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Boston Slideshow
Boston
Travel Blogs from Boston, United States
A first glimpse of old New England
This is a top pick! ... back to the town markets to wot proved to be the coolest food court ever we collected the car and attempted to leave town.... Only Boston wasnt letting us go so easy, we ended up taking some mega road under the sea to a different part of town and then ...
a series of unfortunate events :(
... 22.4 gb of music and synced all my travel information and contacts on it for emergency purposes. i considered buying an itouch in boston but decided to borrow my roommate's extra ipod. this was one of the best decisions i've made this week the borrowed ...
day 41
... home - so much so, that we actively seek them out. Early get up tomorrow in order to catch the silver line, that goes under Boston harbour, to Logan airport - New York City bound. But we only just got here and we've missed out on 3 sites along the ...
Revere 2
Hey there, welcome back! Just landed at CDG, got 'bout 3 hours to ensemble. So, the burger index. Wherever you go in the world, the McDonald's has the same prices tied to the to the local currency/US dollar exchange rate. And it tastes the same ...
Back to Boston
... :45 we got ready to drive back.. It took us approx 45 min to get over the Canadian/USA border.. When over the border we drove towards Boston.. We had breakfast around 14:00.. And from there we drove on to have another coffee stop a bit later.. At 22:00 we ...
Off To Salem
Today, Frank and Gustavo drove us North to Salem. There are lots of places in the States called Salem but this was THE Salem. Very interesting place whose economy seems to be predominantly derived from tourists, but there's nothing wrong with that- ...
Boston - where everybody wants to know your name
... the TV show got its inspiration from. We took a nice walk there, going past some nicely designed churches and through Boston Park, which was just a postcard image in the snow. We larked around trying to walk in the snow whilst not falling ...
Bean Town
... several famous places. Saturday I had the entire day free to explore on my own; I visited the New England Aquarium, Boston Common, Government Center, Faneuil Hall, the Boston Massacre site, Fenway Park, the North End, and everything in ...
Suggestions for the traveler to India
Travel tips? Here are a few. Hawkers (street vendors): eye contact, saying "no thanks" (or anything!) means you're interested - and hooked. Let the rickshaw drivers drive. They're experts at navigating what seems like pure chaos. Hotels: 1. ...
Day 10 - Part 1
... . John Hancock, Samuel Adams, the Franklin Family (but not Ben), James Otis (Taxes without representation is Tyranny), the Boston Massacre victims (among them Christopher Sinder - a 12 year old boy), and Paul Revere were among the people ...
Sussing out the Boston shopping.
Today was just a day for wandering. It's been interesting shopping in the U.S at this time of year because the shop displays are all autumnal for the change in seasons, and Halloween stock is on the shelves. Since we don't celebrate Halloween in ...
Art Students for an Evening
The Museum of Fine Arts hosted a college night promising music and food, and, being college students we happily allowed ourselves to be bribed. The MFA is always free for college students, and I will go back when I have the time because I love the art ...
Introductions...
Stop #1. Boston. Check. So here I am! Arrived in Boston today after waking up at 6:15am...ugh. Got here around 1:30pm, and waited around as group members trickled in one by one. Finally around 5:15 or so we all headed out to Heifer International's ...
Hurrying to take in some of Beantown
About 24 hours behind schedule, we arrived in Boston last night and went straight to our B&B in Back Bay to crash. Not surprisingly, I woke up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at an unwelcome 3am. Waking up each consecutive hour until about 6, I finally ...
5 more days!
I am overwhelmed at all the wonderful gifts & donations for the orphanage and kind words sent by my friends and family. I am looking foward to sharing this journey with you via my blog. xoxo Michelle ...
Eerste keer, tweede keer
Oh ja, ik had een blog opgericht. HALLO. De afgelopen dagen heb ik in de Verenigde Staten doorgebracht. Met het fenomeen 'Greyhound' ben ik daar aangekomen. Greyhound is een busmaatschappij die kaartjes voor een bepaalde bus verkoopt, en vervolgens de ...
Catching up with sleep and relaxing
Today I woke up around 11:00.. Check the newspaper online.. Around 12:00 I went for a run true North End.. For approx 1,5km see how my fitness is after a week of no sleep and beers ;) When back I took a shower, and made some breakfast/lunch.. Did the ...
Martha's Vineyard to Boston
... cliff then back on the road for a very fast trip back to Boston it took 3 half hours to get into the centre of Downtown Boston where Graeme and I check into the Downtown Backpackers. We dropped off all our bags in our room then check my email and went to ...
Hmm, will I ever get to Boston?
... flight was due to depart this time at 10am, but a mere 20 minutes later, just after I had ordered some breakfast, up pops 'Boston - CANCELLED'. Not again. I had my breakfast and then had to go and collect my luggage. I spent the next 40 ...
Life in Massachusetts
... still managed to go to the beach. August 8, 2009: My sister came to visit so we decide to take a little tour around Boston. Walked by Fanuelle Hall and headed towards Boston Harbor. Stopped by Samuel Adams brewery for some really good beer. Needless to ...
Boston
... are killing time in Chicago waiting for our hotel room to be cleaned so we can get a shower after a 22 hour train journey from Boston! We have just travelled over 1000 miles and it only cost $80 a ticket - cheaper than a return from London to Darlington! ...
Will's Birthday weekend in Boston
... headed to the pirate museum and wandered around Salem until it began to rain, so we headed indoors to sample some beers. Sunday we headed into Boston and wander downtown, faneuil hall, the Boston massacre sight and walked around a very cool ...
Beantown: Day 3
Today I started out by going back to the Boston Common for a short while before going to check out the inside of the Massachusetts State House. There was a school choir doing a performance on the main stairwell of the building while I was there, and ...
I90 cely den
Dnes sme od desiatej rano mali len jeden smer: i90 East. Isli sme, isli a isli sme. A ked sa uz nedalo ist dalej boli sme 400 mil (650km) na vychod v Bostone v Messachusse. Cesta sem na vychod nam trvala 10 hodin. Boli sme v zopar zapchach. Dnes ...
Boston
... . Got on a sightseeing bus and saw the MIT campus, Charlestown, Cambridge, Fenway Park, the Seaport, the Original Cheers bar, Boston Common (the oldest public park in the US), Beacon Hill, the Waterfront and the site of the Tea Party. I ...
My First Solo Step
The plane was three quarters empty but my hopes of leg room and horizontal sleeping space were crushed when my ticket guided me blindly into sharing a row of three with a small aging moustached business man. The seat between us was rapidly monoploised ...
I'm home!
I finally arrived home, after 9 months and 2 days. On the way back to Boston, I stopped for one night in Honolulu (by mistake - when I booked my "connecting" flight, I forgot that I had to cross the International Dateline, and would gain one day), ...
Boston Tea Party
... Beaconhill with the lovely Bostonian houses. I even took in a Ghosts and Gravestone tour, which was interesting, talking about the Boston Strangler. Copse Hill Burial Ground, Which is over 200 years old and a little eerie as we walked through with ...