Last day..

So:
Walking around a graveyard, not creepy.
Looking at a memorial for people whom have been the victims of humanity at its worst, again, not so creepy.
The fact that my English teacher didn't care that the memorial was a huuuge spoiler for the Crucible, kinda creepy.
Salem is a pretty cool place that apparently enjoys Halloween 12 months of the year, not much to complain about there. However, the vast amount of museums there are tedious, especially since we ended up visiting one of them; the Peabody Essex. Which really wasn't that bad, nice primary sources of the cultures around the world, and many of the historic pieces really were more art than function. I kinda liked it.
I was very disappointed that the Egyptian/Cleopatra part of the museum was closed.
Soon after we left the museum we went to a small Deli, which was really more trouble than it was really worth, and then we trailed up to both the 'Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie' (the oldest candy shop in America), and the Seven Gable House.
We drove a bit more, and I caught up with a bit more sleep, and I found myself eating Lobster.
Now I honestly remember eating lobster as a small child and loving it, however I don't think I've disliked anything so much. Ever...Maybe it was the way it was made, who knows. This was followed by some refreshing ice cream, it ended up being more yummy than expected.
As the last act in the trip we went and saw a comedy; Sheer Madness. A play that had way to many puns and pop culture references but in the end the wittiness of the play ended up being worth it; having different endings that would occur depending on the audience.

The third day.

Today was a day for colleges. We visited both Boston University and Harvard, though with Harvard we merely walked around and were told facts about particular aspects of it, the reasoning for Harvard shutting off the pipeline to its original pump and the Sculpture of 'Harvard', commonly known as the statue of three lies. This is due to its inscription of

"John Harvard
Founder
1678"

The three lies being: Harvard University was not founded in 1638, John Harvard did not found it, and the person posing is not John Harvard; but one of the senior students whom was a descendant from a president, but because the presidents last name sounded very much like 'whore' the university did not name one of the houses after him, to placate the family they offered to have the student pose for the sculpture.

Unlike with BU, I was impressed by the campus of Harvard, and was very much disappointed when I realized we would not be receiving a real tour.

Lunch for the day was an all you can eat Indian buffet, it took us a while to get there and find it, but it was absolutely worth it.

Later that day we circled the Waldon Pond and visited Henry David Thoreau's shack and original home site. Although he was living on his friends land and in absolute poverdy in the sense of cash and standing in the world, to say that he was a poor man would be absolutly incorrect. Waldon Pond, and the areas surrounding it is abosultly gorgous, the land is lushus and fertal and there is a sence of calmality and peace that eminates from the area that is wonderful.

The long long day.

While on the bus Steve the tour-guild explained about how a few buildings had been cult in half to create more space for greenland, he talked about the now finished 10 year, 3 billion dollar, project to create underground tunnels beneath Boston.

We later visited Fenway Park, where in Steve (another tour-guild by the same name) explained the history of the Baseball field, mentioning at lest half a dozen times the history and size of the Green Monster; it was build to keep baseballs from breaking things across the street as well as making sure that people didn't get to watch the game for free.

Later we went on the Freedom trail, I made sure that I stayed exactly on the two bricks (mostly) of course. The view above was that of the beach, as we went towards it, we passed by a beautiful cemetery, stopped there long enough to sit down for 3/4ths of a minute and then leave again.

We then went to the Quincy Market and later received a tour of the Boston College grounds, the tour was most impressive and I found their silent library to be enchanting, as well as the overall environment and building style; everything seemed elegant, beautiful, and clean. Departing, we went to go see the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship still floating. The security there was extremely heavy, and the most I and two of my friends did was poke around and ask the Navy Officer questions about his job and what he did. He followed our questions with answers of his own, explaining how the longer you stay, the better jobs you receive and the more you come in with the better the chances of you getting an enjoyable job is. He also mentioned how the Navy is pretty much the least in-shape out of all of the US forces.

Unfortunately, we continued from one large boat to another (although on the bright side we were given enough time to explore the World Trade Center, something I've always wanted to do), and we wounded up on the Spirit Cruises. This was horrendous for me, though for most people the main reason for their seasickness is the rocking motion, for me it is that and just the movement; its pretty much if not worse than driving in the back seat of a car, especially since one really cant pull over and stop.

Despite this, I managed to have fun after dinner and dance on the dance floor with a group of non sober adults. Awesome.

The Flight.

The flight was uneventful. Definitely long, but not nearly as long as those that I'm used to going on which are upwards of 21-24 hours, but it was not something I particularly enjoyed. It had no outstanding events.

Once we arrived we bussed immediately to restaurant, where I enjoyed a Caesar salad and later the outside mall that was nearby. Boston at night is gorgeous, much different than San Francis, as it is calmer and much more elegant. Subtle. I am particularly attracted to the cobblestone and brick buildings and pavement which have a sense of dignity and history to them that I find very appealing.

The week or so before...

Well it's the second day into the trip and I've finally got the assignment sheet, so I can begin blogging about my experience with an idea of what say. Unfortunately the week before the trip I was feeling unwell and extremely exhausted and thus missed out on the last few days of school on The Marin School's campus, the reasoning to why I have just received the assignment now.

The main concerns that I had, and still have before the flight consisted of finishing my English assignment (as well as understanding and coming up with an idea for it) and whether or not the trip would be enjoyable, since this is my first year at TMS and I am not yet familiar with many students.

I looked forward to seeing the architecture and setting of boston, as well hearing the accents, just because I think they are awesome,and getting a feel for the general populations attitude.