I chose the Charles River in Boston because it is a truly unique place, famous for sunbathing. I chose Boston because it was, and still is one of the most popular cities for Irish People to emigrate to. Boston is sometimes regarded as the capital of Irish America. As a percentage of the population, Massachusetts is the most Irish state, with about a quarter of the population claiming Irish descent. New England remains the most Irish-American part of the country, with New Hampshire contributing a good portion of its population.
Boston is certainly not a beach, which immediately made me curious as to how it is such a sunbathing hotspot! With 1 in 6 people living in the city attending any one of the many institutions of higher learning, this hip town has a great deal of young eye candy to enjoy without wandering too far from the dignified boundaries of Beacon Hill or the Back Bay. The Esplanade has miles of jogging and rollerblade trails, and an abundance of manicured lawns where people gather to sunbathe and socialise. The Charles river was so named when Captain John Smith who mapped New England presented his map to King Charles I, and he suggested that the king should feel free to change any of the "barbarous names" for "English" ones. The king made many such changes, but only four survive today, one of which is the Charles River, which Charles named for himself.
