Strictly Come Dancing heralds a time of the year when the leaves fall, and the fuel bills defy gravity.
Port Guides useful to cruisers and travellers. Watching the Doris Visits films will be like you are there, or remembering when you were. Doris Visits is on YouTube and the cruise chat sites on Facebook.
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Monday, 17 October 2022
Boston. A historic and spooky city.
Boston. A historic and spooky city.
Boston Massachusetts has a lot to offer. It is the subject of our Halloween podcast because it appears to have endless ghost stories.
Cruisers are likely to be dropped off at Quincy Market by the shuttle bus. Everything is nearby. The market is great for fast food, and there is a tribute bar to Cheers. The real one Jean takes you to later in the film.
Faneuil Hall, the Freedom Trail museum and lecture centre is through the market in the next building. The wharf is in the other direction. In our video guide, Jean eventually goes both ways, along the Wharf to the Tea Party Museum, and she starts the Freedom Trail before being distracted with finding the real Cheers bar.
0:00 Introduction by Jean
0:15 Quincey Market & Faneuil Hall
1:54 Paul Revere House
2:35 Clough House
2:46 Captain Jackson's Historic Chocolate shop
3:37 Edes & Gill Printing Office
5:33 Boston Common
5:40 Massachusetts State House
5:51 Cheers
6:32 Long Wharf
7:50 Boston Tea Party Museum
8:47 Joes
Jean takes you to the visitor's centre in Faneuil Hall run by The National Park Service. She then starts you on the Freedom Trail which is a 2.5-mile-long walk that passes by 16 locations. It is marked out largely with a winding brick line. It was the idea of local journalist William Schofield in 1951, and by 1953, 40,000 people were walking the trail annually. She dives off and finds Cheers then takes you along the Wharf for a very rounded film of Boston. Note, Boston is the subject of our Halloween Podcast (S1E03) because it is famous for its ghosts and ghoulies!
- Boston Common
- Massachusetts State House
- Park Street Church
- Granary Burying Ground
- King's Chapel and Burying Ground
- Benjamin Franklin statue and the former site of Boston Latin School
- Old Corner Bookstore
- Old South Meeting House
- Old State House
- Site of the Boston Massacre
- Faneuil Hall
- Paul Revere House
- Old North Church and Clough House.
- Copp's Hill Burying Ground
- USS Constitution
- Bunker Hill Monument
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
St Kitts Guide
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TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - St Kitts Port 1:24 - St Kitts Beach by Taxi 2:23 - St Kitts Shipwreck Shack 3:02 - St Kitts Town 4:15 - St Kitts Church Tower (view) 6:00 - Local Fishermen 6:36 - Brimstone Fortress 10:45 - Beach Boat Trip St Kitts is one of the most popular Caribbean islands to draw people seeking the sun. This St Kitts Guide covers the port, and the town with a view from the church tower, the beach by taxi, the fortress, and a boat trip out to shipwreck bay. The port has two jetties that can take four ships, and they also use the nearby container port and shuttle you in. That means it can be busy. The port area is colourful and charming, the people are amongst the nicest you will find in the Caribbean, and it is easy for your day to drift by without having gone anywhere. Busy! It can also be a tender port. However, the town square and a walk to the church with the viewing tower should not be missed. However, please watch this video, and share it before you go as the climb is narrow and the rook unusual. If walking is not easy for you, there is the electric street train. We see the local fishermen cleaning their catch. We have two trips to the beach, the first by taxi and we walk to Shipwreck Shack, and the other is a boat trip in the other direction to the very different Shipwreck Bay which has better sand. Just search Doris Visits, and please try our Podcast. It goes out every Sunday Morning. See the Doris Visits cruise T-shirt range https://doris-visits.teemill.com/collection/love-to-cruise/ DORIS VISITS chat groups on Facebook
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