Blogs from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 25

Arrived in Boston after flying in from Chicago today. Only thing to note was I found the American Airlines terminal (T3) at O'Hare airport to be truly massive. It was probably bigger than the entire Sydney Airport and this terminal was only for AA and oneworld partners. Imagine combining all the terminals together - makes for a massive airport. Boston airport was close to downtown and after another $2 subway ride and short walk I arrived at my hotel. Room is quite roomy and comfortable so another pretty good choice. This hotel features a purified chilled water station with plastic bottles on each level. A great idea and definitely will be saving me a few dollars during my stay in Boston which is quite warm at the moment. After checking in, I went straight to the ... read more

After eating some yummy bagels which we picked up yesterday on the Freedom Trail, we grabbed the shuttle to the Wonderland metro station. The people of Boston are so nice, the shuttle drivers always have a smile and are very courteous. It reminds me a lot of the charm in west TX. After 3 different subway connections, we finally made it to Harvard. Once again, the flowers were spectacular. The trees had these beautiful white blossoms and there were delicate purple flowers everywhere. School was out so the campus was very quiet. The kids were not very happy taking pictures in front of Mr. Harvard. (I guess we've trained them well. Future Texas Tech Red Raiders here). Unfortunately, for some reason the 3G connection was not working on campus, so we ended up getting lost trying ... read more

After waking up the family at 5:30 and filling up on some instant oatmeal, we took the shuttle to the Newark airport for our 8:30 Jet Blue flight to Boston. The plane ride was so much fun for the kids. They loved watching Sponge Bob and Dora on the plane with Jet Blue's in flight TV service. Plus what could be better than eating chocolate chip cookies at 9 am? However despite all this, Jason and I are still true Southwest fans. We were sitting in the plane and on the tarmac for 1 hour and in flight for only 45 minutes. Stepping off the plane, we realized we weren't in Texas anymore. Just a couple days ago, we were worried about the kids getting sunburned. Not anymore, in fact buying winter clothes was top priority ... read more

Went to L’Aroma café in Newbury Street for breakfast, a small café hidden away in a half cellar and quite busy with the morning crowd. The weather was quite warm and so we sat outside. Then started to explore, walking past Copley Square to the Boston Public Gardens where we admired all the spring flowers and trees in bloom. The swan boats were out already. The Tourism Centre in the Boston Common was being renovated and closed but a nice Bostonian gave us a map for the Freedom Trail and explained the way to us. The people are so friendly and welcoming, and the place so beautiful, we very much like this city. In nice and sunny weather we followed the trail and stopped for lunch in Quincy Markets. We both could not believe the food ... read more

EURO-ADVENTURE COUNTDOWN: 24 DAYS In Spring 2009, my sophomore year of college, I was lucky enough to spend a semester living in a castle in the Netherlands. Yes thats right, a castle in the Netherlands. On a daily basis I would wake up to the sounds of black swans screaming (or at least that's what it sounded like to me), look out the window of the tower that I lived in, and see the landscape that had become my home... two moats, tulips, children riding their bikes to school and my classmates sitting in the courtyard chain smoking. The only things that I had to worry about were my classes and planing my weekends, which were spent traveling around Europe. In my time abroad I went to 10 different countries, jumped out of a plane, almost ... read more