We love to travel. This little website has opened up huge doors for me and allowed me to travel to many places I would have never otherwise gotten a chance to visit. The thing is it only makes me want to travel more. I have the travel bug bad.
So, while I may not be able to fly all over the world, we’re always on the lookout for ways we can get out of town and see something new. Now that our kids are growing up (and fast!) we look for any opportunity we can take to travel with them (and sometimes without 😉 ).
This weekend after camp pickup my husband and I are taking our stinky little campers to Boston for a long weekend. It will be a great way to reconnect with them after spending a week apart and the older two plus an adult will hold down the fort at home.
image courtesy of Greater Boston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
The reason for our trip is the Overnight Walk that benefits American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I walked the Overnight last year in Philadelphia and it was incredibly moving to be with so many people who were touched by suicide. So many lives lost-too many. You can read more about why I walk and donate if you’re moved here.
While I’m walking overnight we thought it would be nice to have some of the family along to cheer me on, and join me the day after for some sightseeing in Boston. We’ve never been to Boston so I’m thrilled to see the city!
The plan is pretty straightforward. We will arrive Saturday and leave Monday, so we don’t have a huge amount of time, but enough to catch some of the sights and just soak in the city. The DoubleTree in Boston offered me a media rate, so I’ll be sure to share photos and info about their hotel. I will of course get to see most of the city on foot Saturday into Sunday morning. It was pretty amazing to see Philly that way even if it’s a place we frequent. My husband will take the two littlest people out in the morning after my walk (when I’ll likely sleep half the day), and we’ll meet up for sightseeing and food in the afternoon. Monday afternoon we’ll head home.
Having never been it’s likely we’ll spend a fair amount of time just wandering around-we tend to find the best places that way. While we have a love of history, we also need a few refuel spots like cafés, dessert stops, and coffee shops. We’ll also be on the lookout for free or cheap things to do. I would love your recommendations on things to do, places to see, and must eats.
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Kelly
Thanks for sharing your passion for travel. I hope you all had a great time in Boston, and that the Overnight Walk went well.
David says
One thing I do with everyone who visits us here in Beantown is the free walking tour of Harvard. It’s completely free and your tour guide will be either a current or past student volunteering their time. They generally leave every 30 mins or so and take about an hour. I’ve been 4 or 5 times now and each time I learn more than one new thing. Last time….did you know that due to the ridiculous size of it’s endowment, Harvard could give every single student, under and post grad, a complete full boat free ride every year and still end up with more money than it started with just with the interest earned!!! Oh, and this one stunned me. If your kid qualifies for admission on their academic merit, if your household income is under $60K, Harvard guarantees a full boat full scholarship to the student including a couple of return flights to and from home each year.
The tour is well worthwhile, the historic campus is beautiful just for the walk if nothing else. It’s easy to get there from the city either on the Red Line on the T (metro) to Cambridge or it’s a short taxi or Uber ride. Cambridge is also nice to walk around or get lunch after your tour. Could be good for you for Monday morning.
Good luck with your walk Kelly and have a great time in Boston.
Sounds like we won’t be at a loss for things to do! Mostly I’m just looking forward to walking to city.
Thanks I will check it out!
Boston has so much to do, so when we have visitors I always ask people what they enjoy. Be it history, art, architecture, shopping, sports, science etc. etc, It;s a very walkable city and between public transit and taxi, you get anywhere.
As far as where to eat, there are certainly the tourist areas, but I would recommend posing the question on Chowhound’;s Boston board. There’s a great group of local foodies there.
http://chowhound.chow.com/boards/12