Peek into Boston

Between working and sleeping, commuting and cooking, rain showers and humid north east weather, I have found time to go into Boston and explore the city a little bit. Boston is a fantastic city with hundreds of things to do. Seeing the sights is just one of them.



Beacon hill, with its distinctive brick town houses. It is lit by old-fashioned street lamps, and virtually all the window sills are filled with flowers!

Harvard. Easily the most gorgeous campus I have ever seen (though Cornell gives it a run for its money. And I'm sure it has a lot of that.).

You can see a bit of downtown Boston between the buildings. This view is from Bunker Hill.

One of the old ships in the harbor.

Peter, Regina and I when they came to visit Boston this summer. We took the 3-mile walk on the Freedom Trail.

You can never prepare too early for Christmas!

Regina and Peter in the lovely Italian District. To the left, out of sight, is Paul Revere's House.

Quincy Market has lots of food vendors. It's an impressive-looking building (like many of the buildings in the area).

Some of the harbor.

There are actually a couple of slabs in this graveyard devoted to Paul Revere. Is he buried under this slab? The other one? Or none...?

MIT. Surprisingly, I still like CMU's campus better. Maybe I have a thing for dying grass.

The Charles River, with Boston in the background.

I believe this is a statue of George Washington.

The market place.

Boston City Hall. Also an impressive building, although it almost feel like someone forgot to turn it right-side up after they were done putting it together...