Baltimore

Top Five things to do in Baltimore:

Five: Try not to get shot/watch the Patriots beat the Ravens

Four: Visit the bars downtown

Three: The original George Washington Monument in down town

Two: Inner City Harbor

One: Camden Yards

Things I passed on: MM&T Stadium, visiting John Hopkins University, and visiting graduate campuses of University of Maryland.

Good places to stay: With soon to be Dr. Lemon.

Baltimore’s Ratings. On a scale from 1 to Boston: 6.9

Baltimore has the Ravens/Flacco, the wire, Camden Yards and that team that plays there, a young city, and a very high murder rate.

Baltimore doesn’t have mountains, safety, or congestion.

The story: I arrive in Baltimore giving future Dr. Lemon about 6 hours notice, and then I stalk him and force my way into his night. First I arrive at BWI and take the light rail into the city. I get off at Camden Yards, and walk around from there through inner city harbor winding up at a coffee shop near the doc’s house. I arrived at the very best of times, because normally he wouldn’t be able to breathe under the stress of work, but he was on a light weekend, and was able to go out and have a good time. So after dropping my stuff off with him, I crashed a party he was going to. His friends were very kind, and changed my impression of medical school students. I had a great time, and must say the house the party at was incredible. It was legit- like a mansion. If I lived in that house it might be worth it to live in Baltimore. In any case I have some great videos of some drunken fools dancing to Michael Jackson, which I can only hope find there way to future patients:

After being a great host, he sent me away with a phone charger so I could give future hosts more notice, which I thought was quite kind of him. After that the good doctor took me to a delicious breakfast place, and then drove me from Bmore to Dulles, which for those of you who don’t know, is quite a hall. Then I was off to Portland, Oregon (though I thought I was going to Montego Bay, Jamaica- so imagine my surprise).