The first half of the day was spent walking around Bruges, Belgium some more. I think the city was kind of boring, honestly. In the afternoon, I took the under two hour Thalys high-speed train to Paris (in addition to a 1 hour connection to Brussels). I had the same problem buying subway tickets again: …
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Day 11 – Belgium
Brussels Last night I arrived on the EuroStar, which was a smooth, fast ride. Another time zone change too. I’m now six hours ahead of Eastern Time. My first observations: no public drinking fountains and you have to pay to use bathrooms. I tried to buy a subway ticket with my credit card, but it …
Day 10 – Cambridge / London
Spent the night in Cambridge and had a nice breakfast at the hostel in the morning. Then I walked around the town for a few hours and saw some of the famous university. Then I took a bus back to London, and free Wi-Fi again (this time it worked). Afterwards I walked around a few …
Day 9 – London
Right now I’m in a National Express bus heading to Cambridge, England and using their free onboard Wi-Fi (only worked for a few minutes though). I’m going to visit the original Cambridge, since I visited Cambridge, MA a few days ago. Today I went to the British Library (saw such things as the Magna Carta …
Day 8 – London
Today was spent mostly at the British Museum, and also quicker stops at Library and Museum of Freemasonry and Tate Modern. This morning there was a free breakfast at the hostel. I had a bowl of cereal and some toast with Marmite on it. That Marmite tastes horrible and I couldn’t even eat it, so …
Day 7 – London
The flight was delayed an hour, so it was a little longer than it was supposed to be. Air India has received bad reviews, but I think everything went smoothly for me. They gave everyone pillows and blankets and quite a bit of food. There were a lot of empty seats, and what were left …
Day 6 – New York
Being the last day in the city, I furiously tried to visit every major sight remaining. After checking out of my room, I went to, the unfinished Cathedral of St. John, General Grant’s Tomb, New York Public Library, Grand Central Station, Cleopatra’s Needle (Egyptian Obelisk), Empire State Building, Chinatown, Wall St, New York Stock Exchange, …
Day 5 – New York
Woke up at 6AM and rushed to get in line for Saturday Night Live tickets. Unfortunately, there was construction on the subway and it made me change my route. There were hundreds of people already in line when I got there, some there most of the night. I did get a ticket though! I headed …
Day 4 – New York
Early in the morning, I headed to the bus station to catch a crazy Chinatown bus from Boston to New York. Half the price of Greyhound, but they have a worse safety record. Four and a half hours later (having this computer makes time fly) I was dropped off in the middle of NYC’s Chinatown. …
Day 3 – Boston
The rain stopped today and even got some sunshine in Boston today. I think I’ll throw my coat into the garbage now. Today I walked to the MIT campus and looked around. I then continued to walk to Harvard University. I ate a buffet lunch at India Castle in Cambridge, which was really good. The …