September 01, 2008
Mass, USA Part 1
My first trip to Massachusetts and I am quite embarrassed to say that I spent most of my time shopping. Nope, I did not visit the Museum in Boston, Harvard or Cambridge. But I did walk across the Boston Common on my way to Newbury Street. Ha ha. Here are the pictures that proof.
Of course, cannot forget about the food that I ate. The first night I arrived, my colleague brought us out for lobster. That was when I had my first taste of corn cake too. Yum yum!! The lobster is big and cheaper than in Singapore but I felt that the one that I had was a little overcooked. Oh well, but it was still quite yummy. Actually I thought that the corn tasted much nicer than the lobster. Ha ha.
One of my favorite shops in Boston. Mike's Pastry! Its unbelievably crowded in there and you literally have to squeeze your way to the front to order. Efficiency is the key word with so many people so once you catch the attention of a counter staff, you better start shooting out your order. The pastries and cakes from there are SUPERB!! Sorry, no photos to share as there were really too many people crowding round the counters. But trust me, I wanted to order everything in the shop and my colleagues were horrified at my order. We took three days to finish all the pastries I had ordered but it was really really really yummy.
The tiramisu and the BEST strawberry shortcake I have ever tasted. I forgot to take photos of the rest of the cakes before eating them up. Ha ha.
In my many weeks, I did not manage to visit some other places in Mass besides Boston. I went whale watching at Cape Cod and managed to really see whales up, close and personal.
Then there was the long drive to Salem where we got really lost coz the GPS brought us around in circles. Quite funny though to get lost on the way to Salem coz we were being led around in circles by the stupid GPS. No photos there. My colleague and I wanted to stay late and try the ghost tour but the third member of our group refused so we headed to Boston for Korean food instead. Yep, basically my four weeks in Mass revolved alot around being driven around by my nice colleague, shopping and eating.
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