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Published: December 22nd 2010
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It was a little too breezy for a run, but walking up the esplanade proved most pleasant. However, the river is FRIGID! I did not jump in like the two girls on John Weeks bridge finishing their run, but I could still tell, ha. It does have a bit of trash but majority of the river's body appears clean. In general, Boston appears to be a great city for running, biking, and kayaking or rowing, at least in the summer.
Not too many people that I've interacted with have had thick Boston accents, just with very specific words. Though along the river, we ran into a true Irish man who assumed by our freckled appearance (quite incorrectly) that we were current on UK and Ireland politics and expressed his elation of how Gordon Brown was evicted (as prime minister) and how Brown was dividing the country through ethnicity problems/laws. He also tried to talk about the Arizona new profiling law but his statements were so vague we couldn't tell which side of the debate he was on. Despite a slight hint of betrayal/guilt building in us, we kept the act up as best we could.
For bikers, investing in
a bell might save your lungs on this path because it is so popular and narrow in some areas. You would not have to yell "On your left!" every five seconds! MIT's campus and Boston area looked more like city life I'm accustomed to. The restaurants and shops are a bit more spaced apart and only a few campus building lie along the outskirts. I was elated to hear so many blind crosswalk warning systems, but disappointed since it made me realize this was the only area that had any so far - just like in Atlanta, we have very few. We briefly passed through MIT's campus where I observed a weak recreational field in comparison to GT's, various academic buildings with a decent mix of modern and more historic architecture. There was a blood drive currently going on along with some anime viewing party. I tried to guess where an entrance to the "catacombs" - the maze of research labs under MIT - might be, but could not find any probably spots along our path.
Hungry, we walked North a bit more and discovered a restaurant hosting another trivia night!! It was at Asgards, but it was not
Wet Runners
Jumped off the bridge for a refreshing dip...though I don't think FREEZING COLD water is refreshing for long, especially with all the wind til 9pm...so we back trekked to the MIT Museum. It was closed, but the doors were open. We walk in, see free food and immediately act as if we belonged. Turned out it was a public event part of a series of graduate research exhibitions. We had the wonderful opportunity to learn of How Mechanical Engineering Can Help Cure Malaria research presentation. And we both asked very pertinent questions but could not get straight answers...the event was webcasted and we might be able to see it archived http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/soapbox.html later.
The Asgard impressed me with their drinks, especially the Leviathon. Food was above average and decent portions. Unfortunately, we did even worse at Asgard Stump Trivia! A few of the simplest answers we forgot we for the Goonies, Remember the Titans, and that phosphorus glows when exposed to oxygen (which I should have know as a ChBE). Oh well, it was still worth a few laughs. After a long day of walking, we had to call it a night. Chris had work in the morning and I had plenty more sights to see!
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