Roadtrip!

Last friday we arrived from our roadtrip to Boston, Cap Cod and Quebec City. It was a great experience and we spend six amazing days.
The trip started on Sunday when we rented our Chevy Impala. We left around noon and arrived in Boston in the evening. Our hostel was located in a suburb and looked more like a haunted house than a residence, but surprisingly we were pretty satisfied. On the same day we went out to explore this part of the city and ended up in a bar which had more than 12 pages of different beers in their menu. Some of our guys tried extravagant brands, including a 13% Goose Island Bourbon County beer, which didn´t really taste like a beer but hard liquour. I think I took the right decision ordering my boring Bud Light :)
The first thing on our list for Monday was visiting Harvard university. After a 20 minute bus drive we were standing outside the doors of one of the most recognized universities in the world and we were defintely not the only tourists walking over campus, you could see cameras and guided groups everywhere. Besides that, we got to know Boston downtown, the harbor, Quincy market, China town and the financial district. One must say that Bean town differs very much from for example Chicago, since Boston has a big pedestrian area in the middle of the city and its Irish pubs create a European ambience.
Our target for Tuesday was Provincetown, the last city of the Cape Cod bay. It was a bit more of a two hour drive but it was definitely worth it. The weather was beautiful so that we could fully enjoy our view on the Atlantic Ocean. Sitting on the beach, watching whales and seals was a great experience.
The same day the NBA season started with the opening game Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat. Since I am a big fan, I convinced the other guys to go out and watch it in a bar (in which even the toilets were in green/white style^^) full of Celtics fans. It was a fun game with a deserved outcome of 88:80 for the Celtics which made the crowd going crazy!
The day after we headed back to Canada, more precisely Quebec City which is considered one of the most European-like cities in North America. Compared to Boston, the hostel was actually in the centre of the city. Right on the first night we managed to lock ourselves out of the room, making a fun night without sleep possible. I recommend you the club "Chez Dagobert", there is not too much more during the week. We explored the city on Thursday which was actually our last day of the roadtrip. Especially the old part of Quebec is very nice!!

Unfortunately, the real life started again meaning books, exams and little free time^^ Luckily, I can say that the trips didn´t ruin my academic career until now, since I passed all my exams, papers and case studies so far :) This week is pretty stressy: one exam, 3 case studies and 2 term papers due. I kind of miss Tilburg and its reasonable amount of papers and group works, I have the feeling that I am not doing anything else these days! haha

However, I am pretty sure that fun times will come sooner than later. I have fridays off so the weekend nearly began...

PS: To my amusement, one of the guys here asked me why I included an academic part into one of my last posts and proposed that I should focus just on parties :D I suppose that my academic advisors in Tilburg wouldn´t be that pleased haha
Alright, it´s 3am and I have a class in 5 hours so I better get some rest. I hope the roadtrip part was fun to read! The next trip might be a weekend to Toronto, I will let you know if this works out ;) Good night!