Boston

After leaving NYC, we planned a short road trip en route to Detroit (for our next wedding reception party).  The first stop on the road trip was Boston.

We were set to stay with our friends Becky and Dan, who live in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.  I had been to Boston only one time before, so I was totally thrilled with how charming that part of the city is.  The architecture looks authentically colonial, the cobblestone streets are horse-drawn carriage width, and ivy climbs the walls everywhere.

On the way in, we stopped for a visit at the MIT campus in Cambridge.  We figured I got to show Kristen around Princeton a week earlier, and now it was time for her to return the favor.  And I have to say, the MIT campus is nice.  When I walked through there years ago, I remembered only seeing the bland concrete block buildings (like the library and one or two of the dorms), but Kristen took me through the beautiful academic building, which has a huge grassy courtyard that felt much more “college-y” than other parts of the campus.  That, plus some of the other interesting buildings (like Toon Town) definitely changed my mind – the MIT campus is in fact quite nice.

That night, Becky and Dan took us out for a walk around Boston Common (where it rained for the exact length of time it took us to find and buy umbrellas), and then out to a cool restaurant/bar downtown for a delicious dinner.  They were fantastic hosts all the way through – though it was brief, we really enjoyed staying with them!