Blogs from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 24

On Monday/Tuesday, I enjoyed a nice stay in Stowe, a small town about 40 km East of Burlington in the Vermont mountains, with very good hotels and excellent restaurants (and many tourists). Stowe is famous as skiing place with nice slopes on Mount Mansfield (4800 ft high), as an artist's retreat with many nice sculptures placed around the town, and because the Trapp-family (known from the 'Sound of Music' movie) have located here their retreat (better hotel complex). Everything is perfectly done - for my taste a bit too perfect, I escaped for dinner to the next place Morristown which is not touristic at all and still served me an excellent black-bean burger with life Country&Western music. Actually, I ended up in Stowe due to its nice little airport - I had a long list of ... read more

Så er vi landet i Boston efter en lang tur over Island. Der var halvanden times forsinkelse i Rejkavik, men der fik vi en øl med Anders fra KE som også skulle til Boston med sin kone og datter. Vi har fået vores Cadillac - en smart stor amerikaner med alt i udstyr. Det virker altså bare i staterne. Skønt at være tilbage. Navigationen i bilen slår nu også vores egen medbragte. I morgen må vi finde ud af hvad den ellers kan. Det er ikke småting. Nu er vi på et Best western hotel, rigtig stort værelse, jja en suite, men nu skal vi bare sove. I hører nærmer...zzzzzzzz. Vi vågnede til normal amerikansk tid og var friske og veludvilede. Ned og få vafler og continental morgenmad. Vi besluttede at blive en dag mere i ... read more

Piers Park is a beautifully landscaped, that provides direct access to the waterfront along with spectacular views of downtown Boston city skyline across the inner harbor, across the water. East Boston Piers Park is owned, constructed and maintained by Massport. ( text source: http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/placestogo/location.php?nid=4&sid=24 ) Google Map: 95 Marginal Street East Boston, MA 02128 SAILING CENTER Piers Park Sailing Center - Boston Harbor in East Boston. A gorgeous place to go! http://piersparksailing.org/ Piers Park Sailing Center, located in the park, provides an affordable and popular community boating program. Google: NilmaBostonRio https://profiles.google.com/nilmabostonrio/about Piers Park es un hermoso paisaje, que proporciona acceso directo a lo largo de la linea de costa, con espectaculares vistas al horizonte de centro de la ciudad de Boston... read more

There is less than one week left until my trip to China! I am excited and nervous to be traveling out of the country for the first time. I hope to be able to bring back a lot of good information and pictures to share with my world geography 6th grade students! I think that it is important to educate students about the history and culture of China. It is also vital to discuss how China will play a role on the world stage in the coming years, which is a key topic of discussion throughout the study tour. To prepare for the trip, our group from Bridgewater State University went to Chinatown in Boston, to learn about the history of Chinese immigration to America, and also to eat at a Chinese restaurant together. While the ... read more

Spent an enjoyable day seeing the sights in sunny Boston. I think I have finally began my warm weather holiday! After a few days of warm weather in L.A, I have pretty much had cool/cold weather since so it was good to be back in t-shirt weather and sweating :) Didn't leave the hotel until after 10am and made my way down to the Faneuil Hall and bought myself a ticket for a trolley car hop-on hop-off tour. Boston is quite spread out and I thought jumping on a tour would allow me to get around. My first stop would be the U.S.S Constitution which is across the bridge and definitely a little too far to walk in this heat. The Constitution is an old navy sail ship and was undefeated in battle. It is still ... read more