BOSTON! the long entry (Part II)
So we stayed in Ben and Jerry's for awhile, partially to have our drinks, and I'm sure partially because of the AC. Before long it was time to move on and we decided to ditch Newbury Street and go check out Boston Common, or, if I'm completely mistaken, whatever the nearby park was.
Luckily we found some shade near the swanboat lake (but they were NOT the pedal-it-yourself swanboats-- more like a boat that could hold a bunch of people with some poor soul sitting on the swan on the back of the boat, pedaling the whole thing by himself. And it didn't look like too comfortable of a job! O_o;;) so we sat down there for awhile. I took pictures of the nearby trees and the ducks (both of which look nice with the black and white film) and we saw some lady try petting this super-unafraid squirrel that was roaming around. We wandered around a bit (it wasn't a very big park) and stood around on the bridge for a few minutes before deciding to head back.
Now, I don't think any of us were paying too much attention to the time. I wasn't. Walking back from the Lucy Parsons Center, we had tentatively figured on taking the 4:50pm train back home. Our only other semi-early option was the 6:57pm train, but what would we do with the rest of that time? If we had decided on that earlier, we could have taken the T to Chinatown or something, but eh. We were kinda planning to go to the Cheesecake Factory back in P Place anyway, so leaving around 5 would be just right.
Heh, SO. . .
On our way out of the park, we came across some uh, "interesting" statue/fountain things. One was okay, it was just a moutain lion or something attacking a snake (haha, I don't remember. . .and I do have the picture but I'm too lazy to go check it) but the other was, well. . .let's just say it could be highly misconstrued. :p At first I was like "I am *not* taking a picture of that!" but no sooner had we walked away a few steps did I change my mind. So we went back, and I got a picture (which came out alright, but I should have gotten closer and gotten a slightly different angle. . .maybe if there hadn't been so many people around, haha) and life was good. We continued heading back towards Back Bay. . .
. . .when it came to my attention that was already 4:40, so we only had 10 minutes to get there. We were relatively close to the station, but would we be able to make it?
It was a valiant effort, but thanks to being thwarted by almost every traffic light, we got to the platform doors *just* as the train was pulling away. Now what? The next train wasn't for another two hours!
As usual, I had been hoping to use the bathroom before we left, but abandoned that idea so we could rush right to the train. Since that had fallen through, we headed back to the Starbucks we had gone to that morning for the bathroom and for more drinks. We just sat and talked for awhile and then decided to spend the last hour or so in this small grassy area in front of Trinity Church. We sat down by the fountain where I managed to sit in some random sticky substance. Go me! I think it was also around this time that I started to feel tired-- damn 7am waking time-- or maybe it was just the result of random toxins seeping into my body cuz I was dangling my feet in the water. With everything else floating in there, I wouldn't be surprised! hehe
And sadly, I had run out of pictures at this point because we came across a bunch more random/amusing things during our last hour. Well, maybe the lady will still be there next time we go, curled up on her side, hehe.
We left the fountain awhile before the train was scheduled to arrive, so we had more time to just sit around in the station. Besides almost getting on an Amtrak train heading to NY, there were no problems. I still wonder where that guy was headed, cuz if he was hoping for Providence, he was gonna be in for quite a surprise. o_o
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Gah, as much as I hate to do this, I think this is gonna have to be a 3 part entry! I need to shower and otherwise get ready for work, so that's about all I can say for now.
Luckily we found some shade near the swanboat lake (but they were NOT the pedal-it-yourself swanboats-- more like a boat that could hold a bunch of people with some poor soul sitting on the swan on the back of the boat, pedaling the whole thing by himself. And it didn't look like too comfortable of a job! O_o;;) so we sat down there for awhile. I took pictures of the nearby trees and the ducks (both of which look nice with the black and white film) and we saw some lady try petting this super-unafraid squirrel that was roaming around. We wandered around a bit (it wasn't a very big park) and stood around on the bridge for a few minutes before deciding to head back.
Now, I don't think any of us were paying too much attention to the time. I wasn't. Walking back from the Lucy Parsons Center, we had tentatively figured on taking the 4:50pm train back home. Our only other semi-early option was the 6:57pm train, but what would we do with the rest of that time? If we had decided on that earlier, we could have taken the T to Chinatown or something, but eh. We were kinda planning to go to the Cheesecake Factory back in P Place anyway, so leaving around 5 would be just right.
Heh, SO. . .
On our way out of the park, we came across some uh, "interesting" statue/fountain things. One was okay, it was just a moutain lion or something attacking a snake (haha, I don't remember. . .and I do have the picture but I'm too lazy to go check it) but the other was, well. . .let's just say it could be highly misconstrued. :p At first I was like "I am *not* taking a picture of that!" but no sooner had we walked away a few steps did I change my mind. So we went back, and I got a picture (which came out alright, but I should have gotten closer and gotten a slightly different angle. . .maybe if there hadn't been so many people around, haha) and life was good. We continued heading back towards Back Bay. . .
. . .when it came to my attention that was already 4:40, so we only had 10 minutes to get there. We were relatively close to the station, but would we be able to make it?
It was a valiant effort, but thanks to being thwarted by almost every traffic light, we got to the platform doors *just* as the train was pulling away. Now what? The next train wasn't for another two hours!
As usual, I had been hoping to use the bathroom before we left, but abandoned that idea so we could rush right to the train. Since that had fallen through, we headed back to the Starbucks we had gone to that morning for the bathroom and for more drinks. We just sat and talked for awhile and then decided to spend the last hour or so in this small grassy area in front of Trinity Church. We sat down by the fountain where I managed to sit in some random sticky substance. Go me! I think it was also around this time that I started to feel tired-- damn 7am waking time-- or maybe it was just the result of random toxins seeping into my body cuz I was dangling my feet in the water. With everything else floating in there, I wouldn't be surprised! hehe
And sadly, I had run out of pictures at this point because we came across a bunch more random/amusing things during our last hour. Well, maybe the lady will still be there next time we go, curled up on her side, hehe.
We left the fountain awhile before the train was scheduled to arrive, so we had more time to just sit around in the station. Besides almost getting on an Amtrak train heading to NY, there were no problems. I still wonder where that guy was headed, cuz if he was hoping for Providence, he was gonna be in for quite a surprise. o_o
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Gah, as much as I hate to do this, I think this is gonna have to be a 3 part entry! I need to shower and otherwise get ready for work, so that's about all I can say for now.
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