So I've arrived at Boston and will be here (and in New York City) for the next 2 and a 1/2 weeks. It's absolutely COLD here, -7°C outside, and weather forecasts project the temperature to worsen for the next few days - not that I'm complaining, I love the snow!
On the 13-hour-flight from Tokyo to Chicago earlier I was seated next to a Tibetan monk and a Taiwanese student. After a few attempts at communicating with each other in English (and failing to do so miserably), we then settled on the universal language of sleeping. We did pretty well at that...
I've made a 'hit-list' of places to visit/things to do for the next few days, and Jas (she's being a wonderful host) and I will be meeting John on Fri to hit New York too. But here's the list:
- Walk along the Freedom Trail
- Visit the New England Aquarium
- Walk along Charles River
- Check out the Harvard Museum of Natural History
- Take pictures of lighthouses at Boston Harbor
- Have Clam Chowder at Boston's oldest restaurant: Union Oyster House
- Snap pictures of the Statue of Liberty
- Visit the Empire State Building
- Walk to Ground Zero
- Take a picture with the bull and bear at NY Stock Exchange
- Walk about Time Square and the Bronx
- Celebrate Lunar New Year at Chinatown
- Build a snow man!
