That's right, I spent my Saturday in Salem! Witch-town! It was really fun, although I wish somewhere in the brochures/guide books/websites they would mention that 90% of the place accepts cash only. I only brought $70 with me because I usually use my card for most things and I ended up SAVING MONEY because I couldn't BUY THINGS. What rubbish. I tell you, I rewarded those market stalls/shops that accepted Visa.
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| CRAZY AWESOME DOUBLE RAINBOW I SAW IN SALEM |
Yes, so I bought some sailor necklaces, had a psychic reading, ate some Ben and Jerry's, went to the Witch Cottage show as well as the Witch Hysteria Museum and whatnot. Heaps of stuff! I really wanted to try the Haunted House, but Americans take Halloween so seriously and I can't even play Snap! properly without hyperventilating so I had to give that a miss. But I absolutely loved the whole hysteria thing (aka the history). It was so crazy and awesome and slightly spooky but just wicked cool. Makes me want to write something around it.
OHOHOH OH and I met this guy who looks IDENTICAL to Johnny Depp's Captain Jack from POTC. LOOK AT THE PHOTO! Although photos never truly capture what reality displays. But trust me, in person, you could not even tell the difference. He even had the voice! "'ello love" he said to me, which caused severe internal giggles.
And as for personal growth lesson of the day, I caught 6 trains (3 each way). SIX! That's more than I catch in Sydney in a year. I got the red line to the green line, the green line to the purple which is a commuter rail and incredibly scary, and then stampeded with the crowd to get myself a good seat. Thank goodness for years of St Andrews, where one of the qualifications you recieve is how to cram yourself into a tiny space such as a lift or a train carriage. Although this one guy took that as an opportunity to stare at my boobs, so I had to level him a really pissed off look. My sunglasses came off for it and everything.
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| Got excited thinking I'd found a Poker machine at the train station but alas :( |
That man actually does look a lot like Johnny Depp. Tom would be proud, haha. And I always knew the lift-crushes at SACS would come in handy some day!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shaun, he does look like Johnny Depp. Also major breakthrough with you and 6 trains. Wow does that mean one can walk to bus stops now and also take public transport? Who said you wouldn't learn anything on this trip. LOL comments on SACs.
ReplyDeleteThis post made me laugh. Ooooh, writing a Salem/witch hysteria story would be interesting. And love the guy dressed up, presumably for a Halloween party or something? He looks AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I'm thinking you were trying to impersonate Horatio from CSI - "the look with dropping your sunglasses" mwhaa mwhaa
ReplyDeleteI was feeling a little homicidal...
DeleteAlthough YUCK. Geez, I can't STAND that guy
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