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| 758.1 | Try these | CASP::SEIDMAN | Aaron Seidman | Thu Aug 17 1989 18:31 | 1 |
| Try CADSYS::NEWCOMERS, DELNI::BOSTON, BOSTON::BOSTON_EATS
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| 758.2 | Things to Consider | BIGMAC::KUR | | Mon Aug 21 1989 13:38 | 17 |
| Yossi,
Pray for wonderful weather and walk the Freedom Trail. Like San
Fransisco, (and unlike Los Angeles) Boston really can be a walking
city. So, you can get the history on the Freedom Trail. Also,
if your kids have ever read "Make Way for Ducklings" there is a
tour of that, too, but it may only be available in the spring.
I'm not sure. I do believe, however, that that tour takes you on
a swan boat ride. I would also highly recommend the Science Museum,
although most museums will be quite busy, the Science Museum is
GREAT!
I know you said kosher food wasn't important, however, some of the
best chocolate chip cookies can be found at a little cafe-like place
in Brookline - on Beacon Street at Cleveland Circle - Cookies Cookin'.
Have fun!
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| 758.3 | | REGENT::BROOMHEAD | Don't panic -- yet. | Mon Aug 21 1989 17:45 | 11 |
| Yossi,
There are bus tours of Boston, and of Lexington&Concord which
are educational and entertaining. The State House is just across
the street from the Public Gardens where the swanboats are.
I've been told that the swanboats stop running after Labor Day,
so go there before then if you can. Take the elevator to the
top of the Prudential Tower for the view of the city. (The
restaurant is a bit much, especially with children.)
Ann B.
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| 758.4 | More Fun Stuff | LDP::STEARMAN | Seeing the unseen = Hallucination | Mon Aug 21 1989 18:44 | 5 |
| And don't forget the Children's Museum and the Computer Museum. Both on
Museum Wharf, both filled with 'touch me' displays, fun for children
from 6 months to 90 years!
_Susan
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| 758.5 | Also try the Museum of Science | CASP::SEIDMAN | Aaron Seidman | Mon Aug 21 1989 20:41 | 19 |
| The Science Museum also has a lot of hands-on exhibits and (until 10
Sept) a special exhibit on Caesarea, under the auspices of the
Smithsonian Institution's Traveling Exhibits Program.
Besides being interesting to any adult interested in archaeology, there
are also some special activities for kids. In one exercise, children
were assembling sherds (from very ordinary clay flower pots) so they
could understand the kind of thing archeologists do with the fragments
excavated from digs.
(FYI - In addition to rebuilding the Temple, Herod undertook a number
of other major projects, including the construction of a Roman town on
the site of the Phoenician settlement known as Strato's Tower, and
a man-made harbor that could hold 100 ships. Caesarea remained a major
trading center for over a thousand years, until it was razed during the
crusades. Some excavations started there in the 1950s, but most of the
work has been done in the last decade.)
Aaron
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| 758.6 | THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT | BALBOA::DASHTI | Yossi Dashti | Tue Aug 22 1989 19:50 | 6 |
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THANKS A LOT FOR ALL THE INPUT.
YOSSI
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