2013/12/21: Boston

A little sister of New York or an oversized copy of an English university city? Boston is something in between. For me, having been in North America for five months now, Boston seems to be a European city, with all these small shops and streets, old buildings, walkability and cycle-friendliness. For someone arriving from Europe, Boston probably seems to be a typical American city, with skyline, big cars, security warnings all over and Starbucks at every second corner.

When Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party and all these important things in American history happened, Toronto was not even founded. Consequently, you find much more historic buildings in Boston. Old cobblestone streets, subway tunnels that are more than 100 years old, a lot of monuments and museums, 200,000 students – Boston has it all. Harvard, the oldest university in North America – older than the United States – is located in Cambridge, on the other side of the river. Of course I was on this famous campus. I visited also “the only 360 degree observation desk in New England”, I walked through Back Bay, Charlestown and Beacon Hill and all along the so called “Freedom Trail”, that connects all the important buildings in the inner city.