Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Boston - August, 16-18, 2009

Exactly at 4pm, we left Siemens and started our girls trip to Boston. Normally it takes about 6 hours to drive there but not on a Friday afternoon/evening...We arrived around 12pm...But as we got a great deal on hotwire.com (lastminute hotelrooms and flights)we slept very comfortable in our 4,5 star hotel:D
The next day, we started to explore the city and the botanical garden and also the waterfront.



In the evening, the 'Duck tours' took us around Boston for 2 hours...It is kind of a bus which also can swim in the water...I guess in german we call them 'Amphibienfahrzeug'(thanks to Bene#s comment!) but not sure...That was fun but not the guide. He tried to be funny and was talking all the time...but who cares about his appendix operation????|-|



After that we had great Italian food and explored the nightlife in Boston.
The next day began early for us as we went on a boat for whale watching. For 1,5 hours we drove and nothing happened. But then we spotted a baby whale with his mother. It was amazing to see them swimming next to our boat!



On our way back it happened that we saw 3 different whales as well. Wicked!
I really liked Boston, you can still see much of the European influence, especially with the buildings and you find many small cafés, bars and pubs. The structure of the streets is not so straight in squares as in other American cities, there are a lot of trees around and not so many skyscrapers. It is not so stressful as in New York, people appear more relaxed and it wasn't crowded at all. This is really a city where I could imagine to live...or study (Harvard...:DD)

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