I went to the USA for the first time (and only time so far) on summer of 1998. after a warm weekend with family in new jersey, I made myself a train pass for 30 days, and went to Boston. walked the city parks, the art museum and the science museum, visited Harvard on the other side of Charles River, and took the whale-whatching cruz. I slept in the YMCA, and went around by the subway mostly. after 5 days I took the greyhound bus to maine, my next destination. I came to Bar-harbor, Maine, and slept in the local youth hostel. in the ... (more)