22-23 September 2018:
Boston, Massachusetts, US:
The Hub of the Universe

By Corey Sandler

The sail-in to Boston offers an extended glimpse of one of the most beautiful harbors in the world, and also one of the more unusual cruise approaches.

Logan International Airport is just across the water from the cruise port at the Black Falcon Terminal. It is so close that flight controllers have to shut down the nearest runway when a large cruise ship is coming in.

All photos by Corey Sandler, all rights reserved.

My wife and I live on Nantucket Island, 30 miles out to sea below Cape Cod. It is a quiet and peaceful little place, especially in the off-season. For us, a trip to the big city of Boston is an expedition to another world. In a very good sort of way.

So I suppose I have to confess a bit of prejudice right up front. As anyone who lives here knows–and is not shy to tell you–Boston is the best city in the whole wicked world.

In fact, it’s the Hub of the Universe.

Just ask the poet-philosopher-scientist Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said so. In fact, there is a plaque in downtown Boston marking the exact spot around which the universe revolves.

It’s not just braggadocio. It’s an attitude—mostly humble, though not always—that recognizes that this is a very special place.

A beautiful harbor.

A lovely city, filled with parks and statuary and some of the oldest buildings in the United States.

It’s not ancient in terms of places like Athens and Rome and Jerusalem, but then again those places don’t have the Swan Boats, the Emerald Necklace, the Bay Bay, and Fenway Park.

And even better: the Red Sox are having a record-setting season and are headed to the baseball playoffs. We hope our next visits to The Hub of the Universe will see the hometown team moving toward the World Series. It seems only appropriate.

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