Except for New York, talking about the must-visit city in the east coast of States will be Boston. Being called as the cradle of liberty, Boston is one of the oldest city in America as it was the first landed spot of the early immigrants-- the Puritans from Europe. Nowadays, Boston and the nearby cities in Massachusetts feature not only as places with abundant historical memory but also international centers of higher education with numerous exceptional universities such as Harvard, MIT and Boston University.
The first stop is definitely the most reputable university on earth, Harvard University!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| At One of the Side Gate of Harvard University |
It is really exciting to personally worship Harvard not only because of its worldwide fame but also the beautiful academic atmosphere surrounded the campus. Other than the academic buildings, the school also has many libraries and museums that directly financed by the school funds or by personal donations from the alumni. The picture above is a side gate of Harvard University, the decoration of the gate is really sophisticated, and it was really astonishing for me that never see such a formal gate in any of Taiwan's university before. And it is not even a front gate!!! (See how big the gate was while I was there for a reference...)
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| Touch Mr. Harvard's Shoes!!! Quick come my Good Luck!!! |
As a college student, you should never miss the chance to touch the shoe tip of Mr. John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University. Students in Harvard believed that touching the shoe tip on the lefthand side of Mr. Harvard will guarantee their performances in the exams and help the master students to pass the challenging oral interviews. When in Rome, do as Romans do! I therefore join the long queue, and try get some good luck from the great Mr. John Harvard.
Right next door Harvard is the other outstanding academic palace that birth numerous great inventors, scientists and Nobel Prize winners in the world (yeah I bet you already know which school I am indicating)-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)!!! MIT is not "right" next to Harvard but because it only takes about 20 mins on foot from one to another, these two schools surely have enriched the Cambridge City in a great extent.
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| One Building of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT has educated more than 80 Nobel Prize winners and all those outstanding figures have played significant roles in modern science. Some of them even contribute greatly during the second world war and serve as the powerful backing for the advancement of American military force.After visiting those dream schools, my friend and I then went to Quincy Market for appreciating Boston in a modern aspect, and of course... to FEED OURSELVES UP!!! (lobsters, seafoods......here I come!)
Quincy Market is separated into three buildings: the North Wing, the Quincy, and the South Wing markets that assembled many stores and restaurants around and inside. My friends and I take a quick search around Quincy Market for the super duper delicious lobster sandwiches. The lobster sandwiched in the Quincy Market have been recommended by countless bloggers, travel websites, and cuisine publications. Therefore, it is definitely the one that we never wanna miss. Yeah... no photo for the sandwiches, the ecstasy of enjoying the sandwiches makes us forget to leave any photo for this heaven-made delicacy. All I wanna say is: Save money and go try it, trust me!!! Or you will regret for the rest of your life!!!
After fully fed up by the amazing cuisines in the Quincy Market, we then took around stores nearby. There are some selling the classic souvenirs of Boston such as related products and apparels of the Red Socks and the Celtics; others focus on Boston's historical feature and selling postcards or images that record the historical stories of Boston; the others are those famous brands that are commonly seen in the market worldwide.
As night getting deeper, bars and clubs surrounded the market are open playing with jazz music and add in more relaxed and easy atmosphere to the place. You can smell the aroma of beers and wines and listen to the laugh in the air.
The second day of the trip in Boston, we went to the USS Constitution Museum, a private owned museum that preserved and displayed the ship of Constitution which was applied by the United States in many battles during WWII.
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| The Constitution Ship And the sailor below gave us a very detailed introduction about the background of and the facilities in the ship. The USS Constitution Museum is at the end of the so-called the Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail connects seventeen main points which all play the indispensable roles in the history of the United States to the country's independence. We went back from the tail to the head of the road after taking around the USS Constitution but didn't visit all the spots due to the time limitation. 
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