Blogs from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 11

It's 23.05 on Thursday 19th March. Today has been or first full day in Boston. I think pretty much all of our nights were a little disturbed last night, as often they are in a new place. Because of this, I didn't wake properly this morning until 9.55. I attempted to rouse the others but they were having none if it, so I headed down on my own to catch the last 5 minutes of the free breakfast the hostel offers every morning. After filling up on bread and cereal I headed back upstairs to find the others still in bed, but at least awake. For the next few hours we slowly got ready to head out, trained and played a little pool in the common area. Once everyone was showered and suitably layered out we ... read more

A vonat ezuttal kicsit kesve indult, de szerencsere nem kesett tobbet, igy nem sokkal este 10 utan odaertem Bostonba. A hotel ugy 5 percnyire volt gyalog az allomastol, es nagyon kenyelmes es modern volt a szoba. Ez egyebkent a 140 nevu hotel, ami a Clarendon Street-en a 140-es szam alatt talalhato, rogton a John Hancock Tower mellett, ami Boston legmagasabb epulete, es a kornyek ugy altalaban eleg modern. Reggel egy szokasos eper smoothie es kave utan a Back Bay Fens nevu termeszetvedelmi teruletre latogattam el kisse delre - kellemes hely, bar kicsit nagyobb teruletre szamitottam. Innen metroval es gyalog elutaztam a varos keleti reszen levo obolbe, mivel egy balnalesre akartam befizetni. Igen szep ido volt, igy a napkozbeni utakra mar elfogyott minden jegy, es csak a delutan 5.30-as maradt. Idokozben mar del fele jart az ido, ... read more

Hello, Boston! It's been a long time. 12 flights, 12 destinations, 2 months, 2 sicknesses, 9 countries, and 9 airlines. What a trip, though. Last night, we took it a bit easy, since we had to finish packing and be out by 10. We went to a nearby restaurant for dinner, then went bowling at an alley right next to the hotel. This morning was just as simple: get up, pack, and get out. We went straight to the airport, where we got breakfast, checked in, found the gate, and hung out until the flights left. It turns out that, for some reason, Icelandair has 2 flights to Boston out of Reykjavik: one at 17:00, and one at 17:25. This is the only city that even had two flights on their departure screen. Anyway, it turns ... read more

After we had upset the hotel staff again and recovered from the shock of the cost of the car park, we drove to the JFK Museum and Memorial Library. The name is an obvious clue as to what it's about, but for some reason we had been expecting it to be more about American politics in general, given that our son will be studying that next year. That said, it didn't disappoint as there was a lot to learn and JFK has a particular place in the American psyche. As well as the obvious (he was one of two presidents that had been assassinated (we should all know who the other one was), there were substantial developments in civil rights; there was the space race with the Russians and the start of the race to the ... read more

As with all our trips to America, it started with rain, but hopefully like the others it will improve as the time goes on. It wasn't ideal conditions, but we thought we would start with a guided walk along the History Trail. This started at Boston Common, covered Beacon Hill and the Massachusetts State House, the Old Granary Burial Ground, the Old State House, the Old City Hall (which is now a restaurant), the New City Hall (which is widely agreed to be the ugliest building in America) and ending at the site of the Boston Massacre. History does not put the people of our home country in very good light, particularly a number of individual cases of injustice, which, along with the taxes, fueled the revolutionary spirt. There were several cases of crimes by the ... read more