Shops and malls in Boston - by Thaïs

Boston offers a large choice of shops and malls. You can find them everywhere in the city but we noticed some of the best and most popular places in the city. In Back Bay you can find a lot of clothes and big brands. In this neighborhood there is Newbury Street, one of the most famous shopping streets in Massachusetts. 

There you can find can find chic shops like Tiffany's, Dior or this kind of brands but also cheaper ones, like the popular Forever 21, Brandy Melville or Urban Outfitters. Between all this clothing shops you can also see coffee shops to take a little break, like the popular Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, where you can find all the different kinds of American donuts and munchkins. You can find them at each corner and they are very attractive to the French students because of their authenticity. The street also offers choice for little shops. 


Another famous place is Faneuil Hall, also know as Quincy Market, where you can go shopping in the very known Abercrombie and Fitch, it is very popular for the French students because the price is much lower and we had the chance to have sales (-40% on the hole shop). About everybody came out with a piece of clothing. American Eagles is also a similar brand.
Because of the many sport teams, like the Red Sox or the Celtics and the very known university of Harvard there are many sellers (in the street, souvenir shops or even supermarkets) of sweaters, caps, t-shirts and other stuff with the team's or university's symbol(s).
We visited one of the multiple shopping malls: the Prudential, also named named the Pru by the American students. It was at the bottom of a tower. The shops were very diversified too. A very interesting thing to see in America are the supermarket: they are so different! Often they are much bigger and the products are not all to find in France. It was funny to see the birthday cake department, the cakes were the big cliché of the American cake, full of cream and color! We found a lot of products: the famous peanut butter, Canadian maple syrup or cheddar cheese! 

Quincy Market is a big food court surrounded by many shops

In general the prices are lower than in France and the quantity is bigger. Boston offers so many different things, everybody finds something for his taste!