{"id":1490,"date":"2005-08-23T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2005-08-23T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1490","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

How to see a city on a shoestring budget (experience from Boston sightseeing by myself) and have a great time<\/p>\n

  • use friend\\’s unlimited subway pass (and remember to return it to her after it\\’s done — DOH SORRY KAREN!)<\/li>\n
  • go to the biggest touristy sites and walk around the site, don\\’t pay the admission fee to go inside, because you already can get a similar sense from the outside<\/li>\n
  • use your student pass even if you graduated more than 5 years ago even if you really want to go inside<\/li>\n
  • walk along the popular streets, go into (empty) interested stores and come out empty-handed<\/li>\n
  • stand in front of a famous politician\\’s street and say cheese! (i stood around the corner from John Kerry\\’s house)<\/li>\n
  • sniff the yummy smells coming from popular bakeries – indulge in buying one item if needed<\/li>\n
  • follow casually behind a walking tour of the city just to catch tidbits of trivia<\/li>\n
  • taking pictures are sometimes better souvenirs than a snowglobe or a mini-replica of a world-famed monument<\/li>\n
  • experience street entertainment such as breakdancing et. al<\/li>\n
  • ask all your friends who have experienced the city to recommend what to do<\/li>\n
  • don\\’t buy (too much) alcohol, what\\’s the point when you can get drinks anywhere else — of course if you\\’re in manhattan, you should get the manhattan<\/li>\n
  • ipod (or music player) makes everything seem better than it really is — I listened to Keane which seemed to make everything all brighter and fun<\/li>\n
  • warm-colored sunglasses — same as above<\/li>\n
  • stay at your friend\\’s place and of course, catch up on your friend\\’s life because even if you used to see her often before…it\\’s always great to see a good friend again (Thank you so much karen!)<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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