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Boston is an exciting city.  It’s one of the oldest in the country, and has a tremendously fascinating history.  There are plenty of opportunities to dig in to the local culture here, and you can explore an level of history.  There are native cultures that have traces here that go back for thousands of years.  There is the history of the contemporary U.S. that begins over 200 years ago, and there is also pop culture that has a history with its origins somewhere in last week.  It doesn’t matter which direction you go in Boston, because it’s all enormously interesting, and there’s a lot to learn.

You don’t have to necessarily plan too far in advance either.  There are great hotels here and you can make up the rest of your itinerary as you go along.  One of the truly marvelous things about this city is that its roots are old enough and deep enough that there are multiple connections everywhere.  You can start exploring in one direction, and it will ultimately lead in a dozen more, and all of them are equally interesting to pursue.  There is no final frontier here, because it’s endlessly creating new frontiers based on connections made by the human beings that make up the city.

There are also virtual connections to Boston that are fun to investigate while you’re in town.  For fans of final frontiers, Boston Legal is based in this city, and one of the stars is none other than William Shatner.  This show suffered a very dear loss just recently when Shatner’s co-star, Justin Mentell, was killed in a driving accident in Wisconsin.  The show will surely go on, but it is a heavy weight to bear for the cast and for his family, but the show, like Boston itself, is made from hardy stock.