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Boston 2019 - Part 5 Apartment Review

For three nights out of the five that we stayed in Boston I booked an apartment near Boston Convention Centre via Traveloka. It was a 1BR apartment and was larger than I expected. 

The booking process was very simple, but somehow there was a lost process in between that we didn't get an exact address for the apartment at all. We went there by the map and luckily were able to get in and talked to someone at the front desk. At first, we were told that there was no reservations under our name..., but it turned out that there was an online form that we had to fill up ahead of time but wasn't sent to us. After I filled up the form we were given the apartment key and that was it. 




The apartment had hardwood flooring throughout (except the bathroom). It was clean and well maintained. The bedroom was quite spacious but the bed was a bit small... and it had a walk-in closet! Completed with private washer and dryer, full kitchen, and a living area with a flat screen tv and Netflix subscription, it was more than we needed!

Bedroom
Walk-in closet
Bathroom
Washer and dryer, detergent provided.
Kitchen and living area
Sofa and TV, dining table on the left.
Kitchen
That evening we went to eat at Amrheins restaurant just a few blocks away from the apartment...






They had mussels on the menu and I wanted to try it so we ordered it and got disappointed. A lot of the mussels were smelly.


I ordered Lobster Ravioli for my main course and found it rather bland...


Last, DH ordered steak and mash and I didn't like it very much either. 


In conclusion, dinner was a flop.

Anyway, on the following morning DH woke up early and headed out to the Convention Centre for the event. I stayed behind and took my time getting ready, had granola bars for breakfast, and finally headed out. My mission that day was to go out shopping at the Assembly Row Factory Outlet. It was a cloudy day and the forecast said that there would be some drizzles.




I walked a few blocks from the apartment to Broadway Station and took the metro to Assembly Station. It was pretty straight forward...











When I arrived at Assembly Station it was drizzly and a bit windy. It was rather inconvenient because it was an outdoor mall and I had to walk outside to move from store to store. I shopped until past lunch time... and finally stopped at a Japanese fusion restaurant with an "Appy-hour" poster on the window. A bunch of their appetisers were available for $5 each between 3 and 5 pm. I walked in and ordered crab salad and lobster rangoon. Both were delicious but I especially loved the salad. It tasted like California Roll but without the rice. 




I finished my late lunch and quickly wrapped up my shopping session afterwards. It was getting extra windy and cold. I took the metro back to Broadway Station and stopped at Subway on the way back to buy dinner. 




I walked back to the same station the following morning to venture out. That would be my second day going solo... but that's for another post.















Thanks for reading, please look forward to the next post!






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