Current favorite city= Boston

One thing about me: I love to travel. Learning about and seeing new places is one of my favorite ways to spend my time. For me, my fall break was Thursday the 24th through Tuesday the 29th, and I spent it traveling:) After seeing a advertisement made in Boston some years ago, my mom and I have been talking about how we wanted to go to one day. So, we finally lived up to our word and went this past break. I hope you enjoy this blog post about why it is now my favorite city as I describe my very enjoyable experience to my best effort.

From above the city:

As the plane dove below the puffy white clouds, vibrant trees the colors of oranges, reds, yellows, and dark green surrounded patches of grassy land the color of light greens. Long grey winded roads ran through the trees and land like veins, bringing life to the earth with every lonely car that drove along them. All the trees blended together perfectly, yet each was so distinct with radiant with fall leaves. Getting closer to the city, the faint outlines and shapes of tall buildings appeared and as I moved closer to them, they soon had lively color and character. Each building was so different, mainly a mixture between modern architecture, Gothic architecture, and old brick homes and buildings made in the 17th century.

First impression:

I was expecting for the cold air to hit me like a brick wall, but to my surprise, It wasn’t nearly as cold as I was warned it would be. Instead, I was welcomed with a soft dry breeze of about 60 degrees. They grey cloudy sky contrasted beautifully with the bright changing colors of the numerous trees and the typical smell if most big cities surrounded me. A light aroma of varieties of food with a sweet scent, along with the faint lingering pollution. My mom and I rode a bus from the airport that drove us into the city T Alwife station (For some clarification, In Boston they call the subway the “T”). When we got off the bus, it didn’t take us long to get lost in the devouring city of towering buildings, In fact, It only took about 30 minuets, which I think is pretty impressive. (side note: in case you are not aware, being lost in a big city that you’ve never been to before is kinda scary). Eventually though, after a very long hour or so, we found the T station that would take us to the place we were staying. The first sound I heard as I walked down the stairs to the station was familiar songs being played on a violin. The station its self was dark and matched the depiction of the stations shown in movies and tv shows. Riding the subway for the first time, the first thing I noticed were all the different types of people on it with me. So many different people compacted together, so many different cultures and backgrounds. It made me realize how everyone has a different story and how everyone is so unique in their own way, in all, it just made me appreciate people a lot more. ­

As you can see from the pictures provided above, Boston is a very pretty city, and surprisingly, it’s also very clean. Other than it being breathtakingly beautiful, one of my other favorite things about Boston is that you could walk 400 feet and pass like 5 different restaurants. There’s so many high quality restaurants there. Out of all the restaurants I went to there, not one of them wasn’t amazing. Just like I am passionate about traveling, I am passionate about food as well, so this was a big deal to me.

Boston is has the most advanced education in the country (for college at least). People there take education very seriously, which makes sense considering it is where Harvard is. On Monday last week, I actually went to go tour the Harvard campus and it was astounding, although I didn’t feel worthy to be on its grounds and what not lol. The campus’s buildings were really old- made in the 17th century, meaning it also had a lot of historical significance to go with its spectacular landscape. Boston is actually one of the first states in America to be formed, and is where the revolutionary war took place and where the Declaration of Independence was first read aloud to the public. It was amazing to hear about the history of this city to add to all its character and importance. Like you could just be walking and be like “hey. that’s where Paul Revere lived. “(yes, that actually happened). Not only did various famous events take place in Boston, but many famous people grew up there as well. If you like  gothic literature like me, you’ll find Poe Ally very interesting 😉 Edgar Allan Poe is my favorite writer of all time and he was born in Boston which causes me to be a bit bias to the area- as it is where he grew up. There is a street dedicated to him, and a statue resembling his short stories, “The Tell Tale Heart”, and “The Raven”. It was a copper statue with green tarnish coating it, and represented Poe walking to Baltimore with this coat blowing behind him as he carries a suitcase. Coming out of the suitcase, there is a raven flying with its wide wings spread out above it with its head bowed. Books spill out of the suitcase on the other end of it and on top of a pile formed by the dropped books, there is a detailed heart the size of a football placed on the short stack of pages and books. It is truly a stunning site.

Overall, the city its self is so beautiful and interesting with a lot of originality.  It was so wonderful seeing so many famous sites and hearing about famous people that lived there throughout my stay. If you haven’t been to Boston, I highly recommend going:)

Author: Katie Spiers

"You can't do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do." - Jana Stanfield This is my favorite quote and is what I find myself striving towards everyday-- to do the most good I can. View all posts by Katie Spiers