Today was our last full day of this crazy adventure. We woke up this morning and had a great (and very cheap) breakfast at Pour Man’s. After a delicious breakfast we headed out to Hahvahd (Harvard).
Unfortunately it is winter break for the students there and so consequently no one was on campus to give us a tour. But have no fear! We were able to buy a pamphlet with a self-guided tour that we did ourselves. Since Devon had done the tour before I dubbed her tour guide for the afternoon. She played the part perfectly, reading from the tour guide and also adding some other things from the tour she took last time. To get her more into the part I stared asking her questions like, “So what are you studying here?” to which she replied without hesitation, “I am a musical doctor for the lyrical soul.” I was sold! We had a blast walking the campus and decided to go have lunch in Chinatown.
See, I had been trying to find these really delicious things called steamed pork buns this whole trip. That being the case and this being our last chance to go to Chinatown; I HAD TO FIND THEM! (mikes phone became possesed so now I, Devon, am taking over this blog).
We left Chinatown headed to MIT to find and discover the Cy Young statue. A little college called MIT stands where the home of the red sox once was. Cy Young is now positioned where the old pitchers mound once stood. Since neither of us had ever attended MIT, we had absolutely no clue where to go. Well we finally made it to the heart of the campus (where I figured the legendary Cy would be) and asked a couple of students if they knew where we could find him. They had no clue what we were talking about so i dropped a bomb of knowledge on them and they were shocked… Well needless to say, we didn’t find the mystical statue and headed on our way to feniual hall.
Mike and I did some shopping, well mainly I bought a Boston bracklet and salivated over the hundreds and thousands of Boston sports teams apparel, and BSed with the owner of one of the stores about our upcoming red sox season, and just enjoyed ourselves. After a while we headed for frozen yogart… Yes, frozen yogart in freezing temps.
After our little snack we headed to the hotel and watched some tv and then back out on the town for pizza at Unos and then drinks at cheers.
Cheers has two locations; one in feniual hall (replica) and the other across the street from the public gardens (the original with a 2nd floor replica set). For our last night we decided to have a drink with Tom, the lawyer. I had a blue moon and mikey had a beer with a little root in it lol (rootbeer). We meet three pretty cool people from Chicago that decided on a whim to fly to Boston for the bruins/ blackhawks hockey game. We chatted with them for an hour or so, and took a walk down memory lane of the last two weeks. An absolutely perfect ending to a perfect trip! Cheers to the people we met, the places we went, and to upcoming adventures!
It has been so much fun taking this trip with you through your blogs, that I am actually sad to see it coming to a close. You both have been fantastic keeping us in the loop.
-I am “thrilled” to hear of your new major, MO.
-Did Mike get his steamed pork buns? I certainly hope so.
-Since you didn’t find Cy this time, I guess that means there is certainly another excursion to Boston in the future. (By the way, did you, MO, read that Jacoby Ellsbury is being moved to left field to make room for Mike Cameron in center?)
Other than visits to China Town, in search of Mike’s passion for steamed pork buns, in each of your cities, it sounds like you have become epicureans of pizza.
CHEERS TO MIKE & MO!