Boston- 22/23/24th May

So we have finally met up with C and now moved on to Boston!
The city here is beautiful and so different to New York, you only have to go a little way to feel as though you are in the countryside again. We are staying in a CASTLE with a brilliant American couple called Bonnie and Bob Wax who are the nicest people you will ever meet. Yesterday we had a band practice in the park opposite the house and then participated in a 'walk for music' around Boston with Bonnie's choral group and lots of other people from orchestras and opera societies and things in Boston. It was a huge affair with marching bands and performers and balloons and everything and the community spirit was so infectious we found ourselves singing along to all the patriotic songs of theirs...'from sea to shinniiiiing sea....' and giving about a million high fives all over the place.
Afterwards we went to a concert in a small coffee house place called Passim's, which is a really famous small venue for great acts. People such as Bob Dylan have played there and I noticed a couple of Chris Smither posters, Foo Fighters etc. We saw Eliza Gilkyson play a 2 hour set in a really intimate setting. She was INCREDIBLE and really inspiring, we chatted with her at dinner after the show and are still buzzing. We also found out that Eliza's dad wrote the 'bare necessities' song from the jungle book! How cool is that?!
We had pizza and ice cream and then walked around Harvard University for a bit and all around Harvard Square. Brainy. Today we are looking to do a duck tour to explore more of the city and then on Tuesday we are going to the open mic at Passim's. Can't wait.