Yeah, we're heading into some of the best weather in this area over the next two months. Cool, dry, sunny and the foliage will be coming on strong in about a month. But, come January, we'll all want to be where you are! 😅

Me too. 🙂

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 Yep.👏👏👏

Funny, in my younger days, I would never have considered walking from VH to OB. Now that I'm, ah, a little older 😅, it's no big deal. Knock on wood.

That was my first trip to the Vineyard in many years. Amazing how much is still the same!

Glad you enjoyed it.

If this were 5 ot 10 years ago, I'd reply in Chinese, 🙂 but alas, I can barely say 'hello' these days. 😅

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 😀

Yes, it was January. I forget exactly, but unless it was the 'January thaw' it was cold.

😄 I'm lucky, I never had the slightest desire to try lobsta. Mac and pizza don't mix. 👍😀

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 Mac n pizza do not mix, I agree with that. You gotta try lobster though get you a decent bowl of butter to dip it in.

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 cool video by the way!

Good luck!

🙂 That's a nice memory. 🙂 I used to live in Quincy, and actually it was named Morrissey Boulevard when I was a kid, sort of an extension of Morrissey Blvd in Dorchester.

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 I checked a historic map from 1923, and it lists the roadway as "Quincy Shore Reservation" and, to me, it appears planned rather than completed. I'll try and track down a map from the 50s/60s when my Nana was living in Quincy. I'm hoping my memory is correct on this one.

@@noremacmada Interesting. The state changed the name to Quincy Shores Reservation awhile back, and the street to QSD. My family owned a house on QSD for 66 years, and it was built in 1908. The original owner was the developer of a large section of the neighborhood in what was then called Atlantic Farms. The road back then must have been just a dirt path. At some point the state built the road, and put in a beach wall, which was replaced with the current one around the 50's. When I was a kid, the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was in charge of it, and it was then Morrissey Blvd. It became QSD by 1970 or so.

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Glad you liked it! 🙂

Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

Great place. 👍🙂

www.massport.com/flynn-cruiseport/to-from-flynn-cruiseport/public-transportation hi. the silver line sl2 route stops just a block from the cruiseport at Drydock station. It starts at South Station which is just a mile or so away.

thank you@@bostonwalkdrive7763

Glad you enjoyed it.

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You too!!

I remember that video and your description of the celebrations. Anyway, happy new year. It's getting pretty cold here. Hope it's a little warmer where you are. 🙂

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 Thank you, although unfortunately weather is also cold here

Happy new year!

Happy new year!

Thanks for watching and glad you liked the video. It actually never occurred to me that there was a Biddeford in the UK. 🙂 It should have, since every other town in New England has a namesake in Old England. 🙂 Although I like this area of Maine, I'm from MA and partial to the Cape, but I think you would enjoy a visit to Biddeford and coastal Maine the next time.

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 Richard Vines was born in my town and went on to found Biddeford, Maine. Every single town in SW UK has a US namesake, i guess they were all homesick 😄

For real?

Nah just kidding but I love the video tho

@@TBlizza lol. glad you liked it.

I had always heard about La Salette, but had never visited until this video. I'm glad I did, it was amazing! 🎄

Yeah, that's about right. The whole metro area is insanely expensive. In fact, I've come to the conclusion that I can no longer afford to live in my hometown. Unfortunately.

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 It's true and I don't know how low income families and people can live there with any semblance of a quality of life.

I am told that my friend that lives there.. comfortably 100 grand a year😢. I wish I could move back to

​@@bostonwalkdrive7763I sent you a message but maybe I'll send it this way would you be willing to drive somewhere and video it if I paid you I lived in Boston Bay village to be exact and then Quincy roslindale a whole bunch of other western suburbs. I'll pay you of course😊

@@mkskate1 Hi, I'm retired here in Mexico and if you know of a way we could split a place there, let me know. I grew up in Needham and my grandparents had a house in Hull for many years.

👍 I think the same when I'm driving route 53 or 3A - wow, this is how they used to drive to the Cape before route 3 was built.

@@bostonwalkdrive7763 One of my favorite drives has always been 6A from the canal down to P'Town. A small, fragmentary snap-shot of "the way things were." If you can edit out the MacDonald's. lol

@@donaldfedosiuk1638 absolutely love driving 6A. Olde Cape Cod.

Hola, and thanks for watching the video! I decided to do something a little different for the opening of this video, so I started with that short intro segment on the beach. Actually, I grew up on that beach and spent many summers as a kid swimming there. I think you're right about Boston being the most European city in the USA. I once worked with a guy from Paris, and he said one particular street especially reminded him of his hometown. Maybe that's my next walking video! 😀 Boston is known as one of the most walkable cities in the USA, and with the subway system, you can get from one part of the city to another so easily. I think you're right about the skaters on the Boston Common skating rink - they are rather good. I think we excel at skating here because we have two things Spain doesn't have - lots of skating rinks, and lots of really cold weather.😀 But trust me, you don't want the cold weather.❄ It's interesting that you don't find the city hall building too ugly, but that's the thing with art and architecture, it's somewhat subjective. Or as we might say, 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'. I think I agree that if the building was in a different location and not around old, historic buildings, it would have had a better reputation. That area was originally called Scollay Square, but in the early 1960's it was totally demolished (over 1000 buildings) and redeveloped as Government Center. Not everyone loved the result.😆 I know you're taking a little break before your next video, but I'll keep an eye out for it. Take care.

True, but the channel is Boston Walk and Drive, so I used to just label the videos as either one or the other. There are plenty of Drive videos in the city proper.

Have a great time in the city! 🌲

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it! Early 70s, wow, it's been a long time. I get lots of comments from people who used to live here and enjoy seeing the old neighborhood once again. This video, and especially the Dorchester Ave. video.

Oh yes, the world needs all the Christmas it can get! 🌲 I was a little surprised that the copyrighted song (Sleigh Ride, by the Ronettes) was allowed in the video (except for one country), but glad it was. 😀 ding, dong, ding!

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Thanks for visiting. 🙂

Glad you enjoyed it. It's getting close to that time of year again, hope I get to visit again. I loved it.