Blogs from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 70

I finally got out of that huge city that was New York, and into a much younger population in the student populated city of Boston! Forgive that long and possibly strange sentence, it's just that with a new place comes new enthusiasm for this place. However, that is all in the now, but I'm going to move back to yesterday where I left it. But, before I go there, I just want to say that I caught up on the Big Brother news. Has there been some arguments or what?! Ok, for real this time. After I left the internet cafe yesterday, I thought I'd try and catch up with Willie after the show he saw, which was 'Phantom Of The Opera'. There were so many people coming out of that place, I swear I thought ... read more

Hi guys I hope that everyone at home is doing okay. Well my last few days in Boston have been pretty uneventful to tell the truth. It has been so hot and muggy that all I try and do all day is find a nice cool place to sit down and read. The first day that I arrived the airline lost my luggage so I was in the same clothes all day on monday. I pretty much slept the whole time because I couldn't sleep on the red-eye flight to philly or the early morning flight to boston. Getting to the hostel was really easy. Boston's metro is super simple to navigate. Anyway I mostly just hung out a the park and read my book all day. The next day I went to Boston College and ... read more

Here's to another wild adventure! So, I stay at Dave and Damien's (my St. Paddy's Day friends) place last night in Limerick after taking a flight back to Limerick from Paris, then take a bus this morning to Shannon Airport to fly back to the States. I bid my farewells with little event and manage to make it back to Boston just fine (I'm flying Shannon to Boston to Philly to Raleigh-- convoluted, I know!). Then things get fun. Seems there were some thunderstorms all over the East Coast and like everything was getting cancelled. So I spent the night at the airport-- yes, my first night back in the States and I'm in the Boston Airport. Well, how else should one end such an adventurous semester? Just one more adventure, right? It ended up amusing, ... read more

I've made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare. I'm a bit nervous so I'm trying to occupy my mind by writting. Nedim on the other hand is reading one of the law books that he brought with him, and surprisingly he doesn't look bored, I'd even say he looks amused :-). Why am I nervous you ask? We'll I'm going to places I've never been and where I don't even know the language, I haven't even left the airport and I've already had my first scare, I can't even imagine what it will be like when I can't understand the security guard that's slowly putting on a pair of rubber gloves, taking my bag and asking me to follow him. "Do you have any thing shaaap in your bag?" he asks in ... read more

(Dave writes...) Well, we've been in Boston for 6 days and we're having a great time. We're staying with Donna & Joe, Gem's relatives, who have looked after us and treated us to all kinds of lovely food. We went to Salem on Thursday to find some witches. Friday we went to Boston - a beautiful city that I love more than New York. This weekend we went to New Hampshire and stayed with Sharon & Dan (Donna's brother) & Cosmo, their hugely friendly - and it has to be said, slightly insane - kitten. There's a few pictures in this entry: - Donna & Joe outside of the witch museum in Salem. - Fred, the teddy bear donated to us by Gem's school so we can take it on a trip round the world. He ... read more