Thanksgiving break is coming again. We are planning to go to Boston again this year because Boston is a really fascinating and beautiful city. I book the same apartment I stayed in last year because it is in the China Town.
Our first dinner is Hot Eastern. It is a really good Chinese restaurant. The staff members are very friendly and nice. The food is very very authentic and spicy. We really miss the real Chinese-style spicy food.
On the second day, we just walk around the hotel in the morning and have lunch in another Chinese restaurant. Then in the afternoon, we walk to Boston Common. It is a park very close to our apartment and also the starting point of the freedom trial.
It is really cold during Thanksgiving in Boston, but the weather is so good and clear. It is a very peaceful and quiet park. People are running, walking dogs, feeding squirrels, sitting on the bench. Even though the people in the city are very busy, they seem to enter a slow and relaxed life style here.
We start to follow the freedom trial. The cold wind keeps us awake. There are many historical buildings along the road.
We walk past the government center, Boston City Hall, and Old State House, then we cross the street and arrive at Quincy Market.
It is a really interesting huge market contains so many shops. It’s like a much more casual mall. Customers walk in and out. The market brings more vitality to the city.
In the night, we have our dinner at Hokkaido Santouka Ramen. It is a very popular ramen place on the Newbury street. We wait in outside for about fifty minutes before we get in, and it is freezing outside. But the ramen is really good, which makes me feel better about the waiting.
It is around 8:30 after dinner, and we decide to go ice skating in Boston Commons. It is an outside ice rink, and we are kind of excited about it.
The city looks beautiful with lights on. It is much colder in the night, but it is fun to skate in the park that seems to be surrounded buildings. We skate until the ice rink closes, and we walk back to the apartment.
The next day we rest in the apartment for most of the time because it is way too cold outside. We play some group games, and somehow we start to have debates over different topics. We order milk tea and relax. It feels really warm and cozy. We are not hungry at all when it is around six, then we decide to skip dinner and go to Karaoke.
Karaoke is a pretty popular entertainment in China. It is not just about how well you can sing, but a group of people having fun together. Time flies in the karaoke, and it is almost 10 when we leave. And now we are hungry. Most restaurants have closed, but we still find a Korean restaurant which interestingly is owned by Chinese. We are the only customers in the restaurant, and it feels great to have a large meal after singing and screaming for a while.
Then it comes to Black Friday.We have been waiting for the shopping day eagerly. We walk through the busy streets and march all the way to the Newbury streets. But to be honest we only bought a few things because the prices are still high. I think the best thing we get is the Lady M Black Forest cake.
We really love Lady M cakes, especially the crepes. Then in the night, we go to have hot pot right under our apartment.
The next day, we take a subway to Northeastern University. After hanging around in the campus for a while, we take a bus to Boston University right by the Charles River.
When I am walking around in Boston University, I keep wondering how great it is to study right by the Charles River in the city of Boston. Except the fact that it is very cold in winter, everything else of Boston is very fascinating.
Then we start our long walk along the Charles River. It is peaceful and quiet.
There is still ice floating on the river. The river is deep blue and shiny. It kind of reminds me of the river by my house in my hometown. I enjoy walking by the river with only the sound of the wind. We walk all the way to Newbury street and take a metro back.
I have to mention the last meal we had in Boston. We do not want to miss seafood and lobster in Boston, and we go to a very authentic seafood restaurant nearby. The restaurant is pretty busy, and we luckily get to sit in the governor’s room. However, when we get the menu, the price is way higher than expected. We are a little panic. In the end, eight of us only order five dishes with a lobster. The lobster is really really good with the sauce. I would love another one if the price is not so high.
Boston is truly a great city to live and enjoy. The city has everything i desire, and it can always surprise me in different ways. I would love to visit Boston in summer because I really cannot bear cold weather. But the city is so attractive that I miss my time there as soon as I leave.
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