While I am still working on a post about graduation and how it feels to be a “Master”, here is a lighthearted post about the incredible pleasure of spending the summer in Boston. I feel very blessed that I had my Dad and High School friends spend their vacation with me here. If you are in Boston, or plan a trip, here are some of my favorite places/things to do.
- rent a Kayak from Alston and paddle into the city to the Kendall Square. It is a five-mile-trip, but the current is light. On your way you pass Harvard, Boston University, MIT and finally you arrive at this view:
- Go to one of Boston’s harbor islands. The Boston Bay Area has 34 islands and in the summer Boston Harbor Cruises offers service to four of these every day. The round trip is $17 and I can totally recommend it. Here are some impressions from my trip to Spectacle Island.
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- There are several miles of hiking trails on the island
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- Spectacle Island served as Boston’s dumpster for a long time. Later, during the time of the “big dig”, a massive construction program in Boston, the city transported the abundant soil to the Island, which is why it got bigger
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- The Island was named Spectacle because, originally, seen from the air, it looked liked a pair of Spectacles
- Enjoy a trip to the Cape. This time, I took the Fast Ferry to Provincetown, which is the very rainbowy town at the end of the Cape. There are tons of galleries and bars and it is fun for a 2-3-day-trip. You can wade and reach a very lonely beach, you can sip cocktails in the sun and watch people or go whale watching. I recommend the very inappropriate, dirty, but by locals attended bar “The Old Colony” ;-). I had been checking Groupon for a good Bed&Breakfast deal and we stayed at “The Anchor Inn” and had a beautiful room with a balcony overlooking the bay.
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- Walk through the dunes in Provincetown
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- It is almost like a private beach, but that is most likely because many people do not make the effort of walking an hour to get here.
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- A treat: B&B with waterview. There are good deals available on Groupon
Nice! Glad you enjoyed your time here.