A few weeks ago, Rob and I visited Boston for his dental school interview. We visited a few schools - Harvard, MIT, and Tufts.Despite the fact that Boston is so close to me, it was my first visit. Boston was a friendlier, and
much smaller version of New York City. My first impression of Harvard was that it isn't what it is cracked up to be. It wasn't as beautiful as I had imagined it. However, the campus town surrounding it was trendy and entertaining.We did the typical tourists things. Rob ate a lobster a day. We ordered New England clam chowder whenever we can.
On the other hand, we visited Rob's cousin - Derek, a freshman MIT student, who needs rest or drugs. We also went to ice skate in a park that resembles a mini version of Central Park. The entire city was New York and San Francisco slapped together and thrown into snow.Most interestingly, we randomly walked into a restaurant called, "Dick's Last Resort." The theme of the restaurant is ridicule and horrendous service. For examples, customers had dozens of balloons tied to their long hair; slow or no service; utensils and entrees thrown at you, etc. Worst of all,
we STILL had to pay 15% tips!Because we flew there, our trip was by foot or public transportation. When we walked, we often got lost. Their idea of a train is a bus inside a tunnel. We unintentionally visited all of their landmarks.
At last, we ended the trip with a show to the Blue Man Group. We have seen it before, but we couldn't help ourselves when the student discount (I saved my student IDs!) was almost 1/4 of what we had paid in New York. Looking back, that night in New York was the most romantic date that we have had.
