Boston, Boston Massachusetts.

Boston was awesome. I absolutely loved Boston. It was so green and there is so much history. During our time in Boston we found our way to Harvard (it may be my extreme bias for UQ, but I think it's more beautiful). But Harvard was so GREEN. Everywhere in the USA and UK have been so GREEN. The grass really is greener on the other side.
We'd hired a car and Ri insisted that we drive past MIT.
In Boston we mostly walked around, following the Freedom trial. We know so much more about American history than we do our own! This was proved when we had dinner at a pub in Boston called the Black Rose. On the place mats there was a story, the exact details escape me, about how 9 men in the UK where saved from execution and set to Australia instead and how one of them went on to become prime minister of Australia around 1860. We sat there going... Ummmmm I don't think thats even possible. 1901? But who ruled before then. I have no clue.

How embarrassing.


























The last two photos are us in Washington. We went for a walk at night, and with the lights and the water it is so very beautiful. And thats me looking at the hope diamond.

Location - Boston

The photo is of Henri at the Jefferson memorial- Washington DC.


We spent 4 days at Washington DC and I think it has to be my favourite US city. We spent two days in the Smithsonian museums. I have a photo of me looking at the hope diamond that I'll have to put up, my whole face is just lit up. Ri said he'll buy it for me when it comes on sale.
I bought a book at the American history museum on ... American history called "The lies my teacher told me." I like it because it balanced out all the really over the top patriotic propagander that is everywhere. The American's have done alot of impressive things, but it's exhausting to read all the exhibits that say they did it on their own.

But I digress, on the whole Washington is a beautiful city. This morning we got up early (our flight was to be at 12:30) to visit the Library of Congress at 8:30, which was pretty amazing. We saw a 550 year old bible. That had been printed using a printing press. It was quite awe inspiring. Well for me. I'm partial to the written word.

We got to the Ronald Reagan Internation Airport just after 10am. So plenty of time!

If we had been at the right airport. Turns out we needed to be at an airport that was over 45 minutes away, so we missed our flight!

We had to pay an extra $150 for tickets on a 5pm flight.

Luckily Ri tried to get us into the gold standard (or whatever) lounge, and instead of letting us in they got us on a 2:30pm flight, which ended up getting to Boston at around the same time as our original flight, which had a lay over in Newark.

Our bag ended up on the 5pm flight, and it's yet to be delivered to our hotel.

Location - Washington DC

Hi all. Tori here. We are currently in Washington DC. And-It-Is-Hot. And sunny. (The cloudy photo was taken yesterday when we walked to Capital Hill - that shot was taken just before it poured down raining) Today we spent the day walking around with the goal to see the monuments today. I love Washington! I think it's my favourite US city so far (we really only have Boston left, before heading back to New York - bluh - and then we are off to the UK!). I love the lay out of Washington, it's all so open, with water everywhere.
Since I last blogged, we have spent four full days at Disneyworld parks, and two days in Montreal. After my time in New York I thought that I was in for a disaster of a trip - the city I was looking forward to the most was completely average and did not move me at all - but that's another blog/rant, which Ri should be writing (I can't blame his lack of motivation considering the subject).
Disneyworld was awesome. We spent 12 hours a day easy at one of four parks (Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Disney and The Magic Kingdom) or at Downtown Disney. And I loved everything about it! We stayed at the cheapest of the resorts, but it still came with all the perks of staying at a resort (like extra Disney hours). I cannot wait to go back. It was my fourth Disney theme park, if I go to the Disneyland in Hong Kong I'll have been to all the Disney parks in the world!

From Disneyworld we flew up to Montreal. Which I loved. It was charming! Nice weather just to walk around. We made our way down town, to the river, found that we were walking down a really... how should I put this?... Rainbow St. Lots of Rainbow flags, certain kinds of nightclubs, I couldn't help but laugh as Ri had spent the day trying to walk that little bit slower, but as we walked down this street he had started to speed up a little bit... it was the posters on the sides of the nightclubs, they were... they left nothing to the imagination.
We walked across a bridge to an island where there was a 'biosphere' - which was closed, but the abundance of ground squirrels made up for that! So Fat. So Cute!!

I need to add more of the pics we've taken of Henri!

Please Excuse my spelling! Or phrasing! I usually post at midnight!

:) T