Back from Boston

arindamray · 20th December 2010, 00:18

Mid August, had traveled to Boston, rather Framingham, a town 25 mile west of Boston. Though came back in a month, that is in mid September, but took quite a while to pen this travelogue. And this will be more like a photologue, with whatever detail my memory can recall.

Flight was Lufthansa, so had a stop over in Frankfurt. A 5+ hour stop, went almost in a ziffy, thanks to Khaled Hosseini. 'The Kite Runner' was unputdownable, and had to finish it in the flight.

In between took some snaps of the airport.

Inter terminal train leaving the starting point.

Reaching the destination

Hold Area

A flight touching down

A flight taxiing before take-off

The frequency increased as the day progressed

As you can see from the snaps the day was gloomy, the sky wore a slate color overall, with continuous drizzle. It didn't help my mood leaving my li'l girl back home. Was it coincidental that even after a journey of 10 hour crossing quarter of a globe, I got almost similar weather when I reached the Logan Airport, Boston?

prince_pervez · 20th December 2010, 03:34

Nice photographs. I too wanted to take photographs from the airport, but I was advised not to due to security concerns. Waiting for more.

selfdrive · 20th December 2010, 03:59

one should see it now, around -5 degrees and tons of snow. 600 flights cancelled despite the humongous work done in clearing the runways and cleaning all flights pre takeoff.. hope your travelogue has more about cars too?

camchennai · 20th December 2010, 04:09

Excellent pictures of the airport, now waiting for you to complete with more pictures

14000rpm · 20th December 2010, 06:07

when i was waiting for my connecting flight from Frankfurt to Atlanta, I stayed away from anything that cold attract security guys' attention.
They were picking up people at random (suspect as they say) and taking them over for questioning and frisking.
first time I saw that happen.
I stay put, read a magazine and boarded when my flight was due.nothing that could put me in the 'random' list.

akroy · 20th December 2010, 08:20

Ok so that travelogue starts now. It was great talking to you that afternoon when you called me from Framinghan.
After travelling through FRA 4 times in the last one year, must say its fun watching those planes while waiting for your flight. One another spot for plane watching is the McDonalds in FRA. Time just flies past watching those planes.

Will keep watching this space.

Abhi

gajadonga · 20th December 2010, 12:00

Nice view of Frankfurt airport.I was there in this airport about 3months back.The train journey from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 is a short ride.
In Paris airport this Shuttle train is better.
Thanks for sharing and waiting for more pics from you.

arindamray · 21st December 2010, 01:07

Thanks all!

AFAIK, taking pictures is not prohibited in most of the international airports, at least the ones I have traveled through. Earlier it was in Indian airports, and flights in India, but those also been relaxed now.

Continuing...

I will not bore you with the daily grind of week-days, let's fast forward to the first Friday, 21st Aug. Morning in the office, DB (client Project Manager) came and told us whether we would be interested to see a baseball match of Boston Red Sox. We were elated.

So we started early from office, parked the car in the Boston Common underground parking lot. Walked through Boston Common, spend some time in Public Garden, walked through the downtown to reach the Fenway Park, the home ground of Boston Red Sox.

The seats were the best, as it was at sponsor's box, called EMC Club. We had a lovely (expenxive) dinner in the restaurant (you go through the restaurant to the seats. While the game progressing, I picked up most of the Rules from DB and was enjoying it thoroughly. Though the day was not for Red Sox, as they were trailing badly from innings 1 itself.

As the trip was not preplanned and we left directly from office, I was not carrying camera and all the snaps are taken in a mobile camera.

Shot at Public Garden, the ducklings

Weeping willows

A statue of George Washington

And few random shots

Game underway in Fenway Park

arindamray · 21st December 2010, 23:21

First week-end was all wet, and without a car there was no way to venture out.

So clicked the shower from window

and the room

The boredom made me decide to pick-up a car on Monday itself.

StarVegabond · 21st December 2010, 23:30

Hi Arindam

Welcome to the tribe of Business with Pleasure seekers. i am sure you have enjoyed your trip. I have never been to US of A. I see that there lots of travelogues now from USA. so when i eventually go, i would get enough information before hand, hopefully.

Wind splitter · 22nd December 2010, 12:46

Hey arindamray, I stayed in Westborough hotel near to Framingham for last 2.5 months.
Hotel room looks like extended stay, were you staying at extended stay?

dadu · 22nd December 2010, 13:01

Nice pictures, welcome back to Indiaaaa.

arindamray · 23rd December 2010, 01:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by StarVegabond

Hi Arindam

Welcome to the tribe of Business with Pleasure seekers. i am sure you have enjoyed your trip. I have never been to US of A. I see that there lots of travelogues now from USA. so when i eventually go, i would get enough information before hand, hopefully.

Yes, it could have been "Business with Pleasure" travelogue but for Star's narration.
Most of my foreign visits are in USA ranging from 2 weeks to 3 months and IIRC in total 6 occasions - mostly in east coast, except to Dallas once. If you are going in NY/NJ/MA may be I can give some tips.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wind splitter

Hey arindamray, I stayed in Westborough hotel near to Framingham for last 2.5 months.
Hotel room looks like extended stay, were you staying at extended stay?

It's really a small world. Yes I was staying in Extended Stay Deluxe, Westborough. Westborough also has a ESA - so I am not sure if you were staying in the same hotel.
I have met few people from Patni and Wipro staying in the same hotel.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadu

Nice pictures, welcome back to Indiaaaa.

Thanks Dadu.

arindamray · 23rd December 2010, 01:56

Sunday night, the clock ticking to 11:30 pm, I was about to finish calling my home, suddenly the fire alarm went off. Took the passport and the room key in the pocket and walked down the stairs to the ground floor.

Came out of the hotel door, and saw all the guests standing in the porch, and realized it was raining and cold and I was standing in the night suit without any warm protection :(

To make the matter worse, we had then been asked to clear the entrance, which meant we were to stand in a open ground and get drenched. By the way we were given the plastic garbage bags to protect ourselves - in that situation they were really handy.

The fire brigade came, and almost after an hour or so we got the permission to go back to the rooms.

And the reason was a grease fire - the oil on the pan caught fire and the person was not able to put it off!

What an experience!!!

As an afterthought, adding this, it gave chance to meet few people. One of them I am still in touch with. So shall we say everything has "Kuchh Khatta, Kuchh Meetha".

prashanthyr · 24th December 2010, 15:24

Nice start ! Westborough brings back fond memories - I stayed in the extended stay on Computer Drive for quite sometime in 2006/7!

Hope you had a chance to visit the Bose HQ and MIT/Harvard

Looking forward to the pics!

20th December 2010, 00:18	#1
arindamray BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 750 Thanked: 97 Times	Back from Boston Mid August, had traveled to Boston, rather Framingham, a town 25 mile west of Boston. Though came back in a month, that is in mid September, but took quite a while to pen this travelogue. And this will be more like a photologue, with whatever detail my memory can recall. Flight was Lufthansa, so had a stop over in Frankfurt. A 5+ hour stop, went almost in a ziffy, thanks to Khaled Hosseini. 'The Kite Runner' was unputdownable, and had to finish it in the flight. In between took some snaps of the airport. Inter terminal train leaving the starting point. Reaching the destination Hold Area A flight touching down A flight taxiing before take-off The frequency increased as the day progressed As you can see from the snaps the day was gloomy, the sky wore a slate color overall, with continuous drizzle. It didn't help my mood leaving my li'l girl back home. Was it coincidental that even after a journey of 10 hour crossing quarter of a globe, I got almost similar weather when I reached the Logan Airport, Boston?
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20th December 2010, 03:34	#2
prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,211 Thanked: 53 Times View My Garage	Re: Back from Boston Nice photographs. I too wanted to take photographs from the airport, but I was advised not to due to security concerns. Waiting for more.
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20th December 2010, 03:59	#3
selfdrive Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Zurich Posts: 2,960 Thanked: 3,571 Times	Re: Back from Boston one should see it now, around -5 degrees and tons of snow. 600 flights cancelled despite the humongous work done in clearing the runways and cleaning all flights pre takeoff.. hope your travelogue has more about cars too?
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20th December 2010, 04:09	#4
camchennai BHPian Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Chennai Posts: 335 Thanked: 11 Times	Re: Back from Boston Excellent pictures of the airport, now waiting for you to complete with more pictures
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20th December 2010, 06:07	#5
14000rpm Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Helsinki Posts: 2,707 Thanked: 7,788 Times View My Garage	Re: Back from Boston when i was waiting for my connecting flight from Frankfurt to Atlanta, I stayed away from anything that cold attract security guys' attention. They were picking up people at random (suspect as they say) and taking them over for questioning and frisking. first time I saw that happen. I stay put, read a magazine and boarded when my flight was due.nothing that could put me in the 'random' list.
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20th December 2010, 08:20	#6
akroy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Posts: 2,424 Thanked: 88 Times View My Garage	Re: Back from Boston Ok so that travelogue starts now. It was great talking to you that afternoon when you called me from Framinghan. After travelling through FRA 4 times in the last one year, must say its fun watching those planes while waiting for your flight. One another spot for plane watching is the McDonalds in FRA. Time just flies past watching those planes. Will keep watching this space. Abhi
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20th December 2010, 12:00	#7
gajadonga Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,068 Thanked: 499 Times	Re: Back from Boston Nice view of Frankfurt airport.I was there in this airport about 3months back.The train journey from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 is a short ride. In Paris airport this Shuttle train is better. Thanks for sharing and waiting for more pics from you.
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21st December 2010, 01:07	#8
arindamray BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 750 Thanked: 97 Times	A new experience! Thanks all! AFAIK, taking pictures is not prohibited in most of the international airports, at least the ones I have traveled through. Earlier it was in Indian airports, and flights in India, but those also been relaxed now. Continuing... I will not bore you with the daily grind of week-days, let's fast forward to the first Friday, 21st Aug. Morning in the office, DB (client Project Manager) came and told us whether we would be interested to see a baseball match of Boston Red Sox. We were elated. So we started early from office, parked the car in the Boston Common underground parking lot. Walked through Boston Common, spend some time in Public Garden, walked through the downtown to reach the Fenway Park, the home ground of Boston Red Sox. The seats were the best, as it was at sponsor's box, called EMC Club. We had a lovely (expenxive) dinner in the restaurant (you go through the restaurant to the seats. While the game progressing, I picked up most of the Rules from DB and was enjoying it thoroughly. Though the day was not for Red Sox, as they were trailing badly from innings 1 itself. As the trip was not preplanned and we left directly from office, I was not carrying camera and all the snaps are taken in a mobile camera. Shot at Public Garden, the ducklings Weeping willows A statue of George Washington And few random shots Game underway in Fenway Park Last edited by arindamray : 21st December 2010 at 01:09.
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21st December 2010, 23:21	#9
arindamray BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 750 Thanked: 97 Times	Wet Wet Week-end First week-end was all wet, and without a car there was no way to venture out. So clicked the shower from window and the room The boredom made me decide to pick-up a car on Monday itself.
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21st December 2010, 23:30	#10
StarVegabond Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,891 Thanked: 44 Times	Re: Back from Boston Hi Arindam Welcome to the tribe of Business with Pleasure seekers. i am sure you have enjoyed your trip. I have never been to US of A. I see that there lots of travelogues now from USA. so when i eventually go, i would get enough information before hand, hopefully.
	() Thanks

22nd December 2010, 12:46	#11
Wind splitter BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 131 Thanked: 9 Times	Re: Back from Boston Hey arindamray, I stayed in Westborough hotel near to Framingham for last 2.5 months. Hotel room looks like extended stay, were you staying at extended stay?
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22nd December 2010, 13:01	#12
dadu Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,803 Thanked: 463 Times View My Garage	Re: Back from Boston Nice pictures, welcome back to Indiaaaa.
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23rd December 2010, 01:56	#14
arindamray BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 750 Thanked: 97 Times	Damn! The fire alarm Sunday night, the clock ticking to 11:30 pm, I was about to finish calling my home, suddenly the fire alarm went off. Took the passport and the room key in the pocket and walked down the stairs to the ground floor. Came out of the hotel door, and saw all the guests standing in the porch, and realized it was raining and cold and I was standing in the night suit without any warm protection :( To make the matter worse, we had then been asked to clear the entrance, which meant we were to stand in a open ground and get drenched. By the way we were given the plastic garbage bags to protect ourselves - in that situation they were really handy. The fire brigade came, and almost after an hour or so we got the permission to go back to the rooms. And the reason was a grease fire - the oil on the pan caught fire and the person was not able to put it off! What an experience!!! As an afterthought, adding this, it gave chance to meet few people. One of them I am still in touch with. So shall we say everything has "Kuchh Khatta, Kuchh Meetha". Last edited by arindamray : 23rd December 2010 at 01:59.
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24th December 2010, 15:24	#15
prashanthyr BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London Posts: 545 Thanked: 249 Times	Re: Back from Boston Nice start ! Westborough brings back fond memories - I stayed in the extended stay on Computer Drive for quite sometime in 2006/7! Hope you had a chance to visit the Bose HQ and MIT/Harvard Looking forward to the pics!
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