vacation
I finally finished first draft of methods paper and turned it in before I went to the Niagara Falls for Memorial Day weekend. phew... Trip to Niagara was fun. My roomies and I decided to save one night stay at a hotel by leaving 3am on Saturday. We drove for aobut 8 hours and finally got to Niagara around 11am on Sat. It was a long drive, but was kinda fun at the same time. When we were driving in middle-of-nowhere NJ, we almost ran out of gas. This happened around 5am, and every gas station we stopped was closed. Then, we realized that there's no self-serve gas station in NJ. ugh. stupid NJ state law--they do nothing right. Anyway, we were close to PA when that happened, and we had enough gas to make it to PA. lucky us.
Falls were AMAZING!!! It would have been better if the weather was nicer, but no complain. We still had a great time. Since all of our visa status were in-between, we could not go to Canadian side. sigh. That was the only regret. We were still able to get on to the ship that goes really close to the falls and that was actually so much fun. After spending a few hours at the falls, we went to rest at our hotel.
In the evening, we went to downtown Buffalo. Accoridng to a driver at the hotel, so much is going on in downtown. so we were looking forward to a night of crazy fun. But when we got there, it was like a ghost town. there was nobody walking around, except for this one street. Anyway, we decided to go to Anchor bar to enjoy buffalo wings. Their wings were really good!!!
On Sunday, we went to Finger Lakes to tour some wineries. Oh, boy, we had so much wine!!! And, they were all pretty good. Also, the weather was really nice! If we didn't have to rush through the wineries, we would have had a picnic by the lake. I purchased a bottle of wine called, "Niagara." It's a very sweet, fruity wine. It will be nice to go along with a picnic on a sunny day.
On Monday, we drove back to NYC. The traffic wasn't as bad as we thought. It was a great opportunity to chat with my roomies and to get to know them better. But bad thing happened. I got a speeding ticket!!! It was the first time ever in my life to be pulled over by a cop. ahhhh. I was sooooooo scared. :-( According to the police, I was going 82 on 65. ugh. I'm soooo mad at myself for getting a ticket.
Anyway, other than the speeding ticket part, the vacation was filled with fun. Moreover, we came back home safely. Overall, I had a great Memoridal Day weekend!!!!
Falls were AMAZING!!! It would have been better if the weather was nicer, but no complain. We still had a great time. Since all of our visa status were in-between, we could not go to Canadian side. sigh. That was the only regret. We were still able to get on to the ship that goes really close to the falls and that was actually so much fun. After spending a few hours at the falls, we went to rest at our hotel.
In the evening, we went to downtown Buffalo. Accoridng to a driver at the hotel, so much is going on in downtown. so we were looking forward to a night of crazy fun. But when we got there, it was like a ghost town. there was nobody walking around, except for this one street. Anyway, we decided to go to Anchor bar to enjoy buffalo wings. Their wings were really good!!!
On Sunday, we went to Finger Lakes to tour some wineries. Oh, boy, we had so much wine!!! And, they were all pretty good. Also, the weather was really nice! If we didn't have to rush through the wineries, we would have had a picnic by the lake. I purchased a bottle of wine called, "Niagara." It's a very sweet, fruity wine. It will be nice to go along with a picnic on a sunny day.
On Monday, we drove back to NYC. The traffic wasn't as bad as we thought. It was a great opportunity to chat with my roomies and to get to know them better. But bad thing happened. I got a speeding ticket!!! It was the first time ever in my life to be pulled over by a cop. ahhhh. I was sooooooo scared. :-( According to the police, I was going 82 on 65. ugh. I'm soooo mad at myself for getting a ticket.
Anyway, other than the speeding ticket part, the vacation was filled with fun. Moreover, we came back home safely. Overall, I had a great Memoridal Day weekend!!!!
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