Professional Boston tourist

March 15, 2009 at 1:35 am | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

I got quite skilled and organized in accomplishing my tourist duties here in Boston… got a lot done today!
I visited the aquarium, it’s really worth, with lots of beautiful creatures, such as hundreds of penguin, turtles, colorful reef fishes, etc.
I walked around the center and China town, got some really weird sweets from a popular Chinese bakery but didn’t enjoy them too much.
I had to change currency (euros into dollars): a very difficult task! It seems that here only strange people still go around changing cash… well the information center told me there is only one place in the city open on Saturday (what??), obviously far away from the center… ok, no problem, but then the change for today is 0.77 and they changed my Euros for 0.86 (plus 7 dollars fee) so I basically lost 15% of my money!!! Grrrrrr
This country lives only of credit cards, I should adapt!
Well, the place for changing currency is conveniently located near the Prudential SkyWalk observatory, a 52 floor building, where you can go up (for 10$ for students) and have a stunning view on the city! It’s 360°, with an audio guide and several expositions about Boston history and its immigrants. I learned that in the 20s and 30s Italians made up about 20% of the population of Boston! We are really everywhere…
Just near the Prudential Center there are several beautiful churches and also an interesting library with a three story glass globe! No pictures were allowed but they wouldn’t give the right impression anyway. It was made in 1935 and they have a really nice light show. The phonic properties of glass create a particularly amazing experience of sound coming from everywhere around you very loud… All together a very small but very unique tourist attraction!