I recently took my first road trip to Boston with my boyfriend. I had been there before to visit my siblings, but I tried a few new things while there.

1. I experienced a hot pot buffet.

As an Upstate New Yorker, I had never even heard of a hot pot buffet. To sum up the experience, you’re given a pot with broth in it that cooks in front of you. You then choose all sorts of noodles, meats, vegetables and seafood that is brought to your table to put in your hot pot. This is an unlimited buffet where you can make as much hot pot as you want. At the hot pot, we went to we also were able to get unlimited sushi.

2. I went to Salem.

Salem has a ton of little shops and museums. We went to a couple of these places and learned about the history of Salem

3. I had my first lobster roll.

I’m not sure why I had never had a lobster roll before because I’ve visited New England multiple times. I came to the conclusion that I like lobster rolls though.

4. I played Pokémon Go in a city.

Being from a small town that has one gym and seven Pokéstops, I was very overwhelmed by how many stops and gyms were in the city. Everywhere you looked there were a ton of lure modules on all the Pokéstops.

5. I went to the oldest tavern in America.

This was interesting to me because they played at least seven Justin Bieber songs in a row which I didn’t expect.

6. I shopped at a store I had never heard of before, Primark.

For those of you that do not know, Primark is an Irish clothing store that recently has entered the United States. As of right now, there are only five locations in the country. Primark is a lot like Forever 21 in terms of the types of things they sell there. Primark has way better deals than Forever 21 and you get a lot more bang for your buck.

7. I ate a fajita.

For some reason, I never had a fajita until my weekend in Boston. Which is weird to me because I love tacos and burritos so much. They were delicious though and I would definitely eat them again.

More of this list is about food I ate than anything else, but at least I was able to do a few things I hadn’t done before in the city of Boston!