The East

You know, you can actually get to a point where you hate travelling?

I thought I was about there. After my trip to the north (Northwest Territories) and then my trip to the South (Nashville, Tennessee), I embarked on yet another trip. This time to the east – one of my favourite cities – Boston.

This was my third trip to Boston, but it was my first big trip with my girlfriend in tow. Cheryll and I went to Boston – me for work, she because she’s never been. Autumn on the eastern seaboard is really spectacular – crimson red leaves you’ll never see in Alberta. The weather was phenomenal as well. It was really too bad that I had to work.

It was the 2009 International Genetically Engineered Machines competition, and my company had sponsored three university teams that were competing there. I went as moral support, and Cheryll came as moral support for the moral support. All three of my teams won gold medals (woot woot!) and the University of Alberta team even won a division prize.

Besides work, Cheryll and I ate tons of seafood (lobster on the prairies really has nothing on lobster that’s come in from the harbour just that morning), went to the aquarium (those little penguins are soooo cute!), watched the World Series in our hotel room (rooting for the Pennsylvania team, not the Yankees), and ate some spectacular kheer (an east indian rice pudding dish).

But if that wasn’t enough traveling, we are off to Mexico on Friday. Hmm, can I call that West? (It’s the only direction I’m missing at this point!)

Ciao!

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