Bawston

I just got back from a lovely trip to Boston and Cambridge.It was a pretty quick trip but it was great.
Friday: On Friday we flew out and got there that evening. We didn't do much that night because it was cold and dark and we were tired but we did wander around Harvard Square and tour some of MIT.
Saturday: Saturday we went to the Harvard Natural History Museum, and that was pretty cool, but natural history museums aren't my favorite thing.We saw a bit more of Cambridge (where MIT and Harvard are, across the Charles River from Boston) and went to the MIT museum. There is some pretty cool things that they do and have done at MIT, a lot of work in robotics.We also went to the Prudential (a building/mall) where they have a really tall building and an observation deck on the top. We were there at the end of sunset and it was really pretty and cool to look down at all the buildings and people. After the Pru we went to Chinatown to a very authentic Chinese restaurant which is also apparently Zggat rated. I don't remember what the place was called but I do remember being terrified looking at the menu (I'm less than adventurous when it comes to Americanized Chinese food) but happily what I got was delicious.
Sunday: We took a brief walk through the Freedom Trail, which is a line of red brick that goes through historic Boston past historic sites. We went to church after that.
Monday: This was my favorite day of the trip, we went to the Museum of Science in the morning, had delicious pizza in a little place in the North End (Boston's Little Italy) and got canoli from Mike's Pastry (and unfortunatly this is where my camera battery died). The best part of the day, and of the trip for me was going to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, it was wonderful, except that I could hardly see all that I wanted to before the museum closed. We made a stop at the Boston Public Library, a lot of the cool stuff was closed but that building is so beautiful; also public libraries seem to have originated in Boston. We also walked through the tunnels at MIT that night (or maybe a different night, I don't remember) most of which was unexciting for me but we did pass the MIT glass lab where we stopped to gawk at some students making beautiful things out of glass.
Tuesday: Our last day in Boston we went to the Aquarium and had lunch at the Quincy (they say it Quinsy) Market. And got on the plane to head home. Our first flight was to Washington DC were we saw the White House, Lincoln Monument, the Jefferson...whatever it's called and the National Monument, all from the plane or the airport. We then got on our final plane and went home.

The Best of Boston

*Boston accents
*the buses and subway (I love reliable public transit, I don't have a lot of trust in the local public transit)
*the North End
*the Longfellow house, we didn't actually go in, we just wandered around it in the dark; the garden's probably beautiful when it's not dark or winter
*ocean and river views
*great museums etc.
*The MFA Boston - I could have happily spent the eintire trip there
*brick buildings and roads everywhere! so beautiful...a little hard on a roller suitcase though
*the Boston Public Library, that building is stunningly beautiful
*cool historic sites and great old buildings
*Canoli, delicious.
There's probably a lot more but I can't think of them now.