I've been to Salem...Aaaaaagh!!!

Think of Salem and you might think of evil... witches; Blackbeard the pirate's birthplace..
Well....  It might be evil...

But the town was all colourful clapboard houses, and the prettiest I've seen in USA so far.
And the harbour was huge, and sparkled with hundreds of yachts bobbing up and down.
And there was such a sharp, clean light everywhere.
And the New England trees are just, only just, turning Autumnal.
And there's lots of arty little shops and cafe's and souvenir haunts.
And such history.  Renowned as the town that led a fanatical witch hunt it now prides itself in leading the USA against prejudice and hate and the fear of the unknown.
Salem is beautiful.

Boston is like Seattle.  Clean, vibrant, safe and has such pride in it's place in American history; it has been a  such a pleasure to visit it.
And I've been to Harvard.
Pah! I went on a student-led guided tour.  And he proudly introduced the Boston University and explained it's history.  I've seen the Yard and the Memorial Hall (which has a sad story involving the Titanic).  I've seen Kennedy's window to his room when he stayed. But. Pah!  Not a faint shadow of the beauty and majestic history of Cambridge and Oxford.

And I have been to the Cheers bar.  But was very disappointed; it was just another bar in a mall and you had to book a table to go in... but since then, of course,  I have found out that that wasn't the real Cheers bar - that is near Boston Common and I'll go tomorrow... but, of course, that will not be the real Cheers bar either - the real one is on a tv lot.