We've done some cool things today! This morning we went to Cambridge, which isn't technically in Boston (because it's across the river) but it's pretty close and we had to go and see Harvard, obviously! It was good, but freeeezing when we got there and very windy, and we got all lost because the map we looked at was stupid and misleading and we went all the wrong way for ages... but eventually we figured it out and stopped for a coffee which made it better. I may have been a bit grumpy for a while, if you can believe that!
We had a good look around the campus which was cool (because now we can say we went to Harvard!) but it was a bit sparse and grey because none of the blossoms were out or anything. Also, I picture Harvard in the autumn (sorry, Fall) with red leaves and everything, so it wasn't quite how I imagined. And cold! We wanted an indoors activity, so we went to a 'museum' which turned out to be an art gallery (eek!), but although it did have a lot of crazy modern art, it also had lots of good stuff from Asia - we saw some pottery from China that came from 1900 BC!! And some statues and engravings from the ancient greeks too. Very educational.
If you ever find yourself in Cambridge Massachusetts, though, the best thing you can possibly do is go to Mr Bartley's Burger Cottage. We read in our guide books that they sell some of the best burgers in america so we obviously had to go... it was amazing!!! Go there. It was absolutely packed and took ages, but it was one of those things that was totally worth the wait. Mmmmm.
THEN, we went to a Mapparium. Yup. Have you ever been to one? No? Tsk. I'll tell you about it then. It's a great big globe made of stained glass that's 3 stories high. You can walk through the inside on a bridge, and look at all the countries to scale but from the inside. AND the best bit is that, because it's made entirely of glass and metal, any sound you make can't be absorbed so it's reflected around the globe. So if you stand under the north pole and make any noise, however small, you hear yourself in surround sound. It was so bizarre! And because we were in there with other people, you could never place where a sound was coming from... sometimes it sounded as though there was someone standing just behind you whispering when actually they were standing on the other side of the bridge. It was brilliant! Oh yes, and if I stood at one end of the bridge and Ad at the other and whispered, it sounded like we were standing next to each other! We loved that.
That's probably all from me for today. I've been babbling again! We're heading on to New York City tomorrow, so I'm VERY excited. Hopefully we'll have internet when we get there so you can share our thoughts on the big apple. Bet you're excited too!
- Scarlett
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