The Two Kurts (Princeton)

Friday morning arrives bright and cold.  It was very sunny but very cold.  I have some lobby coffee, while Kurtis sleeps on.  We don't eat breakfast, as we are having lunch with Kurt.  On the way from Monmouth to Princeton, we see Hysterical Landmark, and off we go.  It was the farm house where Washington stayed with his army when his troop tried to mutiny, and he squashed them down.  We met Kurt at Dinky Station, and had a great breakfast at PJ's on Nassau Street.  He then gave us a tour of his room, and off we go to Clio Hall for the 'official tour'.  I embarrassed Kurtis to death with a gift of a toothbrush to Kurt with "Drs. Bingemann & Ko" on it.   Princeton is very nice, not as busy as Columbia, but just as nice as Yale.  I had made a reservation at the Thomas Bond house in Philadelphia and we started driving right after the tour.

The drive was short from Princeton, and Kurtis is a good navigator.  We parked at Ritz East parking lot, right next to the hotel, at 18 bucks a day.  We had room 402 where Kurtis proceeded to bang his head on the sloping ceiling.  A quick walk to see THE LIBERTY BELL was in order, and there was no line.  From the way it looked, much had changed since my last visit in 1976.  There is now a whole 'mall' structure surrounding the bell.  We had dinner at the City Tavern, after the wine and cheese social at 5 30.  We had rabbit, and Kurtis had a drink called the Shrub, which he loved.  It was an early to bed, as we are heading to Baltimore tomorrow.