Boston or Bust!

To further celebrate being done with Phase I me and a few girlfriends from school took a road trip to Boston.

We took off on the 18th and stopped for the night in NYC.  It was a nice way to break up the 8 hour drive to Boston.  We didn't have time to do too much in NYC so we went to Times Square and to a tasty Cuban restaurant in Chelsea called the Cuban Cafe, they had fantastic mojitos.

Mmmm... Strawberry Mojito!

Day two of our trip we hopped back in the car and headed to Boston.  This was my first visit to Massachusettes, and let me tell you, it's a great place to go in the summer.  The weather was so nice and cool.  I loved Boston, it was beautiful, clean, cool, and felt much smaller than it is in reality.  The day we arrived we settled into the hotel, had some dinner (Clam chowder and Chocolate Fondue), and headed out on our sunset harbor cruise.

Boston Harbor, In front of the Aquarium

Lobster Hat...Haha

Boston Harbor Cruise

Some of my favorite stories from the harbor cruise include the story of the Boston Molassacre (or molasses disaster), google it, it's quite interesting, and the stories about the U.S.S. Constitution.  After the harbor cruise we sought out the Bell in Hand Tavern, the OLDEST pub in the US.  It was established in 1795.

Bell In Hand

Blue Moons at the Bell in Hand

Day two we headed out for our 'wicked awesome' segway tour.  Although Lauren may disagree about the awesome part.  But we spent two hours cruising around the harbor. 

Segway Adventure

We were wicked hungry after our long morning so after the segways we headed to the closest patio at Tia's, which lucky for me they happened to have $13 Lobster lunch.  After lunch we explored the glory of Fanneuil Hall.  I wish I had understood exactly what that had meant, it was so amazing I may have sacrificed the Lobster for the food extravaganza that waited inside.  It is essentially a food pavillion with any kind of food you could hope to find, Seafood, Greek, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Ice Cream, Smoothies, Pastries, Candy, etc.  It was amazing and overwhelming, the gelato shop didn't have any chocolate so I settled on a M & M cookie sandwich.  YUM!

Please notice the Glint in my eye :)

What could possibly be great enough to follow Lobster and a M & M Cookie Sandwich?

Pedi's!!!!

After our relaxing afternoon, we headed to dinner with some of Lauren's friends.  Before heading out on our Boston Duck Tour.  The duck tour took us around the North End and up the Charle's River.  Some of the highlights: The Old North Church, MIT, Mass Gen.

Quack, Quack, Quack!!!

Now as if this day wasn't long enough, we spent the rest of our evening meeting Baker #3, Lauren's sister is the banquet director of the hotel we were staying out, so we got to know Jaime B. a bit.  Then at last it was time for bed!

The following morning we met Jaime for breakfast at the Hyatt.  If you want an Amazing view for breakfast in Boston, you have to check it out.  The view is amazing, you can see the entire Boston Skyline.  It was quiet and cool, right on the water, and the food was great too.

The View

Our last event before leaving Boston was a trip to the famous Ether Dome at Massachusettes General Hospital.  This is the site where the first anesthetic was administered in 1846, ether was used to effectively anesthetize a patient while a submandibular tumor was removed.  I know, maybe not that exciting to you, but I really enjoyed it alot.  It was actually a highlight of the trip.

This is the Ether Dome, Heyni is sitting in Dr. Morton's Seat!

After this we went shopping, on our way to Lauren's parents house.  We also stopped at a local farm and indulged in a little homemade ice cream, while watching it rain.  Before heading out to vampire territory...  On the way we went through Sterling Virginia, where Mary Had a Little Lamb.  We spent the rest of our vacation with Lauren's family, relaxing by the pool, playing games, and of course watching The Exterminators.  We had a wonderful time!

Homemade Ice Cream!