At
the very beginning of this long, expensive, but awesome madness, there was our
friend who decided to live and work in Toronto with his girlfriend. He begged
us (no, we wanted to) to come and visit him and when we saw this great deal on
flight tickets, we didn't hesitate a second and with a few drinks supporting
our decision we spent all our money on flights to Toronto and back from NYC.
It
actually took us 51 hours to get to Toronto, but it was worth it. Toronto is
like this melting pot, chicken soup, salad bowl or whatever you call these
cosmopolitan places; you get to meet people of all nationalities. I somehow
can’t come up with any disadvantages, but I know that Toronto must be a
foodie’s paradise. You can travel the world without leaving the city and taste
everything from delicious sushi, disgusting Czech “goulash” to Mexican
everything.
We
continued our journey to Niagara Falls. We saw them in winter, which is a
completely different experience than seeing it without the ice, snow and
freezing hands and also when there, we took a picture of an Amish family. We
also had an exhilarating visit to a casino, and right there was the moment when
I decided to become a croupier... The next day we hit the road again and
smuggled Absinthe into the United States. The customs officer fell in love with
my friend, so we were safe. By the way, Niagara Falls, Buffalo is probably the
creepiest town with the creepiest and the most expensive buses in America. We
rented a super huge, user-friendly car and drove down to Boston.
It
was a pleasure to drive on American roads with the American drivers around.
Whatever people say, I love Americans for being so polite, apologizing for
bumping into you and driving only 65 miles per hour on highways ALL THE TIME.
Boston surprised us in an entirely positive way. We stayed in Cambridge, the
suburb of Boston, right in the middle of the Harvard campus. It was our first
Couch surfing experience and it was rather... interesting. We met a few Harvard
students and after several beers we found out that no matter what university
you study, you like beer. And also that Harvard students are not geniuses at
all. Or at least the ones we met.
New
England is one of the most beautiful parts of America, unfortunately for us
there was a huge snow storm and flooding, so it was quite troublesome to get to
New York. In the end we made it by bus and had the last 4 days in NYC ahead of
us. NYC is one my favourite cities (and I’m sure I’m not the only one, right?)
and New Yorkers are the coolest people on Earth. We loved every corner of it,
except for the empty Wall Street at night - that
was scary. After almost dying on a Delta airplane, our trip was complete.
And we do want to come back soon, this time to California.
