Spring Break is off to a interesting start. We had trouble leaving on Thursday from school because my sister took forever getting a t-shirt for some class, and then my mom lost her spoon for her yogurt, so my brother went in to get one from the cafeteria. In the meantime, my sister came out and couldn't see us. It was one snafu after another. When we finally took off towards our first stop, Ithaca, New York, it was about 3 PM, and for some reason, our new GPS (dubbed "Blanche" by me and "Einstein" by my family) wanted us to take this route through Canada, but we didn't want to go that way. For about thirty minutes after not going its desired route, "Blanche" kept on telling us to turn around and refused to find another route, which we found pretty amusing. The trip itself wasn't too bad, other than the fact that the whole way there, my jaw was hurting (and has been hurting since I went to the dentist) and every few minutes someone would start arguing. My the time we got to the bed and breakfast we were staying the night at, it was 11:30 at night, and I was ready to kill someone. Even though it was dark out, I could see that the place we were staying was pretty cool. It was in this "ecovillage" where there is no car traffic between the houses, which are made from recycled wood and run on solar energy, which I found to be like somewhere I would want to live. The only downside was that the owner, while helpful was a little annoying and peculiar, for he would not leave and let us sleep and wanted us to take off our shoes.
Today, I actually woke up at exactly 7 PM with no alarm, which I thought was pretty amazing (and may have something to do with the fact that sunlight was streaming in our windows). After shuffling everyone in and out of the shower and packing up our goods into our truck (which was like the only non-foreign eco-friendly car there), we went off to take a tour of Cornell University. Besides the fact that it was freezing cold and windy outside (and I thought it was supposed to be spring...), I enjoyed the tour and found it very informative. The campus was gorgeous (as you can imagine), as were the views of the lake below. Afterwards, we went to the Cornell store and bought some t-shirts to commemorate our visit. All in all, I came away with a positive impression of Cornell. That is, until we returned to our car and found it had a parking ticket on it! Apparently, you had to go to some booth and get a parking permit for perspective students, but nowhere was that clearly labeled. We were just expected to know that off the top of our head. But after my mom hem and hawed, she got it fixed by appealing it, and we were off on our merry way. From there, we went and ate lunch at the famous vegetarian restaurant, The Moosewood Restaurant, where I got a completely vegan meal consisting of Mexican vegetables on cornbread and a vegan chocolate cake, which was sooooo good!! Who knew vegan food could be so delicious?
Finally, we went on our way to our final destination: Boston. For some reason, our GPS once again took us on the scenic route, but this time it was actually nice. Not only did we get to see rural New York and Massachusetts, but we also found a city/elementary school/library/cemetery named after my sister: Caroline! Naturally, once we saw that, we had to turn around and take a bunch of pictures as proof of the coincidence. It was pretty amusing. Now, we are actually staying for the next five days at this bed and breakfast in Cambridge that is actually 200 years old, but has been recently renovated. I'm a little annoyed that I have to share a bed with both my sister and mom, but it doesn't detract from the niceness of the rooms. I'm not quite sure what tomorrow brings, but I am sure it will be fun!
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