Blog #6: A favorite topic: BOSTON, MA
Have you ever been to any city of the United States? It is lucky for me to spend eight-month experiment in Boston for studying North American culture. Boston, which is the capital of Massachusetts, is the cultural, historical and educational center of America. When I was in this city, I enjoyed some weekends to visit Harvard, M.I.T, Massachusetts State House, Trinity Church, MFA, Charles River, etc. and many beautiful places. The most impressive thing reminds me about Boston is weather. I came there when the winter is at the lowest degree (around -9.4 degrees Fahrenheit). I could not control my face after a cold wind blew towards me. After winter, the spring and summer were just humid and rainy from day to day. According to Belluck, Raymond Chandler wrote, "I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday." (2004). It is ridiculous that I never check weather forecast everyday in my home country. On the contrary, the first thing that I had to do, when I wok...