My wife and I are up in Boston for our 12th anniversary, and it is an amazing town, so much to do. We have been to Salem - and learned all about Witches and pirates - and drinking..... And have been to Boston for the last 2 days doing all the tours you could imagine. We are staying at a bed and Breakfast just north of Boston and we are having a blast. Great weather, cool people, and good beer.... Amazing city. DD
This thread is quite funny. My wife and I were just having a conversation about Boston and other cities, as with my job I travel a lot and had just gotten back from Boston last week. Now, granted when I travel it is for business, which is quite different than going for vacation. Anyways, back to my point of the conversation I was having with my wife which got centered around places I hate to travel and why, since she doesn't travel very much unless we are on vacation. So far as for big cities, without a doubt the city I disliked the most was Boston for a variety of reasons, but it seems people there are just not very friendly. That being said I am sure it is a nice place, but it just shows how people can get strangely different views of something - however, it was funny how we just got done talking about it and then turn on the BBS and this was posted. RR NYC is dead on though the fall season in that area, especially parts of NY and CT is incredible - don't see that here in Houston.......
Rocketball, I think a lot of it is the bed and breakfast, we start out meeting people from all over and then go from there. Not to mention, I am not afraid to talk to people - imagine that ! Anyone have any recommendations for what to do here? DD
Glad that your having fun, but no way you should be on ClutchFans on your anniversary! Go have some more fun!
you should drive up to maine, portland is a nice town, but you can even go up route 1 go do some leaf peeping portlands only like 2 hours north
Go to the JFK museum, for sure. Go to Cape Cod and scope out the art galleries and antique shops, if you're into that sort of thing. (my wife and I are) Go tour MIT, if you've never been. It's really, really cool. We took my son there for a tour, the summer before last, as he hopes to go there. (I wish him luck!) The tour was great! I don't know what sort of shape New Hampshire is in, from the flooding, etc., but we borrowed my friend's SUV and toured up in the White Mountains. Gorgeous! This time of year would be incredible. You might consider that. Go to the top of the Hancock Tower. There's an observation area, and the view is terrific. Good way to get your bearings. Go to the old part of the city (the area escapes me, and I don't feel like looking it up ), and tour places like the Paul Revere House. Lots of great food. Gotta have some clam chowder! It's fabulous.
I agree, especially central Massachusetts. I used to work for a firm based in Amherst a few years back. I would drive to Mount Holyoke for some hiking/sightseeing. Fun times.
I wandered into a bar close to the theatre district, and met some really good people. Some guy was playing the piano, and the whole bar started singing along. It was unlike anything I've ever seen. I absolutely love the culture in Boston. I hear that it's a pain to live there though.
MIT is cool?! We had by far one of the ugliest campuses known to man, haha. The underground tunnels are pretty sweet though. I always recommend people visit Harvard if they want to see a pretty campus. I second Cape Cod and also recommend eating Italian out on the East End (sooo good) and checking out the performers in the Boston Common. Deckard - if you ever need advice about MIT, let me know.
It's a pain to drive in. We stayed there the summer before last, for 3 weeks, with one of my best friends. The potholes are unbelievable! Seriously. They make Houston's look few and far between in comparison. Other than that, however, we loved it.
Thanks for the offer. We're still a couple of years from trying to get my son in. As you know, it's extremely hard to get in, although hard not to make it through if you can get in. We were very impressed with the campus. Maybe familiarity breeds contempt! My father, who was a department chair at a prominent Houston university for 30 years, did consulting there, and I have an uncle who knows several professors and department heads, who's a dean at a prominent Houston campus. Based on how he's doing now, my son will have the grades, but it doesn't hurt to know people with contacts and connections, obviously.
DD.... -Do the National Parks Service walking tour. Sign up for it across from Fanuiel Hall. It shows all the American Revolution stuff. -Hit the North End for Italian Food and desserts -For a cheap great lobster meal, go to the No Name restaurant on the Boston fish pier
