*dimsumdolly* - the different morsels of the life of a foodie

Hello from Boston

After more than a day of travel, I finally arrived in Boston. The flight from Frankfurt to Boston was delayed for slightly more than an hour because of some technical fault. Then just as the plane was about to touch down in Boston, the pilot suddenly accelerated and brought the plane up a few hundred metres into the sky again! It was rather scary I must say. Later, the pilot announced over the PA that it was because there was another aircraft on the runway as he was about to land. I'm seriously doubting the competency of the air traffic controls in Boston...

The food on Lufthansa was, surprisingly, edible. I had chicken in mushroom sauce served with mash potato for dinner on the Sg-Frankfurt leg. Breakfast was a chicken panini. On the Frankfurt-Boston leg, I had beef pasta with beans and carrots. The flight from Sg to Frankfurt was really packed. I was hoping it would be quite empty so that I could stretch out and sleep. No such luck though. Lufthansa has no personal inflight entertainment, which is really annoying!!! It's just utterly depressing when you're taking a long-haul flight. I managed to sleep during the Sg-Frankfurt leg. I'm thinking of buying some sleeping pills for the Frankfurt-Sg leg just so I can knock myself out. I had a 6-hour transit in Frankfurt where I spent my time reading Richard Branson's autobiography Losing My Virginity. I bought the book at the departure lounge in Sg to help me kill time during all these waiting. I didn't sleep a wink during the Frankfurt-Boston leg and spent the time reading more of Branson's book. It's an interesting read by the way.

Anyway, I'm staying at Boston's Omni Parker House Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Boston. I have a very big and plush bed full of pillows - all of which are wasted on me 'cos I don't need such a big bed and that many pillows. I'm in downtown Boston, so that's good. I've already walked around some of the historical buildings and spots in Boston. I also found my way (I can read maps after all) to Chinatown last night and bought dinner from a Vietnamese restaurant there. And much to my delight, a big Borders store is just a 1-min walk away. I've since bought 3 books and a magazine to occupy myself on the return journey.

From what I've seen of Boston (no doubt very little still), I love the city! All the architecture's lovely and there's a lot of history in this city. It's clean, the people are generally friendly and there's so much water surrounding the city. I've always loved cities with lots of waterways as there's so much more character to these cities.

I woke up at 5.30am today and decided to make my way to the gym for some exercise. I actually bumped into my managing director there. So I morphed into a hamster on a wheel for 50 minutes as I ran on the treadmill, followed by some weights. I actually feel normal-sized in the US 'cos so many people here are overweight.

I wandered to Faneuil Hall this afternoon and at Quincy Market, had a very yummy lobster pie and clam chowder for lunch. Wonder what's going to be for dinner. hee.