Boston Adventures and Arriving at Duke

I really only spent 3 full days in Boston, but it was AMAZING, and I am totally in love with it and will definately be going back once or twice before I leave. So here is what I did.

On the Monday (Jan 2) I got the grand tour of Boston by some friends who were study abroads in 043, as well as Ryan, a good friend of all of them. Firstly I had to go to WalMart and by a jacket, I got a bargin on one for $23. We the started off the morning by getting a bagel from some ghetto bagel place in Needham (except i think they gave me a bagel with my cream cheese and not vice versa) and then proceeded to get a hot chocolate from Dunkin Donut's (OMG the best EVER!!!)! We then took the T-Line into the city and had a look around the City (Fenial Hall, Government Centre, City Hall, Boston Harbour, Prudential Centre, the Copley Centre, Newbury St, Park St, the Capitol Building, Boston Common, Cheers)!!! I had the traditional Clam Chowder for lunch, which I surprisingly enjoyed. To finish off the night we all went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and OMG it was totally amazing, the food was awesome and it was really cheap considering how much you got on your plate! Oh yeah, Bostonites, whats the deal with cemeteries in the city???

On the 3rd we had a snowstorm out where my friend lived (and where I was staying). It was toally cool, seeing falling snow for the first time, it was seriously like something out of the movies. Dan and his family couldn't understand why I was so excited. As there was a snowstorm during the day we were stuck indoors until the evening when I went and saw a movie with Dan and his two friends from his uni, Mike and Eddie (who were an absolute blast!!). We saw "The Ringer" with Johnny Knoxville, bloody hilarious movie!!!

On the 4th I actually had a decent sleep and a sleep in (the first since arriving) and went to the mall during the day. That night I went into Boston to catch up with Jeff and Bree (Study ABroad's from 053). After catching the train in from Framingham, a 45 minute ride, I met up with them at South Station and then went to "Halftime Pizza" for dinner (wow, MASSIVE pizza and a "small" drink that is a large in Australia, which only worked out to $6 a person) before heading to an NBA game at the TD Banknorth Garden. We saw the Boston Celtics v Charlotte Bobcats and it was a totally different experience, they dont really get into the game like we do in Australia, but it was still pretty cool, even if we were in the nosebleed section!

On Thursday the 5th I left Boston for Raleigh-Durham, NC, where I would be attending Duke. Flying over Raleigh I noticed that it reminded me a lot of Hobart...tiny, lol. I arrived at Duke, settled into my apartment and then went to WalMart, again, with Lila to get some blankets, sheets and other assorted stuff!!!

Friday, Jan 5, saw me doing Law School Orientation, which was pretty cool. there are only 5 of us exchange students here (Me and Lila from Bond, Jeff from Melbourne, Laurent from Belgium and Kristian from Denmark) and they all seem pretty cool!!! After touring the law school and getting our Duke Cards (ID Cards) and having lunch it was time for the library tour, and OMG, it is such like a cruise ship with 4 levels, 2 showers, lounge areas as well as individual study berths it seems like it could float away at any second, haha!!!!! For dinner we went to Laurent's apartment where he made spaghetti bolognaise, which was pretty good, topped with "imitation mozzerella cheese"!!!

That brings us to today, meaning that currently I am sitting in the law library using the entire campus wide wireless internet, as its playing up in my room, to update this. But i must say that I did have an awesome sleep last night, something close to 10 hours...which is what I definately needed.

Allright, time to sign off, believe it or not we have reading assignments due before classes start on monday, but they're not too long, so it should be ok. I'll probably write a brief entry after my first day of AMerican law school, haha.

Cya
Chad