The Pandemic had cancelled many of my travel plans over the past 2 years. It’s been 3 years since I have left Canada (at least it was an epic 36 Eurotrip that I did in Sept/Oct 2019) and first stop was to Boston & Rhode Island to participate in the 77th NACIVT (North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament) that took place at Rhode Island Convention Center.
To make the most of it and of course because there was no direct flight to Rhode Island from Toronto, I travelled with my teammate Esther to Boston for less than 48 hours before heading to Rhode Island via Porter Airlines.
Especially with the lack of travelling, I needed to get that spark of building an itinerary up and running and oh boy we sure did that.
If you are up for it, I created a walking itinerary that will cover majority of the downtown Boston area and it covers some touristy spots but also some interesting gems along the way. We lucked out to have 2 days of perfect weather. I imagine with some reworking, you might even be able to combine both days worth of my itinerary into one if you are that ambitious. I’ll leave that up to you.
09/01/22
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – 11AM-5PM – $20
9 min drive / 16 min bus / 30 min walk
Boston Public Library – Copley Branch – Central Branch – 9AM-5PM
Boston Marathon – Finish Line – outside of the Public Library
1 min walk
Luke’s Lobster Back Bay
8 min drive / 17 min bus / 20 min walk
Beacon Hill – neighbourhood – roam the streets – row houses on Beacon St & Acorn St
2 min walk
Public Garden & Boston Common
10 min walk
Brattle Book Shop – 9AM-530PM
6 min walk
Boston Bricks – Winthrop Lane – between Otis & Arch – 100 bronzed bricks telling the story of the city’s past and present
7 min walk
Chinatown Gate
2 min walk
Rose Kennedy Greenway – Chinatown Park, 34W Lincoln St, Boston, MA 02111, United States
4 min walk
Reggie Wong Memorial Park
17 min walk
Steaming Kettle – Giant Kettle above a Starbuck – homage to the Oriental Teashop
3 min walk
Faneuil Hall marketplace – Quincy Market – Shopping & Food – 10AM-9PM
2 min walk
Armenian Heritage Park – labyrinth maze
4 min walk
Boston Public Market – Shopping & Food – 8AM-9PM
6 min walk
Mike’s Pastry 8AM-10PM – (Can also try to go when we arrive back in Boston from RI before heading to the airport)
4 min walk
Regina Pizzeria
3 min walk
Skinny House
3 min walk
Langone Park Area – Watch sunset
09/02/22
South Station – Drop off luggage
6 min walk
Post Office Square – beautiful little park that reminded me or Bryant Park in Manhattan
19 min walk
Converse Flagship Store
Walked along the waterfront towards Langone Park and Commercial Street
16 min walk
Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park
5 min walk
Long Wharf
19 min walk
Fan Pier Park / Courthouse Docks
22 min walk
The Lawn on D
