OT: Planning a trip to Boston

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Posted By: Dan McCarthy

As someone who has lived in a Boston 'burb for all of my life and currently goes to Boston College, hopefully I can help you out a bit. I don't know anything about hotels and such but the public transportation here is pretty good. The T stop for Fenway Park is called "Kenmore" the stop called "Fenway" is behind a Best Buy and the walk to the ballpark is a little bit longer. If you plan on using the subway a lot then you should get a CharlieCard, which costs $1.70 to ride the T versus $2 on a CharlieTicket. The CharlieCard is a reloadable plastic card available for free at certain places, versus the ticket which prints out at the subway stations. As far as food goes, if you like Italian then you have to check out the North End. My favorite place there is called Pagliuca's because it is slightly more affordable, slightly more authentic, and slightly less fancy then some of the places there. There's also Mike's Pastry for dessert, which is a lot of people's favorite (also in the North End). If you like Spanish food then Tasca is pretty good, but a little bit farther out of the city though still accessible by the T (subway). If you want to catch the other Braves game there's a bar underneath the bleachers in the outfield that you can get into from the street. Hopefully you already got tickets for the games you want to go to because they are tough to come by.

Let me know if you have any other questions!
Dan