The First Few Days

Well, we've been in Boston now since Saturday. A lot has happened but here are some of the highlights.

The whole drive up went super smooth. However, upon arriving in Cambridge, the car got separated from the truck because there are bridges over the road to our apartment that the truck could not fit under. So immediately the truck had to turn off and we saw it going over the bridge into Boston. Then the rest of us in the car proceeded to miss our turn and ended up going over a DIFFERENT bridge, also into Boston. EPIC. FAIL. (as my dad said). So after we all got back over to Cambridge and found the apartment, we parked and unloaded everything. This is our building!

This is the view from our bedroom and from the desk.

Hello, Charles River!

Sunday, our first full day in Boston, was eventful. The weather was perfect and we started the day with donuts and coffee from the Dunkin Donuts located conveniently right across the street from Eastgate! We then walked MIT and showed our parents the campus. The dome was looking particularly lovely!

After some lunch, we took the whole family on the T and rode it into Boston to go on the Freedom Trail. This was mine and Chuckie's 2nd time on the Freedom Trail. We had a different tour guide so we learned all sorts of different stuff than we did the first time. I have a feeling we're going to end up VERY educated on Paul Revere and Sam Adams by the end of these two years.



Oh and speaking of Sam Adams...

After the Freedom Trail and a sitting/drink break, we made our way back to the T to go back to Cambridge where we ate at Legal Sea Food. Yum. But on the way....

Not only will we know a lot about Boston's history by the time Chuckie graduates, we'll also probably own several shirts like these that we saw for sale on the street.

Monday. Dunkin Donuts (yes, again) and then we had to say goodbye to my parents. :( After they left, we hung some pictures in the apartment and finished organizing the kichen, found the mall (that's about a 13 minute walk from our apartment! Woot!) and went to eat at John Harvard's. We then drove 30 minutes outside of Boston to find a Walmart. Pretty sure a lot of the pictures submitted to The People of Walmart may have been taken at this Walmart. Just sayin'.

Oh and look what else we found.

GE! Chuckie was really excited.

Ok, two last things because I know this is getting long. Here is our living room with the new rug we bought at Walmart.

Also, every hour we're here I'm more and more happy we didn't bring cars with us. Check out these signs right outside our apartment.

You basically have to sit in front of this pole for 5 minutes if you're trying to park here and figure out what day of the week it is, what time it is and a whole bunch of other stuff.  In case you can't read the one on the left, it says: Tow Zone, No Parking, 8 am - 2 pm, First Monday, Each Month, April 1st to December 31st, Except Holidays. WHAT!?!?! Also if there are cumulonimbus clouds, it's above 71 degrees, and you're wearing a green shirt. I mean they might as well add that because it wouldn't be much more ridiculous than what it already says.