For Duke, the last day of the lunar calendar of 2012 was a happy day. Because on this special day, in that strange country thousands of miles away from home, he was very lucky to no longer spend it alone. Started another journey in my life.

For Shu Ya, the last day of the lunar calendar of 2012 was an important day, on this day, she couldn't help but spend the first time in her life alone with a young man, and she also drank alcohol for the first time at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

In the morning, Shu Ya wore a red short fashion-type down jacket, close to the body and warm, with bright azure slim velvet pants, which set off the two slender legs vividly, and the curves of the whole figure were perfectly exposed. Paired with a white plush hat, scarf and gloves, and brown fur-collared boots, a youthful and lovely invincible beautiful girl appeared in front of Duke's eyes. In contrast, the black leather jacket with the dark blue Duke is more like a follower.

As for the black backpack full of food that he was carrying, it was obviously specially prepared for Duke. Duke weighed the weight, fortunately, it should not be more than ten catties, but if it was all dry food, it seemed that it was enough for the two of them to eat for three days.

This girl, today, is just going to play in downtown Boston, where will you not find food, but she is still so well prepared, presumably because of the free "white horse" calling.

"Today, we're going to follow this map guide for the Freedom Trail" After handing the backpack to Duke, Shuya pulled out a thin and simple map with a red line connecting more than a dozen different attractions on the A4 paper-sized map.

"Duke, what do you know about Boston?" Shu Ya tilted her head, looked at Duke's blank face, and shook her head slightly, "Do you know that Boston should be the most famous old revolutionary area in the United States, compared to Nanchang of the Central Red Army, Wuchang of the Xinhai Revolution is not inferior." Obviously, for a girl like Shu Ya with the quality of a sensual literary youth, it is their nature to understand the historical origin of a place.

"I really don't have much influence on Boston other than the Boston tea storm and the gunfire in Lexington." Duke looked at Shu Ya and seemed to be a little distressed, and honestly admitted, of course, being able to remember these two important events in the history books more than ten years ago now shows that Duke's own memory ability is still good.

"Duke, you know what? When you come to a city, if you don't know anything about the historical background of the city, then you can only remember the city from its appearance, but you can't deeply understand the real flavor of the city. Such a superficial understanding completely loses the fun of travel. Shuya heard that Duke really knew almost nothing about Boston, and couldn't help but lecture in an old-fashioned manner.

"Boston's history dates back more than 360 years, and for young Americans, it's often referred to as the oldest city in the United States. Not one of them. ”

"As early as 1620 A.D., the first people to come to Boston were a group of English Puritans who had been persecuted for religious reasons, and they had come to settle in the vicinity of present-day Boston after a long and arduous voyage aboard the Mayflower. One of them, led by John Winthrop, established a settlement in the southern part of the mouth of the Charles River. Because many of them came from the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, their settlements were named after their hometowns, a common practice for uprooted European immigrants, and most cities in the United States were named after them. ”

"Because of its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, its excellent seaport, and its strategic location for trading with the European mainland, Boston soon developed, and by the mid-18th century, Boston had grown to become the largest city in North America. In order to resist the British government's harsh exploitation of the colonies, especially the heavy tea tax, in 1773, the brave residents of Boston boarded the three tea ships of the British government's East India Company and poured tea into the sea, creating the famous Boston Tea Party, which laid the fuse of the American Revolutionary War. ”

Tensions between the colonial authorities and the settlers escalated, and on April 18, 1775, the guns of the North American militia revolt finally began in Lexington, officially opening the American Revolutionary War. Therefore, Boston has played an indelible role in the historical process of the founding of the United States. Shuya recounted the history of Boston like a treasure, and Duke could only nod his head to be taught.

It's a pity that this girl doesn't write online articles, Duke disagrees in his heart and secretly slanders himself. For him, it was just a relaxation activity, but he was not in the mood to study the history of Boston, where Duke succinctly treated himself as a passerby.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, I'll use it to tell you so much, you people who are engaged in technology don't understand, to understand a place is the same as understanding a person, not just looking at the appearance. Next we are going to leave for the city center to enjoy Boston's famous DuckTours, which is already a duck sightseeing tour. Shu Ya saw that although Duke was still listening seriously, his face was a little disapproving, so he put away his words.

"What duck tour?" Duke was a little stunned, could it be that there are some special services in this Boston? This unbearable thought was rejected as soon as it arose.

Because it's as absurd as his falling in love with Suzanne and the cameraman. Like Duke, the children's shoes that want to be crooked can go to the mural circle to reflect.

"It's terrible to be uneducated!" Shu Ya made an exaggerated grimace and sneered. "You don't even know about Boston's most famous duck swim, and I really don't know how you got into this MIT Ph.D."

Is it good to take the exam for a Ph.D. in computer science and not a Ph.D. in tourism? Duke was so ridiculed that his face was a little feverish.

"Actually, this duck swims in a kind of car, which is a kind of car that you men especially like, did you know that during World War II, there was a kind of American army amphibious transport vehicle nicknamed duck? It is said that more than forty percent of the supplies for the famous Normandy landings were transported by ducks. After the war, Boston collected some retired duck transporters for remodeling, modified into an exaggerated shape that looked like a large duck beak, painted in colorful colors, and sprayed with the wing-waving sailor Donald Duck insignia, this kind of transport truck in Boston City for a while ashore, a while into the water, croaking everywhere it goes, so taking this kind of car to travel, is the legendary famous duck swim. ”

So that's the case, buddy has seen it again this time.

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