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Boston Vlog Part 2: Chinatown, visiting Fenway Park & Boston in the fall

What a way to spend my last international trip of 2022. Flying business class with United Airlines from London Heathrow to Boston, Massachusetts, for a weekend of exploring the larges, most walkable city in the USA. [ad press trip] This trip was a press trip with United Airlines, Travel Up and the Boston Tourism Board. There was so much to cram in that I've split it across two vlogs – here's Part 1 - enjoy!From those beautiful fall colours at Boston Common and visiting Fenway Park – home of the Red Sox, to tasting the famous lobster rolls and fresh oysters the city is known for. We explored art, culture, heritage and history as we walked the streets of Boston, USA, and even took to the water for a "Duck Tour" around the harbour. If you've ever wanted to visit Boston – I've found the best things to do in Boston and have written a guide to the best 22, including tips on how to travel there and where to stay.Check out my blog post for a full itinerary and where we stayed: https://absolutelylucy.com/22-best-things-to-do-in-boston-usa/Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you want to see more videos from me :-)For those who are new to this channel, I'm Lucy, a solo female travel blogger from the UK, who loved adventure travel, music festivals and vanlife. Get my free eBook on how to save up to £10k for travel: https://urlis.net/ue0k9Blog: https://absolutelylucy.com/
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What a way to spend my last international trip of 2022. Flying business class with United Airlines from London Heathrow to Boston, Massachusetts, for a weekend of exploring the larges, most walkable city in the USA. [ad press trip] This trip was a press trip with United Airlines, Travel Up and the Boston Tourism Board. There was so much to cram in that I've split it across two vlogs – here's Part 1 - enjoy!

From those beautiful fall colours at Boston Common and visiting Fenway Park – home of the Red Sox, to tasting the famous lobster rolls and fresh oysters the city is known for. We explored art, culture, heritage and history as we walked the streets of Boston, USA, and even took to the water for a "Duck Tour" around the harbour. If you've ever wanted to visit Boston – I've found the best things to do in Boston and have written a guide to the best 22, including tips on how to travel there and where to stay.

Check out my blog post for a full itinerary and where we stayed: https://absolutelylucy.com/22-best-things-to-do-in-boston-usa/

Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you want to see more videos from me :-)

For those who are new to this channel, I'm Lucy, a solo female travel blogger from the UK, who loved adventure travel, music festivals and vanlife. Get my free eBook on how to save up to £10k for travel: https://urlis.net/ue0k9

Blog: https://absolutelylucy.com/
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This is the Spain nobody talks about. 🇪🇸🐻Hidden in the far north of the country, Asturias is a place of soaring mountains, ancient villages, dramatic coastlines and one of Europe’s most inspiring conservation success stories.This is where Green Spain comes to life 🌿💚A region where wild brown bears roam free, local communities are championing regenerative tourism, and visitors are encouraged to connect with nature rather than consume it.What struck me most wasn’t just the beauty of the landscape 😍It was how passionately people here care about protecting it.In a time when many destinations are battling overtourism, Asturias offers a different way to travel: slower, more meaningful and deeply connected to the natural world.If you’re looking for a side of Spain that still feels wild and undiscovered, this might just be it.Would you visit Green Spain?#northspain #visitspain #asturias #spainisdifferent #discoverspain | hidden gems Spain | undiscovered Spain | best things to do in spain | things to do Spain | northern Spain | north of Spain | places to visit Spain | places to go Spain | bear watching Spain | brown bears Spain
This is the Spain nobody talks about. 🇪🇸🐻Hidden in the far north of the country, Asturias is a place of soaring mountains, ancient villages, dramatic coastlines and one of Europe’s most inspiring conservation success stories.This is where Green Spain comes to life 🌿💚A region where wild brown bears roam free, local communities are championing regenerative tourism, and visitors are encouraged to connect with nature rather than consume it.What struck me most wasn’t just the beauty of the landscape 😍It was how passionately people here care about protecting it.In a time when many destinations are battling overtourism, Asturias offers a different way to travel: slower, more meaningful and deeply connected to the natural world.If you’re looking for a side of Spain that still feels wild and undiscovered, this might just be it.Would you visit Green Spain?#northspain #visitspain #asturias #spainisdifferent #discoverspain | hidden gems Spain | undiscovered Spain | best things to do in spain | things to do Spain | northern Spain | north of Spain | places to visit Spain | places to go Spain | bear watching Spain | brown bears Spain
This is the Spain nobody talks about. 🇪🇸🐻Hidden in the far north of the country, Asturias is a place of soaring mountains, ancient villages, dramatic coastlines and one of Europe’s most inspiring conservation success stories.This is where Green Spain comes to life 🌿💚A region where wild brown bears roam free, local communities are championing regenerative tourism, and visitors are encouraged to connect with nature rather than consume it.What struck me most wasn’t just the beauty of the landscape 😍It was how passionately people here care about protecting it.In a time when many destinations are battling overtourism, Asturias offers a different way to travel: slower, more meaningful and deeply connected to the natural world.If you’re looking for a side of Spain that still feels wild and undiscovered, this might just be it.Would you visit Green Spain?#northspain #visitspain #asturias #spainisdifferent #discoverspain | hidden gems Spain | undiscovered Spain | best things to do in spain | things to do Spain | northern Spain | north of Spain | places to visit Spain | places to go Spain | bear watching Spain | brown bears Spain
This is the Spain nobody talks about. 🇪🇸🐻Hidden in the far north of the country, Asturias is a place of soaring mountains, ancient villages, dramatic coastlines and one of Europe’s most inspiring conservation success stories.This is where Green Spain comes to life 🌿💚A region where wild brown bears roam free, local communities are championing regenerative tourism, and visitors are encouraged to connect with nature rather than consume it.What struck me most wasn’t just the beauty of the landscape 😍It was how passionately people here care about protecting it.In a time when many destinations are battling overtourism, Asturias offers a different way to travel: slower, more meaningful and deeply connected to the natural world.If you’re looking for a side of Spain that still feels wild and undiscovered, this might just be it.Would you visit Green Spain?#northspain #visitspain #asturias #spainisdifferent #discoverspain | hidden gems Spain | undiscovered Spain | best things to do in spain | things to do Spain | northern Spain | north of Spain | places to visit Spain | places to go Spain | bear watching Spain | brown bears Spain
How I gasped and cried to see these beautiful creatures in the wild 🥲 I didn’t honestly believe I would see a brown bear in the wild until I looked through the lensIt is such a privilege to be alive and to experience this world 💚🌿In the 1980s, there were thought to be just 5 or 6 brown bears left in this part of northern Spain.
Today, there are around 450 Cantabrian brown bears living across the Cantabrian Mountains, with around 280 found in and around Somiedo Natural Park alone.
The number of females raising cubs continues to grow, and experts expect bear numbers to increase even further in the coming years.
What I witnessed wasn’t just a wildlife sighting.
It was one of Europe’s greatest conservation success stories.
And it’s happening in Asturias — a hidden corner of Green Spain that feels a world away from the Spain most tourists know. 🐻🇪🇸#bearwatching #brownbear #brownbears #wildbear #northspain | bear watching | wild bears | brown bears in the wild | cantabrian brown bear | northern Spain bear watching | someido natural park | conservation story

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