I have made it back to Boston in one piece. I'm at the end of the week of car hire so I've given the beast of a Chevy back to the hire car people. I have had a great last few days! I'm glad I saved a day at the start of this leg going into Vermont and I'm glad I chose to spend it at Bar Harbor, Maine - that is the town that is the staging post for Acadia National Park. I arrived in Bar Harbor and it seemed like a nice quiet town on the drive through to the host...

So this is my first blog. And since this internet terminal charges by the minute I shall have to choose my words carefully and quickly. It's now 9:30pm on the third day of my trip and it's going well so far. Boston is smaller than I thought it would be, which means it's easy to get around, so I've worn my shoe leather down a bit. Plus the subway is only $2 per ride, which is a fraction of the walk-up price of an equivalent journey on the London underground. I'v...