12.03.07
Posted in General at 9:20 pm by levelzero
I returned from my vacation yesterday, but I thought I would share some of the interesting food, drinks, breweries and restaurants I ran into while in the USA.
- The Vermont Pub & Brewery in Burlington. If you go there for just one thing, get their Cheese & Gravy fries. They’re delicious. Other good things on their list include the Jalapeno poppers and Buffalo Style chicken fingers. Their brewfries (beer-battered) are pretty tasty as well. Their own microbrews are definitely recommendable, especially the smoked stout (smoked over maple, hickory and applewood).
- The Magic Hat brewery in South Burlington. They have regular tours available and their artifactory sells a variety of merchandise. But most important is their tap (of course). They have a variety of beers available for tasting here and you can also buy “growlers“, which is a great way to bring home some of their beers that they don’t sell in stores.
- Quiznos. Even though it’s a chain restaurant, I like it better than Subway. I think they’re subs are more varied and tastier than the ones at Subway.
- Tiny Thai in Winooski, VT. This is a small restaurant, be prepared for a wait. The food makes up for it though. Tasty food, generous portions. If you like Thai food, you’ll love this place. Their Tom Yam is delicious.
- Henry’s Diner in Burlington. This place has great food. I can definitely recommend the Philly Cheese Steak skillet breakfast. Bring a good appetite, though. It’s a big plate of food.
Overall I had my fill of typical New England food (and some Thai) over the weeks of my vacation and I found some places I will surely want to visit again.
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11.12.07
Posted in General at 1:54 am by levelzero
We took a road trip today around Lake Champlain.
We left from Burlington to South Hero and then took the Grand Isle ferry over to Plattsburgh, NY.
From there we drove around a bit, mostly going north until we got to Fort Montgomery (also called Fort “Blunder”) near Rouses Point, NY (very close to the Canadian border). We went back to the Vermont side of the lake there across a bridge.
Right after that, we got to the town of Alburg, VT .. or should I say Alburgh, VT? I don’t know .. but neither do the people that live there, it seems. There’s a whole disagreement going on about whether or not the town’s name should end in an H or not. Alburg(h) is sort of unique in that it’s the only part of the USA that actually only touches Canada and is surrounded by water on all other sides (Apart from Alaska).
From there we traveled back southwards towards Isle la Motte and visited St. Anne’s Shrine. It’s a really pretty outdoor church (though the church itself wasn’t open now).
After St. Anne’s Shrine, it was pretty much directly back to Burlington. The sun was setting anyway, so there wasn’t much left to be seen outside, except for the sunset over the Lake Champlain islands.
Overall, I took about 120 pictures today. I will try to upload some of them soon.
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11.07.07
Posted in General at 8:21 am by levelzero
Well, 10:13 PM turned into 10:38 PM and eventually we left Philadelphia by 10:55 PM. Burlington Airport looked like it was waiting for us to leave to they could close, so I guess it was a close call whether we would be able to fly to Burlington at all.
We landed at 12:15 AM. On the way down, we passed through some clouds where it definitely looked like it was snowing there. It’s not snowing yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it started snowing later this night.
We got checked into the motel and now it’s time for a good night’s rest.
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Posted in General at 12:37 am by levelzero
Well, it’s 5:30 PM now (though my mind still thinks it’s 11:30 PM) and I’m now in Philadelphia Airport.
So far, the trip went well. Left home this morning at 7:15 AM to go to the trainstation. My train to Schiphol had a delay of about 15 minutes, but that was ok, I had plenty of time to check in anyway.
Checked in, went through customs, did the whole security thing …
By 12:35 pm, we were away from the gate .. 13:00 we actually took off.
8 hours later, we landed in Philadelphia, 15:00 local time. It only took me 2 hours to get here !!
Going through the security checkpoint took the most time, but even that was a matter of about 5-10 minutes (getting all electronic devices from my bag, packing them all back in …)
Waiting for my connecting flight to Burlington now, which leaves at 8:55 PM. Only a bit over 3 hours left to wait. Good thing there’s wireless available here. I wouldn’t know what to do with so many hours of free time …
UPDATE 6:43 PM: Guess I spoke to soon. The connecting flight to Burlington has been delayed and is now scheduled for 10:13 PM. The streak of good luck was going to end sooner or later, I guess.
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