so on this beautiful january day i have done a whole lot of sight seeing so far. from my hostel i walked down to beacon street. there were many brownstones (i think thats what they're called) on along that street and they were just tastefully accented by the snow that topped them. i was on beacon street for like 2 miles and i made my way to the public garden and the boston commom. the parks were filled with many different statues and and other structures. i took plenty of pictures and i'll post some as soon as i get a chance. i feel like i have walked the entire city twice today. i was just all over the place i had like no real route to go. i went through a couple places twice but that was cool, i saw little things that i didn't see the first time as i past through the second time. anyways, after strolling through the park i got bit hungry and chose to head towards quincy market. i saw on the travel channel, or the food network (one of those) that this was a great place to eat. so being the guy that loves food, i checked it out. i perused the choices and they all looked so good. they had almost everything from indian to chinese to greek to japanese. it was so hard for me to choose. so since i was in boston, i thought i would try to get something that i could not get in the bay area. so i thought the clam chowder in a sourdough bowl would be a great idea so i went for that. they had free samples and it was pretty good. i kinda chose that place because the first time i past it all the seats were filled and i kinda base how good a place is. but as soon as i ordered i noticed that hte lobster roll was what everyone was buying! anyways i was still pretty satisfied with my choice it was good and it helped my stomach settle what i had for breakfast at the hostel. i think the milk that i had with my cereal was the kind you have to reconstitute, like it started off as powder kinda milk. and the bagel i had was alright. i didn't really care too much for it. even thought it was a minibagel, i was only able to eat half of it. =/ eh, you can't win them all. anyways, back to the food at the quincy market. it was a good early lunch and i wouldn't mind going back there for another restaurant. so after that i was pretty fired up to explore some more and take more pictures. so i just wandered and made my way towards the aquarium. i didn't go there but was in the area. there was a nice veiw of the skyline, or part of it from where i was at. from there i cut inwards towards the shopping area. i consider it the shopping area because i all of a sudden saw places like footlocker, macy's, h&m, etc.. so i walked through there and found my self falling asleep. so i decided to look for a coffee place. the lines in the starbucks were outrageously long so i tried to look for a local place and just ended up at a dunkin doughnuts. the first thing that caught my eye was the dunkachino. wow that is hella good!! better than most of the expensive stuff at starbucks. anyways i got my second win and was just ready to take on more of boston. the dunkin donuts was right across the street from city hall which was conviently adjacent to the the quincy market. so i walked down to there and i found a statue of samuel adams =). that was pretty cool. and just to the left of him was an even bigger statue of ted danson! hahahah.. (boston, cheers, where everybody knows your name) so yeah that was kinda cool. i kept walking and i found a huge sign that said the union oyster house which is apparently america's oldest restaurant. so i plan to check that out later. more walking leads me to the part of town my friend is from, haymarket. so now i know where to go when i gotta meet up with him later. finally i make my way to the td banknorth garden where the boston bruins play. there was a train station there so i planned on making it to the area where im at now the boston public library. i didnt just stop by here to blogg, i ran out of battery on my camera and was desperately looking to charge it. to im here and there are a bunch of places im gonna get to as soon as my camera finished charging up. there is the trinity church, the prudential tower, the old south church, and so many others. so i dont waste any more time. it looks as if my camera is almost full and i should be on my way to more of boston. oo btw, this freaking library is super awesome. it has got to be my favorite library. if i could study anywhere i think that it would be here becase it is mega nice with internet and tables and its hella quiet. oo and the pic up top is of the library! cool windows and green lamps =)
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