Archive for June, 2008

After a rousing breakfast at Finagle a Bagel (yes, it is possibly the stupidest name for a food outlet I’ve ever come across, but they do a mean bacon and egg bagel so I’ll forgive them) I hit the subway and shuttle bus out to the John F. Kennedy museum. I’ve always been fascinated by that period of history and JFK in particular so I was expecting good things, and I wasn’t disappointed. Some really interesting stuff on his early life and election to president, Bay of Pigs, space race etc, as well as significant sections on Jackie and Robert Kennedy as well.

So after another exciting expedition on the Bolt Bus I arrived in Boston and found the hostel without drama – always a good thing. Checked in and with guide book in hand I headed off downtown to see what there was to see. The Public Garden and Boston Common, apparently, according to the photos on my camera at least.

IMG_1847 So I arrived in New York safe and sound – a bit later than expected due to the gridlock on the highway but really, like I was in a hurry. Found the hotel I was staying at, the Chelsea Star on 30th & 8th (which I can recommend if you’re looking for somewhere cheap and central in NYC, by the way – around $100 USD or less a night for a room with a shared bathroom. Clean, bug free and walking distance to everywhere. Oh, and free wireless for when your laptop isn’t broken. Hard to argue really, when anywhere else is twice the price or more).

Well the inevitable has happened when it comes to computers … the hard drive in my trusty old laptop seems to have given up the ghost. Bit hard to fix when you’re on the road, so barring some kind of magical ressurection, blog updates will probably be few and far between for at least the next couple of weeks until I get back to Melbourne. Might be able to have a crack at fixing it in Seattle, but I doubt it.

In other news, New York has been fantastic, and I’m off to Boston this morning for a few days. I’ve been doing a good amount of sightseeing, a lot of walking (yeah I know, you’re surprised by that) and a decent amount of drinking to compensate for any calories I might have used up (and I’m sure you’re even more surprised by that…).

After the madness and exhaustion of the last few weeks, slowing the pace down a bit seemed like a damn fine idea – I suspect that I may have collapsed in a heap on the ground and possibly had a big tantrum otherwise. So the last few days have been a lot more relaxed, which has been great.