Boston Things to Do Tips by SLLiew

A visit to Chinatown is a must for those who love a great dim sum on a weekend morning. Dim Sum are mouth-size steaming dumpling or wrappings of seafood, chicken, pork or vegetables served in small baskets with a pot of tea popular in Hong Kong and Southern China.

In Chinatown, you can shop also for groceries and spices and medicines from China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.

What I was surprised at my first dinner in a Chinatown restaurant was that fortune cookies and ice cream or sherbet were served at the end of the meals. Something you will never see in Asia. Obviously an American invention.

Like in most major American cities, the Chinatowns are in the "seedier" part of town. In Boston, it is at the "Combat Zone" - red light district. But just ignore the surrounding bright lights and enjoy your Chinese eating and shopping.

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Harvard Yard is where Harvard University started. Located in Cambridge, Boston.

The Yard consists of many Georgian red brick buildings for Harvard Freshmen dormitories.

Harvard College was founded in 1636 by Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was named after its first benefactor, minister John Harvard of Charlestown who left his library of books and half his estate to this new educational institution that is now world famous.

The statue of John Harvard is often the symbol of attack and target of prankster and grafitti of drunken freshmen or rivals of Harvard of visiting football teams.

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Address: Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA