Boston Technicalities

Transportation - public transportation in Boston is cheap and convenient, but the city centre is not very large, so one could also go almost anywhere by foot. Remember to get yourself a Charlie Card before you ride, and not buy a ticket each time. Concessions available for handicapped, etc. - but you have to go to a special office for that.

Internet - free Internet is available in public libraries (for 15 minutes without any membership; longer for members or people that the librarian seems to like); most of Cambridge and large parts of central Boston have some sort of WLAN hotspot arrangement.

Newspapers - the Metro newspaper might not be Boston Globe, but is for free.