When the time came, I headed to the
Providence Place area. While waiting for my friend to arrive, I decided to walk around for a bit to take pictures of the surrounding buildings in the city.
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| Providence Place |
When my friend arrived, she was here to buy a bike from a guy on
Craigslist. She was a little apprehensive about buying stuff from Craigslist, but after we found the guy, and she tried the bike out, she was happy enough with it to buy it. We had 2 other people to wait for, so we decided to head up to
Brown University, where she used to study, to park our cars.
When her friends finally arrived, she started a short biking tour around the campus. Pictures of the campus follow.
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| Robinson Hall |
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| Manning Hall and University Hall |
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| Carrie Tower |
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| Brown Bear Statue |
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| Sculpture outside Manning Hall |
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| Marcus Aurelius Statue |
Finally, it was time for some chow, and my friend took us to
Kabob and Curry nearby for some Indian food. I got the Cream of Mushroom Soup, which was actually really good, and the Hyderabadi Lamb, a type of curry which was also really tasty. On top of that, the restaurant served stuffed naan, and we tried the coconut and strawberries one, which was simply delicious as well.
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| Cream of Mushroom Soup |
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| Hyderabadi Lamb |
After lunch, it was time to cycle our food away. Along the way to the start at the junction of Gano Street and India Street, I took some pictures of the surrounding architecture.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist,
71 Prospect Street |
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| Bridge to India Point Park |
We actually had a hard time finding the start of the bike path, finally discovering it to be a ramp up the side of I-195, then heading alongside the highway on a narrow fenced path, heading across the Seekonk River into East Providence.
I tried to take some pictures of
Seekonk River along the way.
Finally in the main area, there were several beautiful views of the
Narragansett Bay as we cycled along.
When we finally arrived at the
Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge, we decided to take a break, and walk out on the boardwalk to the side of Narragansett Bay and enjoy the views to be had there.
Back on the road, we passed by some wildlife as well, including a young bunny rabbit that did not seem very scared of us, happily munching away on grass while we passed by.
Our final destination was the Bristol Harbor in Bristol, having already passed through Barrington and Warren. Like the rest of the bike path, the ocean views here are beautiful as well.
Here at the end point, we decided to take a food break at Sip 'n Dip Donuts at 309 Market Street, where I got a caramel and Vanilla Soft serve, which was just a more intense version of vanilla in my opinion.
The ride back was long and hard for me on my mountain bike, with all the girls leaving me behind in the dust. Somehow I managed to make it to the end only 8 minutes after the last girl. From here, we decided to head back to the Brown University campus to grab something to eat, choosing
Soban Korean Eatery.
You have to order up front at this small Korean restaurant, with me ordering the Doenjang Stew, which has bean paste in a tofu stew. There is complimentary miso soup here, so I helped myself to several bowls, being really hungry after the bike ride. Our meals also came with side dishes, which were okay I guess, although they did not have the potato dish which is my favorite. The stew was pretty good though, considering I have not had Korean food in a while.
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| Complimentary Miso Soup |
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| Korean Side Dishes |
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| Doenjang Stew |
After dinner, we decided to head to downtown Providence to see
WaterFire, an award winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans installed on the rivers of Providence, made of pyres lit up with fire every weekend, a romantic sight to see. Pictures of the fires follow.
With that, we headed home after an enjoyable day of biking and experiencing the city of Providence.
