A summer night at Fenway

This has been a great baseball year for me.  At the time of visiting Boston in July, I had already been to a Cubs game, White Sox game, and three Blue Jays games.  All of those were incredibly fun, but I think I saved the best for last for my first visit to Fenway to see a Red Sox game.  I’m a baseball fan and will always go to a game if I’m visiting a city during its team’s home stand, but seeing a game at Fenway is something particularly special that I had wanted to do for a long, long time.

On a very humid July evening, my wife and I arrived at Fenway to get inside as early as possible.  Lots of others had the same idea:

Waiting outside Fenway Park

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Boston from above

If there’s one thing that struck me about Boston, it was how beautifully green the city was.  For the five days there, I was almost never in a place where my eyes couldn’t fall on a significant splash of green – and that made it feel so much more livable, approachable and downright pleasant.

On the last day of the trip, I wanted to get a panoramic view of Boston so I made my way to the observatory in the Prudential Center.  From 50 floors up, you get an even better appreciation for how green the city truly is.   Luckily, it was a beautiful clear day so the views off in all directions were spectacular.  Here is a quick panoramic tour of Boston:

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