Today was the last serious driving leg of the trip. Technically, I haven't reached my summer place yet, but being within 30 miles is nothing now. New York was rainy (sometimes VERY rainy); the rain tapered off as I went east, until it became dry and cloudy around 75 mi outside Boston. The drive itself was mostly unremarkable - about 350 miles/6hr, which counts as a very short day.
Started the day around 11, when Shaddin gave me a walking tour of Ithaca. We began with breakfast at Collegetown Bagels:
The Tex-Mex bagel (plain bagel, eggs, cheese, and salsa) - approved. Hazelnut coffee also approved.
We then proceeded to walk around the Cornell campus. It's a nice place - lots of Gothic and Classical architecture, and quite a bit of natural beauty too. There are waterfalls located all over the place:
Unfortunately, most of the interesting buildings were closed (it is a weekend in summer, after all), and it was raining, so we cut the tour short and headed back. While preparing CDs for the last leg of the trip, I was able to observe a theory student in its natural habitat:
After an easy drive across New York and Massachusetts, I ended the day in Canton, a suburb of Boston, to stay with my cousin's family. It's a real shame, though - they live exactly 1 mile too far from Woodside. Just as I pulled into their driveway, the odometer ticked over to 25,001.
Restaurant Review #1: D'Angelo's Subs
Shaddin hasn't been able to shut up for months now about the lobster sub at D'Angelos, so I knew I had to get one now that I'm finally in the right corner of the country. I pulled off at Lee Plaza, the first service plaza on the Mass Pike, to get gas and a sub. $14.99 (!) + tax later, I had this in my hands (it looks more appetizing in person - the phone camera sucks):
It looked like a mix of crab and lobster, and it was indeed pretty good. Very good, even. The problem is, I'm not sure it was $16 good (especially since it looked like crab+lobster, not just lobster; maybe I'm wrong, though). At $10, this would be a definite recommendation, but at $15+tax, it's iffy. 3 stars - it's definitely good, but it's too expensive.
Restaurant Review #2: Ali's Roti Restaurant
I'm staying with my cousin and her husband (and their adorable kids) tonight, and we grabbed some takeout from this West Indian (as in Trinidad, not Pakistani-border) restaurant. For about $40, we got a selection of curry plates (goat, chicken, and shrimp) which came with sides of rice, vegetable, and potatoes; some roti (bread), fried plantains, and 2 pineapple sodas. The food was uniformly excellent - I especially liked the curry shrimp with a drop of their special hot sauce on it. I'd say that the three of us and the two young kids probably ate only just over 1/2 of all the food, so it's an excellent value as well. Great food, great price - five stars.
Tomorrow: Canton, MA -> Somerville, MA (time to move in!)
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