Best of Boston...

I just had one of the best weekends I've had since I;ve been here! Definitly in the top five!

On friday at about 10am I took the bus for the tedious 5 hour drive to Boston. It was bearable because I drifted in and out of sleep. The worst part was the old woman across from me who was disturbingly plucking her chin hair during most of the trip...eeewwww. SO glad she didn't sit next to me!
I got to Boston about 3pm and met my aussie friend Allysha. I stayed the night at her place, and her lovely host mom took us out to 'Outback Steakhouse' which is an Aussie themed restaurant. The food wasn't particularly aussie but the room was all themed with stereotypical aussie stuff. But the food was utterly amazing! I swear it was the best food I've had since I've been here...tenderloins, chips and sweet potato. YUMMMMMY! And cheap too.

The next day Allysha and I made our way into Boston and started off at the Prudential Centre...one of the tallest buildings in the city. We were planning on going up the top to the skywalk to see the view of the city, but it was too foggy. That was the start of the bad weather! It rained allll day long, was freezing cold and to top it off my umbrella died :( But that didn't spoil the fun. After the Prudential Centre we made out way into town to Quincy Markets and Fanueil Hall. Not that I've ever been but Boston looks like how I imagine England would. The area of Quincy Markets was all cobblestoned paths, old lamp posts, and a real market place/little village feel. I loved it! Fanueil Hall was quiet small and just had some small mainly souvinear stores inside. Quincy markeys were very old, and was basically a food court. A long hall with food stalls every side, especially alot of seafood which Boston is famous for, being right on the coast. I had fish and chips and it was delicious - eating out is quiet nice here, especially considering the food at the supermarkets is never good. Allysha and I wanted to go for a walk but it was just to wet and cold and miserable to be able to go anywhere, so we just explored the shops while waited to catch up with AJ & Casey. The girls had been to Fenway Park in the morning, but Allysha and I didn't make it (next time!!) and once we all met up we went exploring in Chinatown. Nothing at all there (worst chinatown ever!!) so we went to get dinner and have a chat/catch up.
Casey and Allysha went back to Allysha's and AJ & I stayed at our hostel. It was quiet a nice hostel actually, and we met an Aussie that had been living for London for a few years, but was now backpacking America!

The next morning we all met up at the subway (the Boston subway is much cleanier/easier/overall better then NY's) to take it to Harvard College! We did some more shopping before our tour started. It was a very large group maybe 50 or more people, and two tour guides. You could tell they had done it so many times, everything was memorized with these fake cheery voices, but we still learnt alot. The architecture was great, but it wasn't really what I imagined. Then again it was a Saturday and so there wasn't exactly students milling around. It was on a very large plot of land, and everything was so lovely and quaint.

After Harvard, we went back to Quincy markets and I tried some clam chowder (a famous food from Boston). It was like a really thick soup and it was nice but I wouldn't order it again. I had some yummy gelato too - so relieving to find good food! We met some sailors after that! And just explored the shops around.

I didn't get to do alot of the things I wanted to because of the rain - Beacon Hill, Freedom Trail, Public Gardens and Fenway Park - but I want to go back so its okay. Next time I'll go in the later Spring or summer, would be much nicer. The best part though was spending time with the girls - we had so much fun, and they are such good travel buddies!!

One of the best weekends so far!