Boston has one of the most amazing waterfronts I have ever seen.
The first time I was here,
I did not have the chance to go on a boat tour.
But I put that on top of my list for a future trip.
And here we are.
In the previous video, we showed you the parks.
Now get ready for the waterfront.
- Say hello!
We'll also pick up where we left at the Freedom Trail.
This is where it happened.
It started right there with the conversation.
We're starting the day in the place that people
normally close the night.
This is South Street Diner.
Open 24 hours a day.
- Wow!
It's a lot of food.
- A lot of food, yes.
For me, bagel with lox.
Something else I love.
Big [in Portuguese]
- Is it good?
- Yeah.
A lot of food, huh?
Oh, my God!
So much, so much.
But you're going to eat everything, I know.
- No, I'll leave that.
- You'll leave what?
- I'll leave that.
That's too much.
- Wow, they take tipping here to a whole new level.
30% suggested.
10% in the U.S. is nothing.
But in Boston, even worse.
South Street Diner is very traditional here in Boston.
They've been here since 1947.
They had a different name before.
But today they are ranked among the top 10 worldwide restaurants
on TripAdvisor.
So if you want a big hearty affordable breakfast,
that's where you start your day.
It's a nice place for breakfast, baby, with his view, huh?
Yeah.
So this is where the tea party episode happened.
You mean the Tea Party who tried to take over from the Republicans?
America is ready for another Revolution.
Before that, the original Tea Party.
Oh, you mean when they threw tea into the harbor because
they didn't like to pay taxes?
- Exactly!
One of the events that led to Independence.
Now, why would they do that?
Because they did not like to pay taxes.
Well, who doesn't like to pay taxes?
- Nobody likes!
- Oh!
- Do you like?
- No.
So the ship arrived from England full of tea.
And if they unloaded the tea, they'd have to pay taxes.
Why didn't they switch to coffee?
Because tea is the thing, baby.
Tea. It's tea.
I would have switched to coffee.
I would have switched to Coke.
They threw everything in the ocean.
They lost more than a million dollars in tea.
- How do you know?
- I researched about it.
- You read?
- Exactly, I read about it.
You read Wikipedia.
- I got a guide.
- I got an audiobook actually.
- Audiobook?
I got an audiobook and that's what the guide said.
And they have an entire museum here where you can learn about
the Boston Tea Party.
Switch to coffee!
Coke!
Rum!
Right?
Tea was the specialty.
Tea was it.
Not if it's taxed.
I'd drink something else.
Wow, this is really a popular place.
Look at this.
They reached capacity.
And look at the size of the line.
People waiting to get in.
Boston is very famous for the waterfront.
And here they have a nearly continuous 43-mile long park
along the shoreline.
Imagine!
You could walk like this for basically 43 miles.
To see everything walking is almost impossible.
So let's do like these people.
Let's go for a boat tour.
Here you can have a really good idea of Boston.
Look at this.
Look at all the harbor walk.
We are right here right now.
And the boat tour is here.
Before getting there, just a quick detour here
to see a really nice transformation in the city of Boston.
This is the Greenway.
Can you believe there was an elevated highway here?
It was taken down.
They made a green park out of it, instead of a freeway.
Okay, so now it's all green?
No freeway and all green?
No, there's a freeway underneath.
Okay.
That's always good.
So when was this transformation?
10 years ago, I think.
Okay.
It's very nice.
Back to the waterfront.
This is Long Wharf.
The oldest wharf in continuous use in America.
It's from 1710.
It once extended nearly half a mile into Boston Harbor.
Today it is much shorter due to landfills.
Boston has one of the most amazing waterfronts I've ever seen.
The first time I was here, I didn't have the chance
to go on a boat tour.
But I put that on top of my list for a future trip.
And here we are.
Yeah, let's go, let's go.
That's a different setting for a boat.
Look at this.
We got here so early that we could sit in the first row.
Gordon found some shade over there.
Welcome aboard, ladies and gentlemen.
Three-quarters of the city that you are seeing all around us today
is standing tall on man-made land.
We were right there talking about the Tea Party.
The Sons of Liberty dumped 340 crates of East India tea
into Boston Harbor.
This protest will come to be known as the Boston Tea Party.
One particular incident will go on to reshape the very course
of American history.
And many of these taller buildings and newer glass-designed buildings
went up over a period of roughly 3 years.
That's also in that neighborhood where we were.
The best view here
of Castle Island and Fort Independence.
The views are absolutely amazing everywhere you look.
It's from the Dorchester Heights that General George Washington
fired down on the British blockade surrounding Boston.
Forcing the British to retreat from Boston forever
on March 17th, 1776.
These are the hospital buildings that served as the inspiration for
the movie Shutter Island, remember?
The filming was at another Island nearby.
We're passing downtown again.
And going towards the North End of Boston.
Here's Charlestown.
Look at this, how nice.
Boston's historic North End - the oldest neighborhood
in the country.
Both of these areas are gonna be in the next video.
- Thank you.
Have a good one.
- Thank you.
The tour was very nice.
You learn a lot about the history of Boston,
the harbor itself, the transformation that
they went through.
$35 per person buying online, and very worth it.
And the line is big, look at this.
We arrived 45 minutes before boarding time,
so we found the first row totally empty.
This is how we got those amazing pictures.
Wow, it looks like this is where all the boats depart,
including the whale watching tours.
Look at that.
The trolley tours as well.
Renata, I have to warn you.
In Boston, there's only one place, trust me, one place
to get seafood.
Legal, right there.
Everything else is illegal.
- Illegal.
- Legal, right here.
- We don't even know if this restaurant is good or not.
Right?
- It's legal, that's all that matters. - It's legal, yeah.
About a 15-minute walk,
and we're back here at the Freedom Trail.
There's more about the Freedom Trail in my very first
video here in Boston.
I'm leaving the link at the description.
We already saw some of the sites,
so now, let's follow the red path once more.
Here's the site of the Boston Massacre in 1770.
This was a precursor event to the revolution.
The star in the middle over there symbolizes the five people killed.
And the six blocks around it, the six people wounded.
Here, it clearly shows the entire Freedom Trail.
We're right here, at the Boston Massacre site.
And here's the Old State House.
Right over there.
This is the oldest surviving building in Boston.
Built in 1713.
At the time, this was the center of civic, political,
and business life.
It's a museum today.
The massacre happened right in front of this building.
Remember we saw the current State House
in the previous video?
The seat of the government of Massachusetts.
Well, this is the Colonial Capitol Building.
The Old State House.
Oh, here, this is representing the Boston Massacre.
This was the governor's office.
So the Declaration of Independence was read right over here
for the first time.
Every Fourth of July, they still read the Declaration of
Independence from this balcony.
But there are no protests anymore.
Old Corner bookstore.
Here where today you see Chipotle,
this is a very important building too.
It was the Old Corner bookstore.
It was the center of American book publishing back then.
The building was almost demolished at some point.
It was able to be saved and today became a Chipotle.
- Hi, excuse me.
Do you have maps over there?
- I do.
Yes.
We have some of these maps for the downtown area,
which is right here.
- Okay.
- We have most of Boston just right on this side of the map.
- Ah, okay.
- And then, of course, we have this little fella, you can actually
scan with your phone, it shows literally everything from the
Freedom Trail tours, the duck boat tours,
the trolley tours, the Museum of Science,
the aquarium, everything.
- Ah, cool.
Excellent, thank you.
Thank you very much.
- Absolutely, my pleasure.
They're so organized here when it comes to tourism.
You see these kiosks like this,
people, everywhere, and they are explaining about the history,
they have maps.
They're really prepared for tourism here.
Here at the Old South Meeting House is where the revolt
against the taxes started.
We'll be back to go inside.
First, let's just see two places around the block.
Here, the site of the Boston Latin School.
Why is this important?
Because it is the oldest public school in America.
The school is not here anymore.
This is the Old City Hall.
But this went on to become one of the most significant
schools in the country.
Four Harvard University presidents went here.
Four Massachusetts governors went here.
And five signers of the Declaration of Independence
went to this school.
- Why Latin School?
- Oh, because they're more intelligent, Latinos.
- Well, thank you very much.
- You're welcome.
- No, but that's not the reason. - No?
- No, Latin was the basis of education at that time.
- Oh, okay.
- You knew that?
You knew that.
That was the basis of a good education.
But the Boston Latin School was strictly for college preparation.
And this statue, Benjamin Franklin.
He was the most famous dropout.
I overheard a guide here explaining that the exact location
of the school is marked by the statue and this mosaic.
The school still exists.
It was transferred now to a different location.
Now it's close to Harvard.
This school is considered a feeder school for Harvard.
Last but not least here in this area, King's Chapel
and the burial ground.
This was the first Anglican Church in New England.
More than 330 years of history over here.
This is Boston's oldest English burying ground.
Here it explains many notable people in Boston's
early history are buried right here.
Right in the middle of the city today.
We're back.
Oh! The stage for some of the many events that led
to the American Revolution.
This is where they decided what to do with the tea.
If the tea was unloaded, they would have to pay taxes.
This is where it happened.
It started right there with a conversation.
Yes.
Here you go.
Okay, I'm ready.
This is the Old South Meeting House.
Built in 1729
as a Puritan Meeting House.
Benjamin Franklin was baptized here.
Oh, it says here... in the years leading up to the American Revolution,
colonists gathered here to challenge British rule.
And the decision of what to do with the tea was taken right here.
Simple, throw everything in the ocean.
So you can scan the QR codes here.
And look at that, use your own phone to listen
to what happened here.
QR codes like this are all over.
The town of Boston in 1773.
So here now it's easier to understand.
In colonial New England, a Puritan meeting house
was used for public gatherings and for worship.
So interesting that all these pews were actually rented.
- Rented out for about a year or so, and then they'd be able
to bring in their own warmers, blankets, and things like that.
And the closer that they were to the pulpit,
that was kind of like a status symbol,
since the Puritans didn't really wear any jewelry
or any fancy clothing, things like that.
Umm, in this middle area, that would be just kinda like the
regular everyday families, and then at the very top,
they'd actually have slaves and servant workers.
- Okay.
And the importance of this place continued even after the independence.
This was the biggest building in all colonial Boston.
That was very interesting if you're interested
in American history.
Now, if you visit the Old State House,
make sure you keep your ticket because
it is the same ticket to get inside the Old South Meeting House.
Both are small museums, it doesn't take long to visit.
And it is worth it.
The ticket is $15.
In the next video, I'm going to show you
a totally different area of Boston,
and the end of the Freedom Trail.
I want to see you again, huh?