I went to Boston on the last week of August to help my little sister, Stefanie, move there. She got accepted at Suffolk University and had to move into the dorms on early August!
I left with my dad from Michigan on Saturday August 25th by car. We stopped somewhere on the way to spend the night and we continued our trip on Sunday morning.
When we got there after 18 hours of driving, my sister and my mom were waiting for us at the apartment that they rented for they week (they flew there the day before).
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| Apartment in Boston |
I am writing this post like 3 months later so I won't remember the details but I'll do my best. The apartment was located on the South End which was fairly close to Stefanie's dorm at Downtown Boston. I liked South End, lots of cute restaurants, some clothing stores and surprisingly lots of community gardens!
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| Stores at South End |
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| South End |
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| South End Apartments |
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| My mom in front of a Cathedral in South End |
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| Worcester Street Garden- South End |
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| Worcester Street Garden- South End |
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| Worcester Street Garden- South End |
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| Worcester Street Garden- South End |
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| Worcester Street Garden- South End |
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| Worcester Street Garden- South End |
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| Worcester Street Garden - South End |
Stefanie' dorm is located right downtown, close to everything! So different from Mt. Pleasant, oh God..hahaha.
Next day, my mom and I went to a walk on South End and then to Newbury street. Newbury is more of a up scale place. Lots of famous brands stores and expensive restaurants. The street is very beautiful with lots of trees. I loved the atmosphere over there (although I like the community gardens better :). We ate at Samba Sushi, veryyyy good food and brazilian music!
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| Samba sushi |
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Newbury St.
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| Newbuty St. |
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| Newbuty St. |
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| Newbury St. |
Parallel to Newbury st. is Boyslton St. where the South End Church and the Boston Public Library are located. Both are beautiful! There are also lots and lots of stores and restaurants there! Great place to be, oh big city
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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| Boston Public Library |
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South End Cathedral
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| Dartmouth St. |
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| Dartmouth St. |
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| South End Cathedral |
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| South End Cathedral |
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| South End Cathedral |
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South End Cathedral
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South End Cathedral
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That night we went to Allston, MA to eat at a Brazilian Restaurant called "Cafe Brasil" which was very good! Picanha, pastel and guarana, yummm :)
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| Allston, MA |
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| Street Art in Alston, MA |
On Tuesday, my mom and I went to the Museum of Fine Arts while my dad ad Stefanie went orientation. I am kinda biased when it comes to museums, because I love them anyways, but this one is a must see! Wonderful! We had a blast there, beautiful, beautiful!
The next day, my parents and I (Stefanie was in orientation again : / ), we went to the Harvard University Arboretum in the Jamaica Plains! As a botanist, I LOVED IT. I love the contrast of city and nature so close by makes me smile. Having a place like that to walk and botanize for a bit makes me feel so good. After, we ate at a sushi restaurant nearby and went to a food co-op. Then we met Stefanie at her dorm and walked around Downtown for a bit!
The Harvard Arboretum
I can't quite remember what we did on Thursday but I believe we spent the day helping Stefanie move in properly! I remember going to Best Buy and Target to buy stuff.
During the later afternoon, I went to the Charles River Esplanade hoping to find the spot where people from the group "Slackline Boston" go to Slackline mostly everyday! I walked the wrong way for a while and when I got there I got to slackline for a bit before they took the lines down. I got to meet Sonya, Sean, Harry and Sabrina and we all went to the bar afterwards! It was a great place, over 200 beers on tap. I can't remember the name right now, but we had a wonderful time. At least I did ;)
Same thing on Friday, I cant remember quite well what we did and later on the day Stefanie went slacklining with me! I got to see some awesome tricks everyone was doing, and I practiced some more as well! I had a total blast!!
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I also remember going to dinner at little Italy 3 times during the week, but I dont really know which days! It was very tasty tho. I keep thinking it would be fun to live there. The streets are cute and there is great food all around, the type of atmosphere I love! On Friday we had dinner at the Brazilian restaurant (again ;) called "Muqueca." It was truly amazing, we ate Muqueca, obviously, and Feijoada. After that, not so happy, our car got towed because we parked in a tow away zone :/ We also got 2 tickets and paid a ton of money on parking. Lesson here: NO cars in Boston, ever!
On Sunday, me dad made one trip to Michigan. Yeap, 18 hours in a day! Crazy, he did most of the driving and I am so thankful for him. It was a great family vacation, the only down side was to have to "leave" my sister there and come back. It is hard to live far away from her but I am so happy that she'll have the opportunity to study in Boston!
Till next time,
Emilie
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