Last night we got into Baltimore around 7 just in time to join Kristal's friend Laura and her boyfriend Max for his Bday dinner at Chevy's. Afterwards we went to see Scott Pilgrim at this really cool Egyptian style theater. The walls were all painted as old stone and there were mini sphinxes all over the place. The movie itself was really awesome. Anyone who has ever played a video game will appreciate a lot of the little things about this movie, and overall its a great mix of action and comedy. Definitely worth checking out.
This morning, we grabbed some lunch at Broadway Diner, which was on the food network. I got a bruschetta burger, and Kristal got a pizza burger. From there, we went to the Harbor to check out a fond childhood memory of mind: The Baltimore Aquarium. Unfortunately, upon arriving at 2ish we heard that we weren't going to be able to get in until 5 o clock! WTF!! We end up buying tickets for tomorrow morning, so we will be going tomorrow. We decided to check out the Observatory tower since it was only 5 bucks and we had a couple hours of parking to kill. It was pretty cool and it was interesting to see how close the Ravens and Orioles stadium are to each other. It was also cool because they showed how far a bunch of cities were from that point: including London, Sydney, Tokyo, etc. After that, we grabbed some Ben and Jerry's before heading to the DC area to visit our college friend Jess.
We stopped by her apartment, then walked around her neighborhood for a bit, before getting a tour of NPR, where she recently got a job. It was cool to see the inside of it, and interesting to see how many shelves of free books they have there. After our impromptu tour, we headed out to grab our first Asian cuisine of the trip so far, a place called Thai Tanic. Kristal got her usual yellow curry, and got a chicken and broccoli style curry dish. Delish!! It was definitely a nice change of pace from all the American food we've had on this trip. After taking the train back to Baltimore, we took a quick driving tour of the Maryland Campus, where I was able to point out some of the buildings I remember, and the red M made of flowers. Its a really nice campus.
We are really tired right now. We haven't walked this much all trip lol. Tomorrow we head up to New York, where I'm going to see my parents while Kristal is excited to see her friend Taryn. We've seen a lot of New York, but there are still a few places we are going to see, including Pop Tart World. We have also added a pit stop in Cleveland to our itinerary. It will break up what would have been a 12 and a half hour drive. We're excited! Thanks for reading.
To celebrate our mutual unemployment, we're traveling around the good ole U.S. of A and documenting the whole thing! We've got our phones, a laptop, and a flip cam. Get ready for the adventure!
Skipping Philadelphia, eh? Ben Franklin is sad.
ReplyDeleteI want a job at NPR!
We're actually hitting Philly next! The drive to Chicago is just a bit shorter from there.
ReplyDeleteand NPR was really cool! My friend isn't working w/ the radio stuff, though. She is part of the group that lobbies for more money from the government for NPR and other arts.
I gotcha. Bummer about the tolls - that's a major reason why people rag on New Jersey. There's an old joke in Pennsylvania that it's free to enter Jersey (on the Ben Franklin Bridge) but you have to pay to leave. And EVERYBODY pays.
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