Boston Travelogue

Boston's a nice town, reminded me a lot of Minneapolis, actually. Only bigger. And with a river and an ocean instead of inland lakes. And with people who talk funny (oh yah, Minnesotans are perfectly normal, eh).

Actually, the only time I had trouble with the Bostonian accent was at the car rental counter. It was like a different language. At least the clerk was cute. I just focused on that and signed when he asked me to.

My hotel was in Cambridge, right across the street from "Hahved." I was surprisingly comfortable with the very likely reality that I was the least intelligent person to be found in a 5 mile radius.

I spent most of my time in the business meetings or downtown, where I did a lot of walking and a lot of trolley riding. It's really a very pleasant and clean metropolitan city. I enjoyed the historic landmarks, such as the Old North Church (pic at right) where the lanterns were lit for Paul Revere's ride. Its kind of cool to stand there and picture it all playing out.

I totally geeked out when I found the building that was used as the exterior of the Law Offices of Cage & Fish on Ally McBeal. Its some religious services organization in the real building. Nevertheless, it was worth a picture (below).

I walked around the Boston Common and Public Gardens. As I travel more, I find that inner city parks are a really important part of a city's image and appeal. It's what Detroit lacks.

One thing that I would not recommend doing while in Boston is going to the Museum of Science. I really was not impressed. I suppose children would have fun there, but there's not much for adults. I actually fell asleep during the Planetarium show, which was entirely unoriginal. But the seats were cozy and reclined!

I crammed quite a bit in for just two short days. If I have occasion to go there again, I would really like to get out of the city and see more of the countryside. Maybe go down to Cape Cod.