Two days in Boston, Massachusetts and Kev and I know a lot more about the American Revolution than we did before! We stayed in Charlestown, an area which played a vital part in the Revolution and we were within cooee of where the Battleof Bunker Hill took place in June 1775. It was Col. William Prescott who led his men in the aforementioned battle and who is reputed to have issued those orders to those know as the patriots who were fighting the English Redcoats. The result was a victory for the British, however, they suffered their greatest losses of the [View Full Entry]

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On Friday, June 6 at 10:30AM, Liz and I left for Boston in her new Prius. We made the trip in 5 hours, including one pit stop to stretch and one stop to eat at Pizzeria Uno. Our stay at the South Boston Hampton Inn started off on a positive note, and just kept getting better! There was a parking garage with card key access opposite the hotel where we parked our car (being that it's a new car, not having it velleted was key). When checking in we were told about a free shuttle van service the hotel had that [View Full Entry]

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Boston - Memorial Day " Faneuil Hall Marketplace " In the heart of Boston, Faneuil Hall Marketplace is adjacent to historic Faneuil Hall and is bordered by the financial district, the waterfront, the North End, Government Center and Haymarket. It is a well-traveled part of Boston's "Freedom Trail." The Marketplace is a five-minute walk to the New England Aquarium, The Children's Museum, The Old State House, and Paul Revere's House. Other attractions that are between 7-15 minutes away include The New State House, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Public Garden, Old North Church, The USS Const [View Full Entry]

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Boston - Museum of Fine Art The original MFA opened its doors to the public on July 4, 1876, the nation's centennial. Built in Copley Square, the MFA was then home to 5,600 works of art. Over the next several years, the collection and number of visitors grew exponentially, and in 1909 the Museum moved to its current home on Huntington Avenue. Today the MFA is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world; the collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art. We welcome more than one million visitors each year to experience art from ancient Egyptian to contemporary, [View Full Entry]

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T-minus 6 hours to take-off from Boston to Ghana, via Rome. My nerves have given way to an anxiousness to just get this 23-hour trip done and be resting my head in Accra on Friday night. Already received an email from a colleague who is there, and we'll set to checking out the city together this weekend. But first: Wallet-check, passport-check, guidebook-check, probably more clothes than I'll need-check, ok, let's do this. I'll see all of you on the other side of the flight... [View Full Entry]

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Boston is beautiful, just as everyone will tell you. It's extremely quaint with a hefty dose of European influence. We spent a whirlwind day power walking along the esplanade, via harvard and MIT, along the Freedom Trail taking in famous dead people's resting places, gorgeous old churches and stubbing our weary toes on cobblestones. Our hostel was an eye-opener. Rated #1 in the world by Hostels.com, it apparently played host to John Lennon back in the day. Well, John Lennon must've been on drugs, unless he enjoyed curling up on sagging plastic-covered matresses, listening to every groan in [View Full Entry]

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Why Boston is considered a "walking city": poor advance signage scary driving one-way streets not indicated on any map I've seen streets that don't connect to streets that should traditional rules of the road don't apply (we've learned not to do the "don't proceed through an intersection unless you can clear it" rule,... people cut in front in the intersection and block it) changing street names More later. Must relax more today. [View Full Entry]

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Boston : Downtown Boston The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites, every one an authentic American treasure. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1958, when the wrecking ball threatened, the Freedom Trail today is a unique collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship, and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and beyond. [View Full Entry]

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For those who know, and for those of you who may not, i have left my native soil of new england for the summer. After much saving, fantisizing, researching and a small amount of planning, i have set off on backpacking tour of Europe with my friend Caleb. As hard as it was to believe, i found myself at the airport on the 20th of may, with a ticket to London in my hand, saying goodbye to Anna and Casey, and hoping that i had packed enough(was it a wise decision to leave the tent??) Leaving for a period of travel [View Full Entry]

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