After being invited to join a conference for a week in the US, I decided to book the flight the day before to give me plenty of time, what with jet lag and what not. The travel company had no issues booking me on the flight as it seems there is a lot of availability on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Didn’t really think that one through.
As this is my first time in the US, I decided to check out some things to do whilst I’m over there. I asked about and it seems only one person I know has any knowledge of Rhode Island and their constructive criticism is “It’s the smallest state you know, it’s a bit shit”. So on that wonderful Judith Chalmers esque travel advice, I decided to have a look to learn a bit about Rhode Island.
The main thing to do it seems is to ice skate. No matter how many web pages I traversed, they all seemed to come back to a large ice rink in the centre of Rhode Island. The only other things I could seem to find was a shopping centre and a river.
I had a look on Wikipedia and marked high on the list of attractions for Proividence is the “East Bay Bike Path”. This is a 23Km path which is tarmaced for cyclists and it is marked as a visitor attraction for tourists to Providence.
I’m travelling a few thousand miles to go ice skating and look at a cycle path. I can barely contain my excitement.
