Tag: Day trip

  • Winthrop Deer Island: Day Trip from Boston

    Winthrop Deer Island: Day Trip from Boston

    If you want to get out of Boston without traveling far, Deer Island is a perfect solution. After visiting Saugus Iron Works in the morning, we made our way over to Winthrop. Winthrop is a town in Massachusetts located next to East Boston, near the airport. Our first stop in Winthrop, and the one which…

  • Saugus Iron Works: A Day Trip from Boston

    Saugus Iron Works: A Day Trip from Boston

    During our last year of grad school, two of my friends and I used our weekends to our advantage. We explored Boston and the surrounding towns and states as often as possible. One nice day in winter we headed North to Saugus, to the National Historic Saugus Iron Works Site. The day we visited no…

  • London Bus Tour: How to Spend a Day in the City

    London Bus Tour: How to Spend a Day in the City

    My first trip to London was a pitstop between flying from Prague to Western Ireland. During spring break while studying abroad, I visited a few friends, but had 24 hours with no plans. I ended up spending a day in London as my roommate flew in to visit a friend the same time, so we…