Blogs from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 56

We'd been looking forward to Boston for most of the trip, and we really had an awesome time while we were there. The first night, we went into town to visit Danielle's friend Erin. She lives in teh North End, which is Boston's Italian district. They were holding one of their several summer Saint's Day festivals (I forget which saint's festival it was), which we wandered around in for a bit. It was a little street fair, with live music, food, statues, decorations and lots of people! Then we wandered down to the touristy side of Hanover street, had a nice italian dinner on the rooftop of one of the many awesome restaurants, and splurged afterwards on a few italian pastries (which the district is also famous for). It's also a tradition of Erin and Danielle's ... read more

Boston has been our favourite place so far - very much a Uni town with a really good feel. We spent a total of four days exploring the place and seeing the sights, but it must have rained on a least two of these days. We've learnt that a lot of America's history is based around this part of the country and almost always has something to do with the British. Either us invading or the Americans trying to get rid of us. On the day we arrived we spent the afternoon doing washing (this really made us feel like we were back at uni) and went out for dinner at a Vietnamese resturant and finishing the night off watching the Red Sox getting spanked by Kansas City in a bar. On our first full day ... read more

Tomorrow is my flight around 4:45. I have a lot to do all day today. I havn't even started to pack yet but I have all day today and tomorrow. I;m going to miss everyone so much when I'm gone but I will be back sooner than it seems. Thanks to everyone for helping me prepare for the trip:) I'm really going to miss my favorite roommates! hahah love you guys... I'm sure you will keep me updated Beautifulxbaby87: remember when we drank in our pjs? set off fire alarms? stole pizza from a freshman? sang whitney..really..really loud? took pictures with our giant spider that lived outside our window that we named "darth vader?" had a pr of 7? walked to every class together? laughed when lc said something stupid? were very open about "bessy"? ate ... read more

Good Morning, I don't think that I have been up this early in a long long time! I headed off to Logan Airport to catch an 8:20 flight to London, than it's off to India on a 9:20pm flight! It's going to be a long day of travelling, but I'm really looking forward to meeting the other students and medical staff at the program site. So Bon Voyage....My next entry will be from the other side of the planet! Happy Friday and cheers for 4 weeks off! ... read more

Phew, it's hot here in Boston - it's probably around 35 degrees, but it's not dry like in Las Vegas, so you feel it more. Having lived almost nocturnally in Las Vegas, my bodyclock was not exactly properly calibrated. An overnight flight to Boston (I can't sleep on planes) sent it completely haywire. When I arrived at the hostel in Boston at 9am, I decided to have a nap; and then got up at 5pm. A day completely wasted. Of course, I couldn't sleep the following night and the obese, smelly Persian guy in my dorm - who proved the theory that the bigger they come, the louder they snore - didn't exactly help matters. My mood wasn't helped when I discovered my overspending in Vegas meant that I can only spend a paltry US$28 a ... read more