Boston, as Visitor

We've been back for two weeks now, and it finally occurred to us to be tourists in our own town.  Our traveling instincts said to take the day to get the feel of the place before we figured out what to do.  But hey, we know Boston, and we were up for a walk, so we decided to check out the new(ish) Rose Kennedy Greenway.  I had watched it be built from occasional meetings at the top of One Financial Center, and had seen pieces of it completed,

Bottom line -- a decent start, but still a long ways to go. There were stretches that were wide open without a whole lot to recommend them.  This section here was filled in some more with attractive landscaping, and a cool (pun intended) misting fountain.

Further south, we enjoyed the plantings, and there were some people strolling, but really, the activity level was moderate, but certainly not buzzing.  Certainly not buzzing like some of the public spaces we saw in Europe.

We had just finished saying that what the Greenway needed was some food vendors, when we came upon this sight of a single food truck, called Clover, selling mostly vegetarian fare.  The food coming out looked good and healthy, reasonably sized, and the menu items were inexpensive -- about five bucks for a sandwich..  The Rhubarb Agua Fresca we tried was excellent -- not too sweet, though the iced coffee was a little bitter.  We discovered that this was only their third day at the Dewey Square location. And then, when we picked up the Boston Globe the next day, we were encouraged to see this article about how there soon will be many more vendors in the square.   Here's hoping that the food attracts and keeps more people to the Greenway.

Check out a few more pictures of our stroll on Flickr.