Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The Museum of Science was another site that was included in the Citypass admission tickets. The place is situated at Science Park along Charles River, and is just within walking distance of MIT. The Museum lies along a different train
The posts on my MIT trip here are all tagged as ‘Boston’ – but that’s really a bit of a misnomer. Because while all the attractive sites of visitation are indeed in Boston, I’m really living and working in the
One of the five sites included in the CityPass ticket I picked up on Sunday was for admission to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. The museum was started in 1998 – relatively new – and is located near the
Harvard doesn’t really need an introduction: it’s the oldest University in the United States, and one of the world’s greatest centers of learning. One of the greatest things about finding the homestay is that’s practically next door to Harvard, and
It’s hard to miss the Harvard Memorial Hall. The first time you see it, you’ll feel very small compared to this absolutely gargantuan building in the High Victorian Gothic Style: I went by the Memorial Hall twice actually: once in
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in 1775 between the British Army and militia from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The British Army with superior forces tried two times to run over Bunker Hill which had the
I was a little upset at the weather on Saturday afternoon to have stopped me from completing The Freedom Trail. On the next day – Sunday – after visiting Trinity Church and I felt my feet could still handle an
Boston’s Trinity Church was founded in 1733 and is coming to 280 years old, and is honored as one of the United States’ ten most significant buildings and a national historic landmark. The church is located at Copley Square and
Continuing on Newbury Street eventually led to a cross intersection with Clarendon Street, and turning left and walking about about 75m led me to the First Baptist Church along Commonwealth Avenue. I didn’t notice it was a church initially until
The Freedom Trail starts and ends on the east side of the Boston Common. On the west side is the Back Bay District, an upmarket residential and super high-class commercial area of the city. I reached the area past noon
I took a lot of video at the New England Aquarium using the Panasonic HDC-TM700 on its first overseas field trip. There were so many video segments that I’m putting them in their own separate post here.:) Entrance Marine tank
Whenever I’m visiting a city, there’ll be two manmade types of places I’m especially interested – architectural, and aquariums! The marine tanks in the San Francisco Pier 39 Aquarium last March were pretty good though a good part of the
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