Boston: Day 1

Hey all!
I suppose it's technically day two of my Boston journey, but it didn't quite work out to blog last night so I thought maybe I'd try the "morning after" thing.

So yes, I made it safe and sound thanks to Amtrak. My train was 20 minutes late leaving Alexandria yesterday morning (8:10am) but somehow we arrived in Boston's South Station 20 minutes early(4:30pm)! Go figure... I had an entire four seat section to myself until Union Station in Washington, D.C. At that point I was joined by a girl who turned out to be a student at MIT and was returning to Boston after visiting her boyfriend in our nation's capital. She wasn't terribly social but we were able to chat a little bit. After that, I spent most of the next 8 hours reading Harry Potter 4, doing my history homework, and staring out the window. I half-expected some of the scenery to be breath-taking. Nothing was too outrageous, unfortunately; yet, I still found myself quite entertained by the buildings, lake beaches, marshes, and trees zooming by.
South Station was the last stop for the Northeast Regional train which made it easy to remember which stop to get off at. When I arrived I phoned my parents and then waited for my brother. When he got there he gave me his "T" card (the boston metro) and we took the red line back to Somerville where he rents a pretty sweet second floor apartment in this pretty sweet house. I wish I could show pictures, but alas, i forgot the USB cable for the camera so the pictures will have to wait until next monday. Anyhow, we hit the streets immediately making our way through a little area of restaurants and shops. We stopped at the Wine and Spirits shop and the When Pigs Fly Bakery to procure a Pino Noir and a loaf of garlic, basil and lemon bread for dinner, which turned out to be quite tasty. Ellie, my brother's girlfriend, came over a little later for some tasty rotini with sauce, spicy sausages, steamed broccoli, and some tasty bread! After that, we had pound cake, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and whipped cream for dessert and watched Gladiator (which i had never seen before) on my brother's roommate's gigantic JVC television. We're talking at least 50 inches. And then it was midnight and we were all exhausted. Ellie took her leave and my brother and I retired to his room for some sleep.
So now it's Monday. On today's agenda is a quick jog down the bike path, a coffee and some studying at the diesel cafe, lunch with broseph, and possibly the freedom trail or the fine arts museum. The possibilities are endless!
I hope this entry didn't turn out to be too painfully long. Maybe I'll try and shorten the next one...Anyways, take care all and I look forward to telling you about my Monday!