wednesday july 23rd, 10:55pm
otherwise known as boston day one. well, more night one in all truth. the drive up was about what i expected; trees, hills, and road. however the rain was a bit insane at points. as was following some lady in a toyota scion td… especially when she ended up getting off at the same rest stop as we did. aside from that though, the ride up was pretty uneventful. finally getting into boston though, was quite hectic.
first off, i need a garmin! its way better than missing turns, getting lost and having to navigate by map, though it is cool when you find where supposed to be on your own. the hostel, h. i. fenway, is about what i expected; basically a three bed dorm room. but you really cant beat the price, and i can see fenway park from my balcony. we haven’t meet the third roommate yet, were trying to guess where he might be from. my original bet was a guy from europe, as he has a hiking backpack and a “u.s.a. guide” on his bed. however after reuturning from dinner, we find some things that make me think me may be a bit older. we will soon see i suppose.
view from the hostel room, those are fenway parks lights in the center.
first impression of boston itself, feels very “homey,” like a successful buffalo. walking around the afore mentioned fenway park was a touch magical for me. it looks nothing like a ball park if you don’t look up; it could easily be a brick factory. we ate dinner at the cask & barrel or some such. i was surprised that the prices were pretty reasonable for food. beer however was five bucks a pint. you win some you lose some i guess. after that we went to the lucky strike lanes. its basically a nightclub and bowling alley rolled into one. pretty insane and pretty fun! we only bowled one game as it was like five bucks a game; but i just had to bowl at least one
as for right now, were chilling in the room. its amazing how tired you get just from driving. tomorrow will either be sam adams or historical walk. either way i am glad i brought sneakers!
thursday, july 24th, 6:01pm
boston day two… well more like the first half of day two. to restate the point from above, i’m really glad i have my sneakers; tons of walking today. started the day around 12:30 by moving the car to some free parking. the free parking is right off m.i.t. campus. that school is seriously impressive to see. after that we took quite the interesting cab ride. i had wanted to visit the sam adams brewery, but the cabbie had no clue where he was going. he was asking us. i mean isn’t it his job to know where to go? twenty-five bucks later we just left the cab and ventured out on foot. this ended up being a great idea.
we left the cab right in front of the boston commons park. so we just decided to do the freedom trail and such today. after walking through the park itself we randomly found cheers. after having a beer there we finally found the afore mentioned trail. we followed it pretty religiously until quincy market.
cheers
after eating some lunch there, we walked a bit further to td banknorth garden. there may have not been a game but at least i can say i’ve been there now. after that we hopped the “t” train back to the hostel.
myself at the new garden
after being to nyc last year, i can definitely say boston is cleaner. however nyc is much, much easier to get around in. their grid system is easy for anyone to grasp. boston also feels like it would be a better place to live. like i said it just feels like home. more to come later, stay tuned.
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July 25, 2008 at 11:38 pm
I told you! Even the 5-dollar beers are cool!!