playing with the monsters of the sea

you hear them before you see them. as they come up for air and blow water high in the sky the fountain of spray attracts your attention and you watch in amazement as they gracefully arch their backs out of the water, sliding along with fin in the air before flicking up their tails in one final wave and diving back down into the depths. humpback whales are supposedly solitary creatures but today a pod of six played beside our boat...only 5-10 meters away from us. the experience was incredible to say the least. only seeing them in real life helps you get a feel for the size and power of these amazing creatures. if you ever find yourself in boston...you must play with the whales.

from playing with whales to playing baseball...i can't say i've ever really sat down and watched a full game of baseball...despite the fact that my brother-in-law used to play it fairly seriously... but keen to experience this american phenomenon and with the 'sox' playing at their home ground...fenway park....we followed the crowd of red down to the ballpark to soak up some of the atmosphere. sitting in a bar drinking red sox sponsored 'bud lights' we tried to get into the game..............and failed. we were bored and we couldnt understand what the drawcard is....but a drawcard there must be cause the crowd was in its thousands...you might even say the figure was 'in the ballpark' of 35 000 (sorry....!) and the most patriotic i've ever seen. but the tabacco chewing, saliva spitting, non ball hitting boringness of it all had us leaving the pub before the game was up...three strikes, you're out.

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