Category: Travel

  • Wednesday 5 January 2000 Highlights: Free falling snow!! The bus arrived at 7.15 am, surviving another overnight bus trip we found out we couldn’t check in to the hostel until 3 pm 😦 This gave us a chance to explore Buffalo.  The major Mall bans anyone under 18 during the weekday, hard to imagine this…

  • Tuesday 4 January 2000 Highlights: Cambridge University, Harvard Museum of Natural History. Early in the morning we went up to Harvard and visited the world famous Cambridge University.  The University is enormous and the buildings date back into the 1720s.  The whole area is alive with young people returning to their studies after the Christmas…

  • Monday 3 January 2000 Highlights: Boston Freedom Trail, Boston Common, State House, Granary Burial Ground, USS Constitution, NBA Game (Boston Celtics v Clevelands Cavaliers) I had the best nights sleep in weeks, finally other guests with manners.  Apparently Jon, in the mixed room, again struggled to sleep with all the noise, so much for his…

  • Sunday 2 January 2000 Highlights:  Leaving the amazing New York City (sob) We were moved into a private room for our last night in New York hoping for some rest from the larger comings and goings of the bunk rooms but unfortunately we were across from the TV room so that didn’t turn out as…

  • Saturday 1 January 2000 Highlights:  New York Cinema, ‘Stand Up New York’ comedy Despite no drinking the night before I still felt like I had a hangover with very little energy after a very long night and then waking in a new century 🙂  The major pain was having to change hostel rooms once again…