Baltimore or Less

We hit up Baltimore in a hurry since both of the main attractions strained our ever-tightening budget. The aquarium was going to cost $22/person, which was slightly more than we value the company of fish. Consumption is a different story, and so we opted to instead spend our money on some crab cakes at Obrycki’s. Very tasty!

One of my personal highlights was when we were using the WiFi at a Barne’s & Noble a homeless looking guy struck up a conversation. It turns out he found a great deal on a quad-core Intel desktop and was suggesting that I buy it instead of working on my laptop. Of course I don’t have any place to even put the thing, so the irony made me laugh as I explained that I live in a van. It was even more interesting that the guy claimed to be an ex-research scientist at Johns Hopkins, and then dropped some comments & explanations that made it seem fairly plausible. I was curious to hear how he went from Point A (scientist) to Point B (homeless), but at the same time I didn’t want to hear that it started with a road trip, so I just politely excused myself!

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Comment by Kosti
2007-09-24 12:35:58

Hey, next time you do one of these road trips do it in this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20842020/site/newsweek/from/ET/
I bet you could get these guys to sponsor you no sweat.

Comment by Alexi
2007-09-25 08:37:06

Don’t you worry, we’re already planning out Road Trip 3.0: Decent on Europe

 
 
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