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Boston Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Boston, United States
Final Flight of this Journey
Well what a trip, we awoke at the Hyatt Harbour side hotel in Boston this morning. We are looking forward to the final leg as the trip home and all of the time changes have really messed us up. We went to the Harbourside Grill for breakfast, the food was ...
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 ...
Falling over happy
The drive to LAX was easy (at 4:00am it should be), parking at the Marriott was really great (valet, and the bus to the airport was waiting for us), flight left 3 minutes early, and flight was fast (80 mph tailwind). Virgin America is interesting, blue ...
Air rants and rollerblades
... says just how many miles I racked up on my previous flight. I'm obsessed. I have skymileage with Delta, America West, United... I've got them all. I figure why miss any opportunities for upping my mileage within any airline. I may need a support ...
Leaving in 2 days
OK, we're leaving in 2 days, on Wednesday. This is our first entry. We are excited, nervous, and not quite packed. Many, many things to do tomorrow, on our last day in the US. OK, so it's only 16 days, but it's India after all, and we are trying to get ...
Boston for Ann-Marie Flaherty's wedding
... USA http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1217752.stm It was with great pleasure, and excitement, that I travelled to Boston, after my short and superb stay in Marrakech. I was looking forward to meeting up with family and friends at ...
couchsurfinUSA....the new blog
To follow our new blog go to www.couchsurfinUSA.com and click on 'blog' then enter your email on the right hand side to subscribe. or visit http://www.couchsurfinusa.com/blog.html Goodbye Africa, Hello America PS if anyone has any contacts we can crash ...
On the road again ...
... a dreadful accident, but fortunately the guy next to Philip hit the emergency stop button and stopped the escalator. We went walking round Boston when we’d checked in, and loved what we saw – very wide tree-lined streets, beautiful blue water, ...
Harvard, Duck Tour and the Freedom Trail
... lot in the photo descriptions. Ok I pulled a lot of history off Wikipedea. However, Marcelo and I enjoyed our day romping around Boston. Harvard is definitely worth seeing.. We took a free tour (though donations are encouraged) with a tour group ...
A long day's drive
... at the airport and we can go from there into the city. Tonight the shuttle bus took us into the nearby suburb of East Boston to a nice Italian restaurant, Carmen's Kitchen. we had a great meal there and returned to the hotel for an early night. I will ...
Beautiful Boston
... on everyone's nerves pretty quick - Bill always trys to strangle me when I say it!). We also managed to try some Boston cheesecake, saltwater taffy and had icecream sundaes - yum. Lynette spoiled us with Heinz beans on toast the first day - ...
Packing
I think we're gonna need a bigger boat. Well, at least a bigger suitcase. Have to pack the raincoat, the light coat, and the fleece for the cool nights. Walking shoes, water shoes, flip flops and slippers. Long sleeves for the ...
En route
... people make bad coffee? I just don't get it. I guess I've probably served plenty of bad coffee in my life though. Overall Boston seems like a nice city. Really easy to navigate and you can drink the water straight from the tap and it doesn't taste bad! ...
early morning bus to busy boston
... decker bus this time and it was fun, you could see much more :D 4 bumpy and annoying hours later we made it to boston. After this trip I have a much greater appreciation of Canberra and the fact that they spend all their money on fixing roads. Even though ...
Visiting my great friend Nancy
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just playing
I am just checking to see how this all works... plus I will use any excuse to show how cute my nephews are! This is part of my trip to Boston we took Wesley and Benjamin candlepin bowling (proof that such thing does exist) and then at the ...
Bussing it to Boston
Had to get up a little early to catch our bus to Boston. Glad we didn't fly (a) because United would most likely have caused us to miss our flight and (b) we would have missed seeing the stunning landscape which stretches between New York and Boston. It ...
Back to Boston and onto Hotter Climes
Last day and back to Boston, nothing much to report other than a side trip to Kennebunkport, chosen simply for its name by Glenn, it turned out to be a star place so much so that Ex President Bush senior has a house here. As usual Glenn attracts his fair ...
More
... Many areas in the state are not represented in a recognized borough. What a novel idea. June 1: Arrived in Boston early after a 5 hours red eye flight. It could also be called a stiff neck flight. I slept from 1:15 to ...
Baaaahstahn
... in the UK - there are slick newish motorcoaches with free wi-fi. It is quite the way to travel. I like it much. I got into Boston in the evening and got rather lost getting to the hostel. The area was a nit of an odd mix of studenty (Berklee School ...
Lunch, visit to Harvard Uni and Red Sox game
... the road.. "The Lansdowne" We stayed there till approx 1:00, and took a taxi home.. Time to hit th sack Patrick Facts: Route: Boston South Station -- Gate 9 to New York 34th and 8th by Tick Tock (Phil. or Bos.) Date: 9/21/2010 Departs: 10:30 AM Arrives: ...
An Unconventional Field Trip
... and I decided to do a shopping trip looking for some home décor. We made our way down to the shopping district of Boston. It's a bit too commercial and busy for my liking, but it’s very useful for buying necessities, clothes, and ...
Cape Cod
... We had stopped at the Highland Hill Lighthouse for a quick look, so it was late in the day that we started back towards Boston. We couldn't leave the island without a visit to Hyannis. This place had been made famous through the Kennedys who spent summer ...
Red Sox
... my agenda. But we made it into town a couple of times to enjoy the shopping in Quincy Market and the pubs that are literally everywhere. Boston had a really nice feel to it and maybe if i can make it back to camp next year i can find the time to give it ...
Leavin' on a jet plane
The fun begins. Well, after the torturous, long flight it will. At least my first flight isn't until 11:35am. Angela had to fly out of Nashville at 6am, and has a 6 hour layover in Minneapolis, where we'll meet up and continue on to ...
The Boston coffee break
... a mere afternoon but this allowed us to walk through history and learn how the Americans 'defeated the British' and the United States was born. This relaxing break to New England has indadvertedly turned into quite the education and visited various sites ...
Why are we going?
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