2 January 2013
Boston, MA and Newport, RI
This is Kyle again, I have returned to write another blog about my trip to the East Coast. Laura and I had an awesome time on New Years and New Years day. We woke up early this morning in preparation for our trip to Boston and rushed to Kinkos so we could print our bus tickets. We hauled our stuff quickly to Chinatown and hopped on the Fung-Wah bus. Laura and I slept on and off throughout the ride and finally arrived in Boston 4 hours later. We quickly departed the bus station and headed directly to the Sam Adam's brewery. On the way we saw Kady's street!
We got there just in time for the tasting session of their final tour of the day! The beer was so fresh and amazing! We met up with some of Laura's friends who were also in Boston (the same ones we met up with on New Year's Eve-Day).
We headed over to the local pub called Doyles that gives away the signature Sam Adams glasses and had a light dinner with our beer. The pub was a pretty far walk from the brewery but we made the trek with all our stuff! Laura and I split some onion rings that were beer battered and we all got Sam Adams beers.
Just as we left the bar, Laura got a call on her cell phone from Illinois. She thought it was odd (I did too) but we answered anyway and it turned out to be ZipCar. Apparently the car I had reserved had a dead battery, so they replaced the car for me and told me where I could pick it up. On top of that, they realized I booked it for an hourly rate instead of a daily rate and changed it to a daily rate, which saved be $250.00! Right on! We collected our things and began an epic journey back to the city. We walked what seemed like a couple miles to Laura's friend's bed and breakfast they were staying at so we could drop off our things. It was really cold outside so we warmed up for a few minutes, then went back out to brave the wilderness to go to dinner in downtown. I was carrying a travel suitcase and backpack, and it was already 7 PM, so I was pretty tired.
Laura called her friend Ashley to meet us for dinner in Boston. We met up with her and her boyfriend Jon at a Taiwanese restaurant downtown and had a crazy feast. Laura's friends Eric and Lily both spoke Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) so they ordered for the whole table. The food was great! Myself, Laura, Ashley, and her boyfriend broke off from the rest of the pack to get cannoli's from a popular bakery in town called Mikes. Laura was in heaven! After Mikes we took the train back to over to Cambridge with Ashley and Jon. They got off the train before us and we kept going a few stops more to where our ZipCar was parked. When we got to Harvard Square, we had to look for our ZipCar for a little bit but finally found it. It was in a parking garage under a hotel. Our car's name was Capers! This began our journey to Newport, Rhode Island. It was nice driving the Honda Civic around since a) it was an automatic and b) it drove way smoother than my VW Lupo.
Laura and I arrived in Newport at around midnight and checked into our room. It was huge! Laura talked to her family for a bit and we ate cannoles until we were too tired to stay awake. Tomorrow we are planning to do some sightseeing and seafood eating, so I am sure it will be action packed as always!
⚓ Kyle
Boston, MA and Newport, RI
This is Kyle again, I have returned to write another blog about my trip to the East Coast. Laura and I had an awesome time on New Years and New Years day. We woke up early this morning in preparation for our trip to Boston and rushed to Kinkos so we could print our bus tickets. We hauled our stuff quickly to Chinatown and hopped on the Fung-Wah bus. Laura and I slept on and off throughout the ride and finally arrived in Boston 4 hours later. We quickly departed the bus station and headed directly to the Sam Adam's brewery. On the way we saw Kady's street!
We got there just in time for the tasting session of their final tour of the day! The beer was so fresh and amazing! We met up with some of Laura's friends who were also in Boston (the same ones we met up with on New Year's Eve-Day).
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| Lily, Laura, Me, Alexian and Eric at Sam Adams! |
We headed over to the local pub called Doyles that gives away the signature Sam Adams glasses and had a light dinner with our beer. The pub was a pretty far walk from the brewery but we made the trek with all our stuff! Laura and I split some onion rings that were beer battered and we all got Sam Adams beers.
Just as we left the bar, Laura got a call on her cell phone from Illinois. She thought it was odd (I did too) but we answered anyway and it turned out to be ZipCar. Apparently the car I had reserved had a dead battery, so they replaced the car for me and told me where I could pick it up. On top of that, they realized I booked it for an hourly rate instead of a daily rate and changed it to a daily rate, which saved be $250.00! Right on! We collected our things and began an epic journey back to the city. We walked what seemed like a couple miles to Laura's friend's bed and breakfast they were staying at so we could drop off our things. It was really cold outside so we warmed up for a few minutes, then went back out to brave the wilderness to go to dinner in downtown. I was carrying a travel suitcase and backpack, and it was already 7 PM, so I was pretty tired.
Laura called her friend Ashley to meet us for dinner in Boston. We met up with her and her boyfriend Jon at a Taiwanese restaurant downtown and had a crazy feast. Laura's friends Eric and Lily both spoke Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) so they ordered for the whole table. The food was great! Myself, Laura, Ashley, and her boyfriend broke off from the rest of the pack to get cannoli's from a popular bakery in town called Mikes. Laura was in heaven! After Mikes we took the train back to over to Cambridge with Ashley and Jon. They got off the train before us and we kept going a few stops more to where our ZipCar was parked. When we got to Harvard Square, we had to look for our ZipCar for a little bit but finally found it. It was in a parking garage under a hotel. Our car's name was Capers! This began our journey to Newport, Rhode Island. It was nice driving the Honda Civic around since a) it was an automatic and b) it drove way smoother than my VW Lupo.
Laura and I arrived in Newport at around midnight and checked into our room. It was huge! Laura talked to her family for a bit and we ate cannoles until we were too tired to stay awake. Tomorrow we are planning to do some sightseeing and seafood eating, so I am sure it will be action packed as always!
⚓ Kyle
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