It was about to sunset when my flight reached Logan International Airport, Boston. The scenic beauty was overwhelming before landing. After getting I94 stumped I came out of the Airport and felt the chill outside. It was starting of the year and time for winter.
Before this, my experience with the western winter was in Paris where I exchanged my flights and in between was outside for couple of minutes in –1 degree centigrade. Not bad I thought, but was unaware what was stored for me in the months to come. Outside the airport it was freezing cold and unbearable for a person who came from a hot country like India. Just managed myself to get into the taxi, and I was looking for a hot drink.
The day I traveled to US was very special to me, my birthday. And in my 29 years on this planet earth that was the longest day I ever spend. Could not even imagine at nightmares that I have to celebrate my birthday, alone at 10000 ft above with French wine (courtesy air France). But that was well enjoyed with thrill of visiting the country I dreamed off since childhood.
The first thing you will notice in the US is the road. Considering the roads we were using here for long it is surely a welcome change. Next will be the space. The parking space seems to be huge which you can’t even think of in your dreams. And suddenly you will feel the climatic conditions. Less dust, pure air will enrich your soul; you will feel you are in heaven. But that won’t last long.
I stayed a bit far away from Boston, a place called Merrimack under state New Hampshire (NH); it has a very nice slogan ‘Live free or Die’ justifying it as a tax-free state. It’s a modern village you can say, having very less population. People were inside all of the time because of the weather, reminded me of landing some alien city. However as day passes I was more comfortable with the climate, condition and also the culture.
First problem you will face there is the conversion of dollars with the rupee. Each and everything you buy you will calculate in rupee and think twice like its too costly, ohm!! Damn cheap etc. The time zone difference will also hit hard for initial days. You will wake up at middle of the night and feeling sleepy during day. So after I overcome this hurdles I was ready to explore States.
Winter is not a good time to visit states, especially in the East Coast. It’s the snow time. Likely this time the winter was not so cold. People said it was far better than last year. Then too I witnessed ‘Operation Whitewash’ the biggest snowfall after December 1947 where NY was knee-deep snow of 27 inches.
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