So after New York and saying goodbye to Daniel, we flew over to Boston, MA. On the flight there, we were told by the flight attendent that it was the 'greatest city in the USA'... right. We were a little delayed getting off the ground as a boy had pressed one of the buttons which released the oxygen masks from above and so we had to wait for the technicians to come onto the plan and re-set them. What we had thought would be a simple task ended up taking about an hour. When we finally landed into Boston, we caught a taxi over to our hotel, The Marriott at Copley Place to check in and drop off all our stuff. For lunch, we headed over to Copley Place to eat at the California Pizza Kitchen (the usual American chain restaurant style food). I then spent the afternoon wandering around Newbery St, which was where all the shops and the like were located.
The main reason I had headed over there was to find the Urban Outfitters because a pair of jeans I had bought didnt have the button on it lol. On the way over though, Raf and I were pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere of Boston, and I particularly liked how the city itself has a very european feel - you could easily think that you were in the UK or western Europe.
After a couple hours being out, i headed back to the hotel and got ready to go out to meet Sophie, my cousin. We ended up going to see Jumper (it was fairly formulaic, but enjoyable none the less) before meeting up with her friend and boyfriend to go to a sushi restaurant.
The second day in Boston, the others decided to have a rest day in the hotel so I ended up wandering all over the city, starting off with the public library and Copley square before catching the 'T' (trams) to Boston Commons where State House is and the start of the Freedom Trail. The arfternoon was spent exploring Boston by following the Freedom Trail. The next major landmark that really caught my interest was Faneuil Hall Market place where there are alot of stalls selling Clam Chowder and lots of nic naks. I didn't end up getting any chowder as I had just had lunch, so planned to get some later. I continued down to the aquarium area to see the harbour area, then caught the T to Seaport. I just walked around that area and saw the hotel we were supposed to stay at (it is a new hotel that isn't quite ready). When I went back to Fanueil Markets, all the stores had closed so I wasnt able to get any clam chowder!!! Oh well, gives me a reason to go back to Boston haha.
The last day, I toured around Harvard, MIT and also along the Charles River. We were flying out that night to Buffalo (upstate New York, near Niagara Falls), so had to head back to the hotel in the afternoon to check in.
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| Boston Feb 08 |
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