus for Philly. It's an 8-hour drive, we grab a cab to our Airbnb - no one is in so we follow instructions to our room which has a big balcony overlooking a building site :) It's fine - place could do with a clean but the location is ideal. We head to the family dollar for basic groceries and chill - gonna be fun tomorrow!

Delicate is an understatement - we take it easy and Jacq researches tickets for the Red Sox - they're $38 each direct but she finds a site called vivid seats and gets great tickets at $18 each - typical Jacq! At 3pm we grab a subway to Fenway Park - our seats are awesome right by the pitch. We of course grab two hotdogs and cokes (compulsory) and praise the weather - it was touch and go and our seats do not have cover but we're good! So - an hour into the game w...

Today we've decided to check out Cheers! Always wanted to go there! We find it easy enough and get some great snaps outdoors - the outside part is just like the programme but we've been advised indoors is different, and it is. As you approach the main door the theme tune is playing and you step into a wooden den with a small bar and few scattered stools. We sit beside a couple from Leeds called Zara and Chris newlyweds on honeymoon who have been to New York, DC ...

Today's Harvard day! We decide to book a tour which is a steal at $10 each and the best bit is the guide does most of it walking backwards because she wants to be available to chitchat - yep she looks daft! So, we get great knowledge on the history of the university and how John Harvard invested by leaving his will to the University helping establish it as one of the most prestigious schools in the world. We see the past dorm buildings of Matt Damon, Natalie P...