Wandering around Harvard

As a first time visitor to Boston, there were only a couple of things i had heard of prior:

1. The Boston Tea Party

2. Harvard University

Situated on the uber north east of the United States on the margins of the Atlantic ocean, Boston is a beautiful city, more like an old european town: still thriving on its cultural inheritance from its old european ancestry.

I started my tour of Boston from the historic 'Freedom Trail'; the beginning of the revolution of 1773 in defiance of the Tea act. Not particularly being much of a historian, didn't walk the whole trail though.

My next step would be definitely Cambridge, the street where Harvard University is located. Located on the Harvard Square, with old historic campus and occasional lush green spaces between buildings, it's more of an 'Old School' rather than some fancy place you might imagine.

What to do in Harvard if you are not a graduate or an alumni? The simplest and most effective means would be to pay homage to the lord #JohnHarvard, who laid the foundation of one of the most pioneering academic and research oriented institute around the globe. Besides, you never know the aura might just rub on you.

Ve-ri-tas, or the source of knowledge or truth, derived from an ancient greek goddess, is on the logo of their flag.

Your roaming around wouldn't be complete unless you walk around the busy Harvard Square and the many restaurants, book shops and tea and coffee shops around. If you're a lover of music, you'd find a lot of financially broke artists playing some good music in here.

And, thus i ended my pilgrimage paying a visit to one of the book shops around! For connoisseurs of academics and research, one of the highly recommended pilgrimage sites, i'd say.