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 Aupair In Boston

Aupairing in Boston

 

Population 617,594

 

 

 Beantown, The Hub of the Universe, The Cradle of Modern America, The Athens of America and The Walking City are just some of the pet names Boston is famous for. One of America’s oldest cities, also called the ‘Capital of New England’, it was one of the first and most influential cities in the United States. And especially one of the most acculturate. Home to many colleges and universities, especially the worldwide top Harvard University located in its metropolitan area, it was the first city in America to have a public school and it has played a huge role in society with historical events like the Boston Tea Party or the Boston Massacre that change the course of history and the world as we know it.
If you are willing to take a leap into the past, enhance your knowledge and step foot into history and culture, while having the time of your life in what is now today one of the most contradictory environments full of modern, contemporary locations and historic sites, then keep on reading and you’ll find everything you need to know, from where to sleep to where to work.

 

Hot Spots in Boston

 

“In New York they ask, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents? In Boston, how much does he know?” Mark Twain managed to sum up Boston’s greatness in one phrase. It’s all about knowledge, culture and history in the Cradle of Modern America.  You might want to start tracing humanity’s footsteps back in time at the Boston National Historical Park, home to the Freedom Trail that includes several historic sites with a great role in the American Revolution. One of the most famous stops, with over 20 million visitors a year, is the Faneuil Hall, built in 1742 with the purpose of being a marketplace and a meeting hall, it is also known as ‘The Cradle of Liberty’ thanks to the many speeches that were held there encouraging independence from the UK.  Beantown also has a lot of theatres and opera houses such as Cutler Majestic Theatre, City Performing Arts Center, Boston Opera House, the Colonial Theatre that hold performers such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera Company or the Handel and Haydn Society. And of course you won’t want to miss its share of museums and cultural venues such as The Institute of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum, to Boston Public Library, the first public library in the country, home to more than 6 million volumes, in itself a museum holding paintings, murals and sculptures,  the Museum of Science, the John F. Kennedy Library or the New England Aquarium.  Or maybe you want to enjoy the fresh air in the hidden gardens of Beacon Hill, the courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Arnold Arboretum or the inner garden of Trinity Church. You can always have a stroll down the Boston Harbor, hop on a romantic cruise or go whale watching. And if you want to bring home some souvenirs or just go window shopping, Boston is full of shops and galleries ready to welcome you with their arcades, open marketplace or independent boutiques. And don’t forget to step ‘inside’ the world, at the Mapparium, a most famous stained glass globe, 30 feet high and 76 year old world you won’t want to miss walking into.

 

Night Life

 

There’s plenty to do when the sun goes down in the Walking City, both modern and old way. You can go have a pint at Irish pubs or see how they had fun in ‘ye olde days’ at historic taverns and bars, get into the Rex Sox mania tradition in the sports bars, go see some stand up comedy, find your groove in the many dance clubs, listen to some good music in the several live music venues or simply go, sit and relax in one of its many movie theaters  Whatever you’re in the mood of doing, Boston has something for every taste.  Just be prepared to go home early, because Boston, with all his student crowds that have an early wake up call,  goes to bed at 2 am tops, and so do all the bars and venues.

 

Accommodation

 

When you are, and you will eventually be, tired of all the student-like party time, Boston has plenty of hotels for you to crash in. If you go on 1st boston hotels you have a choice between top hotels with an average  price of  100$ per night or  cheaper hotels that cost around 60-70$/night. If that still isn’t cheap enough for you, do no fear. Go on hostel bookers.com  and you will have the complete student travel experience by sleeping in a classic youth hostel where the cheapest private room costs 12.43$ per night.

 

Learning Centers

 

One of the top education locations in the world, there is no place better to study and improve your English than Boston. Depending on how much help you need and how much you can afford, you have a wide variety of options. If your skills need a bit more help then you can take 20 group lessons for 535$ and if you want them to be even more intensive and focused you can have 20 private lessons for 1250$. On the other hand, if your English isn’t bad at all and all you need is just to smudge the edges a little you can take 4 lessons for as little as  150$ and you’ll be perfect. However, always remember to consider that the most professional centers ask for a registration or application fee that goes, on an average, at about 100$. To give you an easy start, we have selected the best learning centers in town and provided a list of websites below for you to have a look at.

Boston academy of english
Boston esl.com/
Approach usa
Boston Language Institute
English As A Second Languauge
Boston College
Boston School of Modern Languages
Talk School Of Languages
Boston English School

 

 

Look out for Jobs

 

Most students in Boston always take on a part time job to help with their expenses. Boston has one of the highest living costs in the US so there’s nothing wrong if you’ll need to work for that extra cash. Minimum wage in Massachusetts is 8.00$/hr except for tipped employees that are expected to get 2.63$ per hour off tips so their wage will go down to 5.37$ to make it match everyone else’s. Have a look at Boston Jobs .Com for tips, latest info on the job market and visit the websites below for more offers.
Boston Jobs Today
Boston Jobs

 

 

 

 

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