Past Paul Revere’s statue is the Old North Church, though the official name of Boston’s oldest surviving religious establishment dating to 1723 is really Christ Episcopal Church. The church is significant for its involvement in the American Revolution. In 1775,
The next segment of the Freedom Trail was a very long walk that took me about an hour to finish. Upon leaving the Old State House, the trail continued along Congress Street. Just further down this road is the current
King’s Chanel and Burying Ground lied along Tremont Street, so I backtracked towards School Street until the intersection of the street and Province Street where the Old City Hall sat: This building served as Boston’s City Hall for over a
Right in front of Borders was a small plaza area with status (below). I’ll need to find out what they are, but the two statues seemed to depict a happy family on the left hand side, and another suffering family
Boston is one of the most historically and culturally significant cities in the United States by way of the number of landmark sites where famous events of the American Revolution took place. Many of these sites have been linked together
Just so that one doesn’t get the wrong idea that all the blog posts here that I’m in Boston for fun and sightseeing, I better mention again that I’m really here for work and my project with MIT! However, professionalism
The home I’m putting up is in Cambridge, a college town that’s dominated by Harvard University, MIT and other college campuses. The home is an about 8 minute walk to the subway station (which itself is 4 stops away from
Ling’s especially interested in the place I’m staying at. It’s a homestay Bed & Breakfast in a three storey house: two guestrooms on the top floor, with the family staying in the lower two. I was picked up by my
While statistics continually show that flying is the safest way to travel, it still remains a mode of transportation where I still can’t say I’m totally at ease with when I’m using it. I can even remember a time when
One of the things which I’m so not looking forward to is keeping Hannah clean as she becomes more active and assertive. So far, changing diaper is becoming a nightmare as she would turn sideways and try to get up
Posting from Changi Airport.:) It’s sort of ironical that my ‘longest’ short-trip isn’t for pleasure but for work. At 24 days away from home, it would had been oodles of fun if the trip had been to say Europe or
My brother Tchung, sis-in-law Sharon and Ling were talking about during Hannah’s birthday event at Lentor last weekend, and the conversation ventured into the merits and disadvantages of DSLRs versus compact cameras. Sharon used to lug around a pretty light
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