Did practically nothing on what was our last full day in these here States except enjoy the hotel and then go out to go and see Bruce Springsteen – which is quite a way to go out. We did venture out of our hotel for a wee while to get some breakfast in the city, but after eating way too much (and it was raining hard) we decided to simply go back and wait for The Boss gig to come round.
Springsteen is one of the few legends I am yet to see and was well worth waiting for. He opened with ‘Badlands’ (Bri, you would have loved it!) and played what was more of a hardcore fans’ set rather than casual, but was ace nevertheless. ‘Born To Run’, ‘Tenth Avenue Freeze Out’ and ‘Rosie Come Out Tonight’ were bang-on, but the 30-odd stone bloke who literally ran around the back of the arena dancing, singing and geeing everyone up was just hilarious. Shame he didn’t play ‘Thunder Road’ or ‘Glory Days’ but you can’t have everything. Didn’t get many pictures as they weren’t letting you take any (although I sneaked one or two in). We grabbed some stuff in the 7-Eleven (which was full of young homeless people, younger than me perhaps) and then jumped on “The T” back to the airport one last time.
An early start awaits tomorrow followed by a 4000 or so mile journey from here, down to NYC on the train and then back to Heathrow. Looking forward to getting back home and then on to Lincoln to see everyone again in the next few weeks as it feels so long. To use the old cliché; we truly did have the time of our lives over here. Immense country, immense culture(s), immense people it’s as simple as that. There’s no way in summing up the sights and experiences in words, but they are all places everyone should visit at some point in their lives (especially NYC, Philadelphia, Niagara Fall and Boston in my opinion). Think we’ll come over here again sometime, perhaps to the west coast, because although we covered a lot of miles, we’ve consumed but a tiny chunk of this great land and I feel like I’ve only just eaten starters! See you all soon.
