All good things come to an end. I\u2019m currently sitting in LA airport, and on to my second glass of red wine! Turns out the $12 house red is probably nicer that then $19 Cab Sav! Anyway, all good things must come to an end, and this trip is almost over. All I\u2019ve got left is a couple of hours in an airport, a 15 hour flight, a connecting flight I\u2019ll probably miss and then it\u2019s back to reality. At least its uni holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trip has been great, though I could have done without the spanner that COVID through into the mix. I still love travel, if anything this trip has made me want to do more. God willing, next year I might be able to do IC again. I think it will be a shorter trip, but I\u2019ll probably throw a bit of tourism in there if I can – I hear Florida is lovely in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So more tourism happened – this is the Wednesday before I leave Boston. I had four tasks I wanted to achieve Wednesday morning and 3 were successful – not a bad hit rate. Printing my exit row confirmation for my flight home at the library – unsuccessful. Stamps for postcards was a success, even if I did have to say Australia 17 times. Somewhat ironic really, they\u2019ve had very little trouble with my Australian accent the whole trip, but apparently its a problem when I say Australia! Replaced one drink with another, but still successfully brought a drink. I also successfully withdrew money from an ATM although even though it was an alliance ATM it did charge me a $6 terminal fee!?! Is that a success?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once I got back I headed off the Harvard Square for my Harvard Tour. It was definitely worth the $20. Our tour guide Michelle was great. She has just graduated, and she really knew her stuff. Lots of factual information as well as fun, amusing stories. I had a great time and it made me want to do more uni tours in the US if I get the change. (Yale and Stanford are definitely on my list). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this I had a dilemma, I really wanted to try Crumbl cookies, but I couldn\u2019t justify a 2 hour round trip. (Edit: ARGHHHH – apprenly LAX internet times out after a set period and I just lost the rest of this blog post. Type t retype *rage* ☹️) Maybe next time when I have a car and COVID doesn\u2019t rear its ugly head. I went to the Harvard Museum\/Art Gallery instead, but I wasn\u2019t really in the mood and it didn\u2019t blow me away. I\u2019m not sure it was worth the entry fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So that\u2019s the end of Boston tourism. I headed home and ordered Uber Eats. Then it was time to pack as much as I could and get organised – I had a 5.15 wakeup time in the morning. There are pictures of Harvard too, but I\u2019m still on my iPad. I think I\u2019ll have to have a picture post to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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