Sorry for the rapid exit. We eventually got our flights booked twelve hours before we flew.
Thank you again to everyone who let us stay whilst we were in the UK- it was really nice to see everyone and it felt as though I spent better quality time with you all over 8 weeks than I would have done if I had been here all last year. Shawn had a really nice time and loved meeting you all.
We're currently in Boston and it's freezing. It's really, truly cold. I've even given in and allowed Shawn to wear his appalling puffa jacket. He's now in some mid nineties, Michelin man in a Ghetto kind of attire but overly grateful for the privilege.
So we stayed two nights in a hostel on Edgeware road, saw Natalie in Leicester square, went back to the hostel, packed, left at 4am, got train from Paddington to Heathrow, had a rubbery and overpriced fry up, Flew to Washington DC,(Shawn's birthplace, although I don't think he's been there since birth) transferred onto a flight to Newark, New Jersey, Got a train and a subway to Manhattan, walked the entire length of China town with four suitcases, one of which had wheels but no handle- riddle me that, stopped at Mc Donalds for sustenance, Ploughed on to The Fung Wah bus- China Town's answer to the ,Megabus, got harassed by a few homeless people (Excuse me darlin', do you know where China town is? Yes, it's here. I know- Just kidding ya) and finally at 8pm boarded the bus arriving into Boston at midnight where Shawn's brother picked us up to take us to a student apartment fully of untidy boys but nevertheless- paradise after all the moving around.
So yes 24 hours- four states and two countries.
Since we have been in Boston, we have ventured out rarely. One day we went on the freedom trail around Boston (so cold I nearly cried). We followed a red line along the pavement for a few hours with the aim of reaching Paul Reveers house, where everyone had said was a must to see. It was only as we stood outside Paul's gaffe that both Shawn and I admitted we had no idea who the chap was and as the place was closed anyway it had been- all in all- a pretty useless day. We filled the rest of the day with making silly poses with many a statue and monument around Boston- culture- phfttt.
We spent four days out in the countryside- at Shawn's aunt's house- real New England kind of stuff, huge wooden doll's house buildings painted eggshell blue and with bright shiny doors with winter wreaths on. It was beautiful. Shawn's Aunt and uncle built one of these houses for themselves, his uncle is an architect and designed a big bridge in Boston. Their house is beautiful and they have a labradoodle called Dakota who is so cute. We all cooked lobster together one night which was lovely. They had a spare Mustang lying around (as you do) and we drove around the coast one day- fearful of leaving the car for frostbite. Shawn let me drive around a car park which was hilarious as I tootled around like at the start and by the end had turned into toad of toad hall- whizzing around in figure of eights- parp parp!
New England seems monstrously normal compared with what I know of the US- Texas. As my dad pointed out the other day- any state that voted Obama would make an Englishman feel at ease. I do still get the curiosity towards my accent. One of the students is hourly upping the bid on how much he would pay for thirty seconds of me to constantly swear. Apparently profanity in a British accent is amusing.
So now we are about to spend two days in New Jersey with Shawn's Family before spending 2 days in Manhattan and flying on to Houston. I will write again in Houston.
Much Love as always
Emily
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