USA

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by everything happening at ground level in Times Square in the heart of New York City.  In between checking out the sights, sounds and smells of the street, I took a minute to look up

My last few days in Seattle were spent doing a variety of different things to finish off my time in the US. First off was some more sightseeing – I’ve done most of the tourist-type things around the city in the past, but a couple of the more recent attractions were still on the list, starting with the Olympic Sculpture Park – around 9 acres of reclaimed industrial land just outside the CBD that has been turned into a large scale sculpture park (surprising I know, given the name and all).

The weekend dawned hot and sunny, which was kinda handy given that the plans revolved around grilled meat and cold beverages. Yup, it’s BBQ season for sure.

Disclaimer: I’m actually writing this from Melbourne well over a week later, so there’s a good chance I’ve forgotten half of what I did and will be making up the rest. Just so that you know…

After a great night’s sleep and an awful lot of time wasting, I managed to jump on the bus and get into town by the crack of noon. Actually even that’s a lie, it was closer to 1. Very slack, I know. Had lunch with Nick and then got to be the ring-in random for the surprise birthday afternoon tea at his work. This was also my introduction to another exciting new culinary experience – fudgesicles. As the name implies, they were like a popsicle but more fudge-like. Only 28 thousand calories per serve. Yum.

My last full day in Boston was unofficially designated ‘wander around aimlessly and see what you can find’ day. So that’s just what I did. First step (well, first few thousand steps) was to walk back to the area around Harvard University for a bit more of a look around, as I’d cut it short the day before due to shops closing etc. It was a pretty decent hike in the sun, but the great views from the Harvard Bridge as I crossed the Charles river made it all worth while, as did the fantastic strawberry and rhubarb icrecream from a little shop across from the uni. Mmmmm …… gooooood ….