Sargent Meatball's marauders

On his way home from a week in Provincetown, Selives decided to stay with us in Boston for the weekend. It was great having a good friend in town and it gave me an excuse to plan some fun meals and activities.

Besides introducing Selives to the bar scene, eating decadent meals and shopping, we decided to do a famous Boston Duck Tour yesterday. For 90 minutes, you ride in an amphibious vehicle with a bunch of other tourists and learn about the city's history and monuments.

Our tour operator called himself "Sargeant Meatball" and showed up wearing a camouflage utilikilt and a Hawaiian shirt. He started off down the road and pointed out things of interest on the right and left of the vehicle, while giving a detailed account of how Puritans were responsible for everything Boston has to offer and describing how Boston introduced the "first" this or boasts the "best" that.

But Sargeant Meatball's brain must have been minorly fried from the recent hot weather because he would repeat entire stories, verbatim, within minutes of telling the story the first time. It was really odd and you could tell that he was on auto-pilot, with the script running through his brain.

Mental breakdown aside, it was a pleasant tour and even though it was gimmicky, it was fun to drive into the Charles River and float around a bit. I learned some interesting city trivia and would recommend the Duck Tour to any tourist coming through Boston.