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04-18-2009, 02:16 PM
Cast-
Me, 19- Rebecka.
DBF, 19.- Doug.
Dates-
April 9th- 11th.
Hotel-
Boston Park Plaza and Towers.
Background-
As a Disney freak, it is customary for my family to go to Disney World at least once a year. In September I took my DBF to Disney for the first time and he was hooked. Unsuprisingly, when I went with my family to Disney in March he was crestfallen and felt the urge to go on another vacation. This time, however, it was time for a road trip. We decided on Boston because it was close to home and a big city we both wanted to see.
Day 3
Today was a our last day and I had set the alarm for 9 a.m. in fear that we were oversleep our welcome. However, I woke up at 8 a.m. and slowly started packing up my belongings. We had breakfast in the room and started bringing our suitcases to the car. The maid saw us passing in the hallway and asked if we were done. We said we would had to come back one more time to get more bags and DBF said she looked frustrated but check-out wasn't until 12 p.m. and it was barely 11 a.m.
Anyways, we brought down the rest of the bags to DBF's car. Our check-out was painless, there were never any lines near the front desk by the way, check-out only took a total of 2 minutes. We took some last minute pictures of the hotel lobby and off we went to the Boston Common to catch the "T" to Harvard.
We found the entrance to the red line and a nice workers helped us get a Charlie card I believe it was called to purchase our tickets. We knew we were going on the red line but we almost got on a train going the wrong way. Luckily another worker pointed us onto the right platform at the last minute. Within minutes, we were on the correct train and arrived in Harvard in about 10 minutes.
We weren't sure where to go when we got off the train but we followed a young man in a Harvard sweatshirt and he took us where we needed to go. Unfortunately, when we got to Harvard I started to feel sick and we uncomfortable the whole time. Not to mention it was pouring rain and cold that day.
We just went walking through the school grounds and saw the largest dog I've ever seen in my life and we even found the entrance to Winnie the Pooh's house. I wish I could have taken a picture of it but I wasn't in the best of moods.
We found an Au Bon Pain near the school and had a little snack and I felt a little better. We walked through the Harvard Book store, a stationary store and just around the town. However, the weather was overpowering our day and we were cold and I was sick so we decided to call it a day and that it was time to go home.
We took the train back, which was another quick ride. We stopped to get some last minute souveneirs for DBF's grandma, my brother and myself. We did a quick change into comfy clothes, paid for the parking and were off back on the road to New York. I once again, slept most of the way but DBF got us back home saftely within 4 hours. :mickey:
Final thoughts on the trip/Boston:
- I don't know if I would go back for awhile because I felt like we did almost everything they had to offer but I really loved the city. I wouldn't mind living there, it was so quaint. I loved how you could walk anywhere.
- Almost everyone we met from friendly and well-dressed. I didn't meet any New York haters while we were there.
- The walls of the hotel are very thin and you can hear everything you neighbor is saying/doing.
-The maid service also doesn't clean up that well, they never vacumed when we were there.
Overall I would have to say we both had a great trip and Boston is a fantastic city. :thumbsup:
Me, 19- Rebecka.
DBF, 19.- Doug.
Dates-
April 9th- 11th.
Hotel-
Boston Park Plaza and Towers.
Background-
As a Disney freak, it is customary for my family to go to Disney World at least once a year. In September I took my DBF to Disney for the first time and he was hooked. Unsuprisingly, when I went with my family to Disney in March he was crestfallen and felt the urge to go on another vacation. This time, however, it was time for a road trip. We decided on Boston because it was close to home and a big city we both wanted to see.
Day 3
Today was a our last day and I had set the alarm for 9 a.m. in fear that we were oversleep our welcome. However, I woke up at 8 a.m. and slowly started packing up my belongings. We had breakfast in the room and started bringing our suitcases to the car. The maid saw us passing in the hallway and asked if we were done. We said we would had to come back one more time to get more bags and DBF said she looked frustrated but check-out wasn't until 12 p.m. and it was barely 11 a.m.
Anyways, we brought down the rest of the bags to DBF's car. Our check-out was painless, there were never any lines near the front desk by the way, check-out only took a total of 2 minutes. We took some last minute pictures of the hotel lobby and off we went to the Boston Common to catch the "T" to Harvard.
We found the entrance to the red line and a nice workers helped us get a Charlie card I believe it was called to purchase our tickets. We knew we were going on the red line but we almost got on a train going the wrong way. Luckily another worker pointed us onto the right platform at the last minute. Within minutes, we were on the correct train and arrived in Harvard in about 10 minutes.
We weren't sure where to go when we got off the train but we followed a young man in a Harvard sweatshirt and he took us where we needed to go. Unfortunately, when we got to Harvard I started to feel sick and we uncomfortable the whole time. Not to mention it was pouring rain and cold that day.
We just went walking through the school grounds and saw the largest dog I've ever seen in my life and we even found the entrance to Winnie the Pooh's house. I wish I could have taken a picture of it but I wasn't in the best of moods.
We found an Au Bon Pain near the school and had a little snack and I felt a little better. We walked through the Harvard Book store, a stationary store and just around the town. However, the weather was overpowering our day and we were cold and I was sick so we decided to call it a day and that it was time to go home.
We took the train back, which was another quick ride. We stopped to get some last minute souveneirs for DBF's grandma, my brother and myself. We did a quick change into comfy clothes, paid for the parking and were off back on the road to New York. I once again, slept most of the way but DBF got us back home saftely within 4 hours. :mickey:
Final thoughts on the trip/Boston:
- I don't know if I would go back for awhile because I felt like we did almost everything they had to offer but I really loved the city. I wouldn't mind living there, it was so quaint. I loved how you could walk anywhere.
- Almost everyone we met from friendly and well-dressed. I didn't meet any New York haters while we were there.
- The walls of the hotel are very thin and you can hear everything you neighbor is saying/doing.
-The maid service also doesn't clean up that well, they never vacumed when we were there.
Overall I would have to say we both had a great trip and Boston is a fantastic city. :thumbsup: