Hello Nature!

Our third day in Syracuse, we tried to do something fun after work, so right after our last recording we hightailed it to Clark Reservation State Park to enjoy some nature and me time.

Commanding nature. 

After all that nature bonding we were ready for food. We tried to get some Mexican, but the place was chock full and super busy and with an over 40 minute wait and so we moved on to the next door neighbor, Munjed's Middle Eastern Cafe. The place's decor made me a little nervous, but the food was tasty enough. I had a combo plate that combined some hummus, lamb gyro meat, spanakopita, and some greek salad.

It was worth it, and tasty. Not a bad day in Syracuse.

Hello Syracuse!

Mariel and I took one of the newest Facils on her first trip - kinda local but there were planes involved. Welcome to Syracuse!
The flight there from NY is short - we spent more time waiting for the plane than on the plane itself, I felt. Once we arrived though, we went out in the search of food. We decided on Eva's European Sweets, a Polish Restaurant, which apparently has been around forever.

The place had a really funky vibe, with about a gazillion knicknacks on top of every available surface.

We chose to share an order of the potato pancakes, and each ordered a different set of pierogi's.

The potato pancakes made me wish we weren't sharing an order. My pierogi's were the potato and mushroom and frankly I wasn't too wowed by them, but I did taste Mariel's and Katie's and they were delish.

After food, Katie and I went to the Erie Canal Museum to kill time while Mariel went off with the car. We got to see replicas of Canal boats

And other nifty things about the Canal. We finished the evening by walking around downtown Syracuse, were we saw some woman putting these "hats" on these sculptures:

 We couldn't figure out the point, but they looked cute.

All in all, not a bad first day in Syracuse.