Hi folks !
Hope you spent a good weekend, I wanted to post my feelings about the boat trip on Wednesday.
First, whereas I thought we would meet in a very cold and hazy morning in a dark and dirty harbor after a very short night… Well, even if the night has been quite short, I was really surprised to board in a modern and sunny harbor. I arrived there at 8:30 after taking the red line until the T station Aquarium.
After listening to a brief introduction by Mr. Berman about the history of Boston's Harbor and the importance of it in the economy of Massachusetts, we were explained that nowadays tourism and real estate represent the most important source of income of the area.
We boarded for a 1-hour sailing trip to discover the bay of Boston and its 34 islands such as Spectacle Island, Long Island, Green Island, Moon Island, Peddock’s Island…
Looking at a map of the Boston harbor, we can see that it is part of the Massachusetts Bay between Cape Ann (in the north) and Cape Cod (in the south). The Boston Harbor includes 5 main bays: Dorchester Bay, Quincy Bay Winthrop Bay, Hull Bay and Hingham Bay.


Despite a hard wind which made the crossing choppier than we could have thought, Professor Berman tried to emphasize the richness of such an area. He showed us all the different islands, the origins of their names and their stories. Many of them now form a part of a national park whereas, before they were used as hospitals, military bases and even as jails …
After a slight stop in Quincy, where we saw a huge boat from the navy, the Uss Salem. We came back to Boston seeing the America’s first lighthouse built in 1716 and the Logan International Airport and the Boston light.



Back in the harbor, we were shown by Prof. Berman, the last huge project of Boston, called “Big Dig”, which cost 18 billion dollars. The aim of such a megaproject was to replace the highway which used to cross through the city by a long green park, the greenway. A project which now enables the Bostonians to spend more time in a peaceful space.
Another project was made up, the “Boston Harbor Cleanup” which aimed at make the harbor as clean as possible.
These two projects have been carried out successfully, and I’m glad to live in such an ambitious and great city.
Thank you Mr. Berman for such a trip,
See you all on Wednesday!
Harold