Boat Trip

Hello everybody,

You want to know something about the city of Boston? How it has been and what it looks like today? – Then go on reading!

Let’s begin with the meeting point of our trip: Boston ...

H istorically the harbor has been the main part of Boston’s economy.
A ll the trading ships from Europe, Asia and other parts of the world arrived here, and increased the wealth of Boston and its people, especially entrepreneurs, like Frederic Tudor or King Camp Gillette.
R eal estate is that, what constitutes the harbor’s economy today, as there are faster, more comfortable and efficient ways for trading and especially for travelling.
B ut I can tell you – you wouldn’t want to own a house at the harbor in the 1970’s, because at that time there was just one thing that occured while thinking about Boston harbor: dirt! All the wastewater was put right into the river and the ocean.
O f course they had to solve this problem, so they started the Boston Harbor Project. Unlike the Big Dig this project was mainly financed by people, living in this area. That’s also why in contrast to the Big Dig the Boston Harbor Project didn’t exceed the estimated $4.5 billion and was finished on time. Today it’s one of the cleanest harbors. On our boat trip we also got a short impression of how the plants look like when we saw Deer Island.
R eady to leave Boston Harbor? – Let’s take the boat, enjoy the light brise and head for the ...



B eing lucky to catch such a sunny day we got out of the harbor
A nd entered Dorchester Bay, followed by Quincy Bay.
Y ou should know that there has been a glacier a long time ago, which left all of the 34 islands that surround Boston and protect the harbor, starting from Deer Island going down about 50 miles and end up with Hull Bay.
S urely you all know the 34 names of the islands by heart, so I don’t need to mention them.

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I t’s interesting to know how everything changed, concerning the islands. Earlier some of them were even used as prisons or as a home for poor people. Today this changed a lot.
S eems that the attraction of the islands rose, too, when the whole area became cleaner and more beautiful. That’s why today a lot of tourists enjoy visiting the islands.
L iving on an island on your own would be great! - So that’s what you think? - I tell you, it’s possible! But just if you are a part of one special family...
A family owns a house on one of the most beautiful islands here in Boston. They got the permission to live there but just until the youngest member of the family died and that was several years ago.
N ow they should already have left the island. But they insist on the fact that the youngest member is still alive.
D o you want to know how this is possible? - Maybe by always using the same names!
S o enough about the bays and islands. Let’s go back on the boat, enjoy the great skyline and end up with the ...



C hallenging! That’s what you can say about the Big Dig. There has been a huge highway, located next to Boston Harbor and downtown.
I n order to release the area from all the noise and the traffic, they had the idea to build a tunnel. But how could they build a tunnel without causing any damage to the buildings?
T he solution: they froze the earth! The huge problem of that project was that in the end it costed much more than expected and it took four times as long as it was supposed to take.
Y ou want to know the good news? – You didn’t need a fridge for twenty years!



I think it was a really nice trip!

See you next week,
Teresa