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It's been a while again. Hmpf. As it is, I'm sitting on the bus going from Toronto to Syracuse and don't really have a lot to do at the moment, so I figured I'd try to do some sort of update.
Obviously, since I'm on my way back to the States, I already went to go see Aki. It was fun. :D I slept way too much, but hey. It's a vacation. We also took a trip to Toronto which we left entirely too late for, so we didn't get to do some of the stuff we'd intended to do. Whoops. Also saw two movies over the course of the trip: The Lovely Bones first (kind of confusing in parts, mostly depressing, not a bad movie but then I haven't read the book), and then Leap Year (so predictable I could've told you a lot of the lines before they were said, but amusing enough and not bad for a chick flick).
It started off being a disaster, though. The bus trip up went fine, but my destination was a University campus... which would've been fine except the driver dropped everyone off at the completely wrong part of campus and I had no idea where I was. Oh, and there was no payphone. Cue Ver wandering around campus for 45 minutes looking for Aki or a cab or a payphone or SOMETHING, and by then it was almost 2am. Finally I did find a phone and got myself to Aki's place, but it was a fairly traumatic experience. Note to self, next time... have a campus map.
Also the new Greyhound buses are pretty nice and there is WiFi and electrical outlets. SCORE! Speaking of internet and things, I've decided that if bringing the laptop is going to be standard practice when I do these trips, I'm going to HAVE to get a netbook. It's too much of a pain in the ass to lug this around. it doesn't seem that heavy but it is when traveling with it, plus the size makes it awkward to put in my carryon.
This trip was the first time I actually didn't lose money on the exchange- it ended up just about even. O_o I didn't get a chance to change the rest of it back to USD, but that's okay- not like I won't be going back. I'm thinking of it this way... it's money toward my trip fund that I can't spend. :D I haven't counted, but I think it's around 300-400... probably a bit less than half of what I went up there with. I didn't spend a lot this time. I did, however, get a cute bento box and some cool looking chopsticks plus a case for those. And I got an R4 for my DS which is the most awesome thing EVER.
I should probably finish this up, since I have to take some time putting my laptop away and we'll be going through customs in a bit. I'll see you guys later!
Obviously, since I'm on my way back to the States, I already went to go see Aki. It was fun. :D I slept way too much, but hey. It's a vacation. We also took a trip to Toronto which we left entirely too late for, so we didn't get to do some of the stuff we'd intended to do. Whoops. Also saw two movies over the course of the trip: The Lovely Bones first (kind of confusing in parts, mostly depressing, not a bad movie but then I haven't read the book), and then Leap Year (so predictable I could've told you a lot of the lines before they were said, but amusing enough and not bad for a chick flick).
It started off being a disaster, though. The bus trip up went fine, but my destination was a University campus... which would've been fine except the driver dropped everyone off at the completely wrong part of campus and I had no idea where I was. Oh, and there was no payphone. Cue Ver wandering around campus for 45 minutes looking for Aki or a cab or a payphone or SOMETHING, and by then it was almost 2am. Finally I did find a phone and got myself to Aki's place, but it was a fairly traumatic experience. Note to self, next time... have a campus map.
Also the new Greyhound buses are pretty nice and there is WiFi and electrical outlets. SCORE! Speaking of internet and things, I've decided that if bringing the laptop is going to be standard practice when I do these trips, I'm going to HAVE to get a netbook. It's too much of a pain in the ass to lug this around. it doesn't seem that heavy but it is when traveling with it, plus the size makes it awkward to put in my carryon.
This trip was the first time I actually didn't lose money on the exchange- it ended up just about even. O_o I didn't get a chance to change the rest of it back to USD, but that's okay- not like I won't be going back. I'm thinking of it this way... it's money toward my trip fund that I can't spend. :D I haven't counted, but I think it's around 300-400... probably a bit less than half of what I went up there with. I didn't spend a lot this time. I did, however, get a cute bento box and some cool looking chopsticks plus a case for those. And I got an R4 for my DS which is the most awesome thing EVER.
I should probably finish this up, since I have to take some time putting my laptop away and we'll be going through customs in a bit. I'll see you guys later!