Hi everybody!

I hope your weekend went great. I came back just a few hours ago from visiting Washington. If you have the chance to go I strongly recommend it, it is a fabulous city with a lot of historic monuments and interesting museums.

Focusing on the boat, our field trip was a great experience that helped us to have a different view of the city. We had a spectacular day, great weather and better company.

We started with a brief introduction of the professor in the harbor. There he gave us a little insight on the importance that the harbor had and still has for the development of the city.

Then we got on the boat. During the trip I was pretty impress with the previous use that the Island had. For example they were used as prisons or hospitals. (It caught my attention that the Shuttle Island was filmed there).

It was also pretty funny the name that the island were given (very intuitive). Long island, Spectacle Island etc.

Further on we learn about how the coastal has change over the time. Real state companies have gown a lot in this areas.

It is quite difficult to imagine how was the city before the big dig and the harbor cleaning. The harbor has go to be one of the dirtiest to one of the clearest thanks to the great investment the Bostonians did. After getting off the boat we walked to the Quincy market. We went through where the old high road was, and we all notice that it was a nice area for having a walk. The big dig was not only expensive but also very annoying for Bostonians, but after seeing the result everyone could say it was worth it.

To conclude it was very nice having a field trip with all the class. I hope we can repeat it soon.

See you all this Wednesday!

Cheers

Maria