Hi Ian & thanks & (more than) pretty nice yourself.
Hi Roger. Boston's good sized & not an easy place to navigate with all the winding streets & cow paths that never got updated. It's pretty easy to get about using the MBTA (public trans.) You'll be staying in a central location known as the Copley Square area, very easy to get anywhere from there (don't take the taxi's, way overpriced). As far as taking a bike, Boston drivers are internationally know for being cruel, malicious, dangerous & always on the lookout for unsuspecting bikers from far of countries to cripple without having to actually get out & stop to apraise the carnage. Close by places to peek at that aren't far off: Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Boston Gardens, Boston Public Library-Copley Sq., the Art Museum on Huntington Ave (your staying on Huntington Ave, just head away from downtown), Science Park Museum (next to the Fleet Center), the North End, downtown has harbor cruises going out to the harbor islands & Boston By Sea is narrated along with songs(by our own David Coffin). Go online for the above posted message for the Thursday edition of the Boston Globe Calendar. Hope you're able to make some merry music & I hope this helps, Barry