I'm going to come out, and admit that I didn't know about the Freedom Trail until I had played Fallout 4, but I suppose that's how I like my video games; learning about important sites from US History, while using a Minigun to politely ask a Super Mutant to leave me alone. And don't even get me started on the Common!

So, this was my final stop in the USA, and a stop that I spent on my own, so no tales with friends this time, I'm afraid. Just a Welsh GShep wandering the streets of a New England city, learning about his country in a very different light. One such moment of this history concerns the Boston Massacre, perpetrated by British troops in front of the Old State House, on King's Street, in March 1770. Given how significant the event was in advancing the goals of the first American patriots, I was quite surprised to see that the lion and unicorn, together symbols appearing on the official British coat of arms, were still in place on top of the house's facade, either side of the clock. For those interested, the same lion and unicorn are present on the front cover of British passports, as they would on mine if the gold print hadn't faded away from use. Whether they are there as part of a restoration project, I can't say with certainty, but the sight inspired a brief moment of happiness, as I realised that I was almost home.

I quite like this photograph for a number of reasons, the foremost of which being how the state house is dwarfed by the surrounding skyline, to the extent that you'd never know the house was there, without being at street level. It's fascinating to think that back in the days of Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, this may well have been one of the tallest buildings around, and I wonder if the architects evver imagined just how small their pride and joy might look, a mere 250 years into the future.

Hope you enjoy!