Road Trip

A WEEK off school! Hooray! It was like unwarented free time-which I love. So, with the time, Dan and I planned a road trip to Boston this Saturday-Tuesday. We got a slow start today, which was fine by me, I had time to clean my room before we left, pack some snacks, print out maps; all while Dan went to Jersey to pick up a rental car.

You might notice the Vanillabean air freshener dangling in the window. That's because the person before us returned the car so late that they didn't have time to clean the car. The solution- vanillabean air freshener. Ha. Luckily it wasn't THAT dirty to begin with, but it did make the trip that much more exciting to smell like a mix between cookies and my gradma's closets.

I think the highlight of today was actually simply the ride north. Living in the city, you might not realize what a joy it is to actually get in a real-live car. It's true. Even though we paid for it, it's still exciting to get in a car and not have to pay when you open the door. There was talking and singing. I think road trips are actually a really intimate way to get to know people better. After jaunting off the the Jersey shore with my work friends last weekend, and spending quality time with my roomate in a car for 4 hours on a Saturday night, it's interesting how the small space really doesn't warrant small talk at all.

Since we were traveling as couchsurfers (more on this later), we arrived on the campus of Boston College and stayed with a group of extremely friendly and intelligent college kids in, no I'm not kidding, their dorm. Yep, it was just like going back to college. In fact, as Dan and I wheeled our little suitcases along the tiled floor of the hallway, after watching 3 students carrying so much beer that they actually had to KICK it into the elevator, we started singing the I Wish I Could Go Back to College song from Avenue Q (watch till the end).

So began our Boston road trip adventure!