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Copley Square

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    • Day 5

      Bye bye NY - Hello Boston

      August 29, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Heute hieß es früh aus den Federn, Abschied vom Big Apple nehmen und uns Richtung Boston aufzumachen, wo wir in 2 Tagen unseren Mietwagen übernehmen werden.
      Ganz New York like haben wir uns an die Straße gestellt und sind dem erstbesten Taxi mehr oder weniger vor die Haube gesprungen - Hat geholfen und innerhalb von 10 Minuten setzte uns ein genervter Taxifahrer an der Pennstation ab - Dem Knotenpunkt schlechthin für alle Züge, die New York passieren.
      Wir haben im Vorfeld einige Transportmöglichkeiten abgewogen, um von New York nach Boston zu gelangen und haben uns dann für eine Fahrt im Amtrak entschieden. Wir wollten unbedingt einmal in diesen silber glänzenden Zügen sitzen, die das ganze Land miteinander verbinden.
      Nach einem etwas chaotischen boarding (ja, genau wie auf dem Flughafen), saßen wir plötzlich in extrem bequemen Sesseln, die mit unseren Zugsitzen nicht im Ansatz zu vergleichen waren - Also, zurückgelehnt und entspannt :-)
      In 4 Stunden rauschte die Landschaft an uns vorbei und aus Häuserschluchten wurden gepflegte und weniger gepflegte Vororte am Atlantik oder an wunderschönen Seen. Aus Wolkenkratzern wurden schöne Holzhäuser mit eigenen Bootsanlegern.
      Leider machte uns heute das Wetter einen Strich durch die Rechnung. In dem Moment, als wir den Zug bestiegen haben, fing es an zu regnen, was sich bisher leider auch noch nicht verändert hat...
      Die Wettervorhersagen sind etwas widersprüchlich, also glauben wir fest daran, dass es sich heute um einen kleinen Ausreißer gehandelt hat. Morgen sieht die Welt sicher wieder freundlicher aus :-)
      Passend zum Wetter verlief leider auch unser Hotel Check In. Das Hotel teilte uns mit, dass das Partner-Reisebüro in den Staaten unsere Buchung vor 2 Wochen wieder storniert hat - Whaaaat ?!?!? Auf solche ‚Überraschungen‘ stehen wir so gar nicht...
      Wir haben ein Top-Alternativhotel bekommen, aber für die kommenden Hotels auf der Reise sind wir auf alles gefasst.
      Unser Reisebüro in Weyhe hat morgen jedenfalls eine kleine Aufgabe zu bewältigen und wir gehen jetzt nach einem extrem guten, leichten und frischen Abendessen beim Vietnamesen ins Bett. Morgen ist auch noch ein Tag - dann auch wieder mit Fotos :-)
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    • Day 4

      General Boston-ness

      May 23, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Spent the rest of the day visiting a couple more places, relaxing in the park and actually planning what I'm doing for the rest of the holiday.

      Visited Boston Common again and the Public Gardens. Also went to Boston library, which is much fancier than Pontypridd Library, and just generally walked and relaxed around the city before heading back to the hotel.

      Last day in Boston, but planning on being back for Poke fest in a couple of weeks. There was also decidedly more crazy going on today... not sure what that was about.
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    • Day 90

      Boston Spaziergang + Bibliothek

      June 24, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      Den heutigen „Recharge Friday“ nutze ich (Anna) für einen Besuch der mir empfohlenen Alten Bibliothek von Boston. Es war wirklich einen Besuch wert! Ich verbrachte fast 1 Stunde mit dem Betrachten der alten Gemälde 🖼 und Skulpturen 🗿

      Danach ging es zu einem Abendessen und Drinks mit meiner Kollegin Zhenja! Ein richtig netter Abend bei perfektem Sommerwetter!
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    • Day 10

      We have fallen in love with Boston

      February 13, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

      What an amazing city Boston is, there is beauty around every corner, the architecture, the green spaces, the cobblestone, the water and I could go on and on and on.

      We started our day getting up at 8.30am (as we only went to bed at 12.30am as we were both charged from getting in late to our hotel after a day of travel).

      We went out onto the street to find somewhere for breakfast. Saw a sign for Starbucks and followed that and stumbled across a huge supermarket. As we have quite a large fridge in our room, we bought groceries for breakfast, lunch/dinner and snacks which saves a lot of money eating out.

      We headed back to our room and had some breakfast before setting off the explore this amazing city.

      First port of call was Copley Square, this just blew us away with the beauty of the old buildings. We then headed towards the Cheers bar for lunch but as we were walking we stumbled across the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. What a beautiful green space in the city, lined with amazing brownstone buildings. Along the walk are statues of people which all tell the history of Boston.

      After this little detour, we reset the google maps and headed towards the Cheers Bar. What a quaint little bar it is, very small and so busy. We bought a few souvenirs before sitting down for lunch. Dave had clam chowder which I nearly vomited with the taste but he loved it!

      A quick stop back to our room to rug up as although it was 5 degrees it had a feels like temp of -2.5 because of the wind. We were heading to the Seaport District and thought it best to be warm.

      A long walk to the Seaport District and wow it blew our minds. More beauty. I said to Dave what more could you ask for, a city that gets super cold, it has water, many parks and architecture that I would never get tired of looking at.

      From here we walked along the water for quite a while before resetting google maps to head back to our hotel.

      On the way home we walked past the State Building which overlooks Boston Common, a large park. Within Boston Common is the Frog Pond which at this time of the year is a skating rink.

      While we were walking through the Common we saw a red cattle dog just like Macie (minus a tail though). Every time we are in the States we see heaps and heaps and heaps of Louie’s (poodles) but never any Macie’s. So I just had to take a photo and as you can see from the photo, the dog’s owner was very happy we were taking the photo. A little further and we were back to our hotel.

      A total of 20.3kms walked today. We have had the most amazing day and much more to explore tomorrow.
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    • Day 2

      Boston, MA

      July 21, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Ble mye frem og tilbake i går etter at Booking.com eller hotellet hadde rotet bort bestillingen vår, og pga 2 conventions er det fullt i hele byen. Etter mange telefoner fikk vi booking.com til å booke oss inn på The Mandarin Oriental, et fem-stjerners hotell med gratis middag. Så litt bra ble det da.
      Boston er en veldig fin by.
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    • Day 2

      Boston

      September 30, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      Unfortunately our first full day started off wet, which continued on & off for the rest of the day.

      Fortunately in the morning we had a guided tour by coach. Which gave details of Boston's extensive history. Boston it's self in a mixture of the old & new going from old colonial building to the modern day glass clad high rise buildings.Read more

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