Hello all,
Haven't posted in a long time. Should I have? Maybe.
Anyway, I'm on a new adventure... to Greenland. Why? I have no answer for you. I just travel places. The trip started off (7/22) in Boston, where we met some good friends from our trip to Egypt. We ate at the oldest restaurant in American ('Murica), which is of course the Union Oyster Markets (duh). Now, I'm not a fan of markets OR oysters (and I feel that unions, in general, are a bit dodgy too) but this place is damn good.
The next day (7/23) in Boston (also our last day) saw us taking a Boston Duck Tour which, despite the rain (which my brand new, expensive camera was not happy about), was very fun. We saw many things, mostly buildings. That night we ate at a little seafood place around the corner from the hotel, Legal Seafood. This place was really good too, not as good as U.O.M. but quality stuff. Topped off the night with Stephen Colbert's All-AmeriCone Dream from Ben and Jerry's and then watched two hours of Chopped.
Day three (7/24), we traveled to New York (the flight was unpleasant). Nothing much went on that night except for the most amazing meal I have ever had. Our friend Yasu of Yasu Sushi Bistro in Phoenix (go and buy food from them, they are incredible) made us reservations at Morimoto, a sushi place here in NY. You may recognize this name. That may be because you have watched the old Iron Chef programs. This restaurant is, in fact, owned by Iron Chef Japanese himself. There is a reason he is an Iron Chef. We sat the the omakase bar. This is the section of bar where you pay money and they serve food to you, which makes it just like the rest of the bar. In this case however, you don't get to order anything, the chef just puts food in front of you until you are done. Sounds slightly unpleasant, especially if you are on the fence about sushi in general. They have excellent judgement. This was a rather expensive meal, but by the end I was full, I was drunk, and I was very happy.
Day 4 (7/25) was Broadway night. In the afternoon, we visited FAO Schwartz which is fantastic. I stared angrily at the underground Apple Store (just because). A walk through part of Central Park was involved as well. Then came... *hushed voice* Broadway... My dad and I went to see "The Book of Mormon". It's a story of two Mormon missionaries who go to Uganda to sell... er I mean tell their religion to the locals. It's quite good.
Day 5 (7/26) was nothing. It was a very relaxing day. We stayed around the hotel for most of it and enjoyed some Pilotwings Resort on my 3DS (which is really good). At around 3pm we went for a walk in search of a hot dog vendor (gods help us) and then went shopping which was... okay. This pretty much brings me to now. We just got back from a nice little Italian restaurant called Teodora. It was excellent. The rest of the night should consist of packing, maybe some drinking on my part. No firm plans though.
Tomorrow:
We get on a plane to Ottawa. I'm not 100% on this, as planes suck, but getting there and OFFICIALLY starting our trip should be fun. We get to meet the nice folks that we will be living with for the next two weeks.
That's it. You're caught up... sorta. I'll get to Mongolia and China later.
Laters!
K
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