Steveq is at a conference in Boston, MA next week and I am tagging along for fun. I have never been to Boston so what should I consider seeing and doing bearing in mind that the weather is likely to be wintry?

I'd head to the traditional Italian part. It wasn't until we got there that it felt like the "proper" Boston that we expected.

There's a thing call the Freedom Trail where you follow a line on the street around various historical sites, which is good if you like stuff like that The Bunker Hill memorial is good to visit. We also went across to the USS Constitution museum and then got a ferry across the bay.

Claim to be a relative of Whitey Bulger and that you have come to claim what is rightfully yours. Failing that here are some suggestions

https://www.timeout.com/boston/thing...o-do-in-boston

Some of my favorite things are:

1. Freedom Trail walking trail. If you can hack being outside for 90 minutes in March the guided tour is good. It doesn't cover the entire trail but a lot of the good sights.
2. JFK presidential library / museum. If you've got any interest in JFK this is fascinating.
3. MIT museum on Mass Ave in Cambridge. Their 'Gestural Engineering' exhibition is brilliant.
4. Isabella Stewart Gardner museum.
5. Boston public library is pretty good and has the bonus of being warm and free. You could also combine it with a walk from Beacon Hill/Granary Burial Ground/Boston Common along Commonwealth Ave/Back Bay.

All really good options. Also, the MFA is world class if museums are a thing. Other suggestions:
1. Walk along the harbor from the Aquarium to the North End. Lots to see in a short distance.
2. Go to Harvard Square for lunch.

APS Physics perchance?

You may think that, I couldn't possibly comment 😉

That's where I was supposed to be next week but I couldn't be faffed. Hypothetically...

It's pretty mild at the mo, but we're expecting possibly 6" of snow this weekend.

The freedom trail isn't bad, but can be a bit rough to do in the winter, just like the duck tour stuff. Whale watching cruise, too.

The MFA, is great!

Grab a meal at the Pru, has great views. Also, if you're in Cambridge and the MS NERD office is doing any kind of free evening talks or events, it's worth poking into for a fab view of Boston. It's up the road from MIT which can be a fun wonder if you like architecture and also Cambridge Brewing Company, for a drink.

If you have a car, hit Salem. Peabody Essex Museum, in the area is also worth a visit as it is great.

Maybe catch a Bruins game at The Garden, if that's your thing. It's a fun place. A wonder around Fenway, is also quite fun if something is going on.

Head out on the Orange Line, and visit Samuel Adams brewery if that's your thing and thing have a drink at Doyle's Cafe. This place is great if you're into history and politics, as all the heavy hitters back in the day went here, so there's lot of memorabilia from the Kennedy heydays. All in Jamaica Plain.

We've also done the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which is rather off the wall. And second the top of the Prudential Tower - we'd already eaten but they let us just have drinks and dessert. (Need to be quite smart.)

Last time we were there we did a harbour architecture cruise, which we enjoyed.

The Mapparium at the Christian Science Monitor place. A very strange place and you get ushered through too quickly but still worth a visit.

Harvard - especially the Museum of Natural History but also just wandering round, soaking up the atmosphere. (We've spent a fair bit of time round there as our friend works at Harvard.)

A convenience store called Bodega. I can't explain it without spoiling it, but if I don't explain it you won't know why you should go. Hmmm, tricky!

If you do have a car, I'd skip Salem and go to the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concorde - which also has some lovely little antique shops.

I like wandering round Boston Common and that area, also just round the harbour front.

Lobster rolls. Of course you have to eat lobster rolls. (I had one yesterday here in Sydney, and now I'm longing for another visit to Boston. At least when we move to Seattle it won't be so far away.)

Do they test you?

Arf arf.

I would have failed.