One of the best ways to see Boston has to be from the Charles River basin at sunrise. The Charles River flows towards the harbor it winds sedately up through Harvard and by Boston University. The river in this section is calm and teeming with boaters in seemingly every craft imaginable. Then, as you round the turn by Boston University you go under a graffitied bridge and come out into a massive open expanse of water seemingly stretching for miles with the wind skimming along and picking the water up into white caps. In the near distance you can see the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge running the width of the river and beyond that all of Boston lies half covered by the morning fog rising up above the rooflines. From the river you are able to see all the sights of Boston. The golden dome of the state house glints orange in the light of the sunrise, the Citgo sign flashes in neon red and white, and the Zankem Bridge looms in the distance. It is a unique experience to be able to see the whole city spread out before you, seemingly quite and unmoving and bathed in a golden sunrise. The whole thing looks like a postcard, a moment frozen in time. It is reminiscent of the saying “you cannot see the forest for the trees.” With everything that goes on in normal life in Boston, often one forgets the true nature of the city they are in, the hustle and bustle of everyday life could really be happening in any city all over the world. However, out on the river in the morning, before the city has woken up, you can truly see all of Boston spread about before you, frozen in stillness and lit by the rising sun. It seems incredible that such a still, a beautiful scene could contain within it the many people, places and things that come together to make the normal chaos of the city.
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