Holiday Inn Express Boston - Lexington

Slow start to this morning indeed. I tried to catch up on the blog and add a few pics while I had internet access at Andy's.
We headed out to Brunch around the 12-1 mark which was a sight to see. All the cars were driving around covered with snow still. As we walked to the cafe, the ice would drop from the trees and be falling all around us. Similar to being careful walking under trees with birds in it, but the ice would not be as messy. he wlked into the cafe, the front desk was made ...

... and all of her friends, as well as her other Aussie friends who were over visiting. Sunday morning we were getting ready to leave, and it was a sad farewell at the train station but we are both going to see Lauren again, so we left with every intention of coming back!

Five hours on a bus later, we were in Boston. The term 'college town' isn't wrong - the amount of laptops and Harvard-inscribed notes we saw on the bus here from New York made us feel ...

We leave for New Zealand a week from today. Everything Buzz needs is neatly packed in a rolling duffel bag. Every summer garment I own is piled on the bed in the guest room as I try to decide what to take and what to leave! I need outfits, he just needs clothes! We have our camera, ipod, computer, gps ...

loved the flight, and the hospitality of the BA business class experience. I even had a facial as I though it would be done by a dolly. Then some big gay guy came out to 'facial' me. I was petrified. I have to say that he did a really good job though!!

I REALLY made the most of the free champagne and wine on the flight too. Legs were a bit wobbly on my return to the good old US and A!

... are waiting for another plane to arrive from NYC before we can depart. I found out that they had free wireless, so here I am.

It's about a 1 hour 1/2 trip to Galway, where I will be staying the entire time. Everyone that I have met seems nice so far. I think that almost 80% of the people are from Massachussets or New Hamphshire.

Looks like we're getting ready to go! Raining here...no surprise!!!

After all of the "official" college visit things had been taken care of, like class visits, hearing from current students, meeting professors, tours, and etc... our real adventure began. We (the other kids visiting, and myself) all piled into a couple of vans, and drove down to the nearest subway station. Then, after making it through the treacherous sliding glass gates into the "T", we took the Orange Line to the ...

... next morning to go on an 11am walking tour since I was supposed to meet my brother for lunch during his layover from Italy back to the US. Of course, the second after Andrew left, I got a message from my brother that his flight had been canceled, so I had the day to myself. I spent some time getting San Sebastian into the blog and decided to head out and walk around the city I loved. I started by making sure I knew where the photo museum was were we ...

Well, the day has finally arrived, and it's strange because Cape Town
is so incredibly urban that going home will not be so much of a culture
shock as if I went home before entering South Africa. I mean, maybe
I'll try to get in on the wrong side of the car for a couple of days,
but other than that, everything here is about what it would be at home.
We went to a cafe for breakfast this morning and found there was a
fashion shoot going on there! It was a bit ...

... on TVs. In the world of obesity fighting Kennedy's remarks from the 60s are still brilliantly fresh. We have become spectators and hideous competitiveness has all but destroyed the playing of sport for FUN and exercise. If a country is only as strong as its people then America and the UK are decidely feeble. However it's very easy to twitter on about enjoying exercise because his family had the time and money to enjoy such things whenever they wanted. Certyainly owning a yacht and ...

We had dinner at a Martini Bar called "Match" on Mass Ave. I had shrimp and spicy sausage skewers, a lamb slider, salmon on risotto with spinach, and various martinis. I also got to meet Josh and Kathy, two intriguing friends of Michael's. Josh is also a PhD student ...