Broke but bliss in Boston and mystified by manhattan!

A small travelogue of my sojourn I write,
On this tuesday not so bright!
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19th Nov 2005
Cab comes in 10 mins early.....Now i was expecting it to come late.Anyways so off to the airport in Bloomington.
Wonderful flight delay.Why?
Pilot couldn't recieve any contact from the airport terminal and this he explained to the passengers.A good way to boost our morale and ask us to wait patiently.......
Landing at Chicago.
Caffeine at Starbucks.One good thing I love about Amrika....Starbucks......
And yes yet again this flight delayed too.
Didn't have anything to do.Called a friend.Got yelled at the next day.Forgot the time difference.Nevermind.Had a good chat with my sweet little sister across the seas and she didn't yell!That was fun.Made plans for next month.One month and I shall be home.Oh Home sweet home!
Met a lady in flight.An Indian physicist's wife.Was fun talking about 'mein Vaterland : Germany.'
12:30 pm ....Safe landing at Boston Logan International Airport.
Baggage not delayed, friend was on time at the airport to recieve me.
Fun time begins!
A few bus rides and train stops and then some more walking and we finally reached North Eastern University.
Met one of the most noble characters I've ever met in life.
A guitarist, a mechanical engineer, a volunteer for the science museum, an artist and yes my nick name for him....;Mean Mallu...Though there wasn't a mean bone in his body.
My friend's boyfriend is really a sweet guy.Good company with him and his roomies.Walked around Prudential Centre and the First Church.
Tried hard to shop at Dolce and Gabbana,H & M, and such like...... but couldn't spend a buck! Why? I don't know.
Evening met an old college friend who was a hilarious entertainer for the whole gang as usual.Calzone, Pizzas and Tiramisu at Bertucci (A recommendation for anyone who wants amazing food)
Good food ; truffles for desert and yes a good nights' sleep to end the day.
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20th Nov 2005
Missed the bus.Friend sees the wrong schedule.So compensation.........cappucino at Starbucks.
Hmmmm now wide awake and waiting for the bus.Talking about love life and the topic never ends.
Reached no conclusions.Bus ride ends and we reach downtown Boston.
Went for dinner cum lunch (since it was already 4:30 pm). Again an Italian place.....Cafe Pompeii. One helluva romantic place.White furnishings and blue soothing lights.The night was chilly and the coats kept us warm but what really hightened some of our spirits were the Chocolate martinis.I didn't have any.Don't know why!
A drive over to Harvard University in Cambridge.'Ivy League' they call it and I think that's an understatement.Just the walls could inspire a dudd to study hard.BEAUTIFUL. is all I can sum it to be!
Because no words can measure what that one moment of bliss was!
Ride back home....ofcourse no buses or trains.A nice ride in a Camry.
My friend and I couldn't talk anymore so in no time....we were dozing off.
SONG OF THE DAY : Jaise tu by a pakistani pop group from the album Daira........melodious.
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Last day in Boston
21 st Nov 2005
Boston Commons. Beautiful Monday morning.
Lunch at P.F.Changs.All for the great wall of chocolate.A delicious desert we get at P.F.Changs.
Yummy food coupled with peals of laughter.Good times.And then we had to run to South Station so I could catch atleast the three o clock bus to New York! ( Had already postponed my departure from 1 to 2 and then from 2 to 3 pm.)
Arrival in New York was very eventful.
Got out at Chrystie Street in China Town and had to find Port Authority.
To my luck a man gave me wrong directions.So off I went by the wrong train to downtown NYC.While purchasing a single ride ticket I had unwilling conversations with a bunch of kids who were trying to sell me some cigarettes.I don't know why!
Got out at 34th Street and asked a cop for directions and he told me something completely opposite of what that man had said.So for a moment i wanted to ask him...
" Hey are you kidding me?" anyways thought in the interest of the country's security I should believe the cop rather than the man and finally found my way.
Nevertheless had this episode with the cab i hired. Hmmmmm one dude from Pakistan.Trying to be extra friendly,Asking me to hang out with him sometime..."I'll take you around he said" I was baffled at his cheek.I hated every moment i was in that cab.So i just punched in the fare through the window and vanished into the crowds at Port authority bus terminal.
3 mintues left for the bus to depart and I still didn't have a ticket.
Ran to get the bus.As though it had been waiting only for me.Got a seat way back in the bus!
Approximately 9:30 pm ...Bus breaks down.
Viola!!!!!!!!!!! what more could go wrong?????? I was just laughing to my heart's content.
When in misery Smile. It makes you go that extra mile!
It took another half an hour for everyone to get transfered to another bus and finally make it to 76 Tappan House.
Goodness Garcious............Was i tired, or was I tired?
Had a simple meal of Dal , Chawal and enjoyed the last bits of MADAGASCAR, a laugh riot!
Slept........in the cold, cold confines of my quilt!
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AND NOW THE FAMILY FUN BEGINS.
At the moment # of people in the house : 8
By the evening it will be :10
By tomorrow (expected arrivals) total # will be : 14
And Wednesday night will be Full House : 22 !!!!!!!!!!!