Went to see good ole' Bean Town and New England this past weekend with Sara!
Our 5 1/2 hour bus ride from ChinaTown was an experience. We took the Fung-Wah bus for 5 1/2 hours to Boston (should have only taken 4 hours), with a screaming baby. To try and shut it up, the parents proceeded to not only change it's poopy diaper on the full, hot bus (which we all then had the pleasure of smelling) but also attempted music therapy in the form of a squeaky dog toy and a stereo blasting their horrible "China Buffet"-esque music (which we all had the pleasure of hearing). But that's what you get for $15, right?
The great news is that in New Hampshire where we stayed, they have really cheap, tax-free alcohol so we stocked up and enjoyed the weekend! Boston was a blast, with the graves of Sam Adams and Paul Revere, the old "first" everythings from public schools to restaurants. I even got to change my first tire all by myself when we got a flat outside of the city looking for a restroom. Needless to say, the flat tire prevented us finding one...you do the math.
The next day we went to Portsmouth, NH to see the beautiful beach-side town and had a delicious lunch followed by a few homemade cocktails on the shore. Then it was back home for game night; aka. drunk Monopoly which I lost miserably even though I bought tons of hotels on Baltic Avenue. Shame!
Then we traveled home on the Boston Deluxe, alcohol in tow to our lovely apartment beds.
A great weekend in all! It made me miss home :)
