Boston Day 1
Well, after several exhausting days of travel, I've finally made it to Boston!
This morning I got up early to go join a group that was supposed to get a tour of Harvard and an art gallery there and stuff. Well, there was no need to get up early because when the group of us got there, there were no tours running because the freshmen were taking over everything.
So most of the people in the group ditched out, and then it was just me and this girl from Germany, so we walked around and chatted for a while, and then found an unofficial tour group thing. So we got a tour of Harvard after all, although I forgot to go the the gallery after the tour was over. But I got to see some cool things and hear about the Harvard/Cambridge rivalry and such.
We walked the 3 1/2 miles back from Harvard after the hour long tour because the busses just didn't seem to be coming at the right time. We just kept waiting to see one as we walked but it didn't quite work out. But it was not a bad walk at all, and I got to see a lot of cool things. Walked down the middle of MIT too. I'm not sure what I'll be doing tonight or tomorrow, but I'm sure I'll figure something out. I get to meet professors that I admire on Monday, and I leave town tuesday afternoon. But I am already wishing I had more time here. I think that I really would love to go to school here. If I don't, and somehow I don't end up getting into grad school (knock on wood!) I think I'd like to move here... though who knows what job I'd get. Well, I'll just have to figure it out. Maybe even if I don't end up going to school here I can move here once I've finished school elswhere.
It's a lot like portland, but I like it better. It's hard to explain, but I feel right at home in this city. I feel even more comfortable here than I do in Portland, except for the lack of close family.
I'm definitely feeling tired now though, so I'm going to have a bit of a rest, and then I'll probably go find something else to do (maybe the Sam Adams beer festival? lol)
This morning I got up early to go join a group that was supposed to get a tour of Harvard and an art gallery there and stuff. Well, there was no need to get up early because when the group of us got there, there were no tours running because the freshmen were taking over everything.
So most of the people in the group ditched out, and then it was just me and this girl from Germany, so we walked around and chatted for a while, and then found an unofficial tour group thing. So we got a tour of Harvard after all, although I forgot to go the the gallery after the tour was over. But I got to see some cool things and hear about the Harvard/Cambridge rivalry and such.
We walked the 3 1/2 miles back from Harvard after the hour long tour because the busses just didn't seem to be coming at the right time. We just kept waiting to see one as we walked but it didn't quite work out. But it was not a bad walk at all, and I got to see a lot of cool things. Walked down the middle of MIT too. I'm not sure what I'll be doing tonight or tomorrow, but I'm sure I'll figure something out. I get to meet professors that I admire on Monday, and I leave town tuesday afternoon. But I am already wishing I had more time here. I think that I really would love to go to school here. If I don't, and somehow I don't end up getting into grad school (knock on wood!) I think I'd like to move here... though who knows what job I'd get. Well, I'll just have to figure it out. Maybe even if I don't end up going to school here I can move here once I've finished school elswhere.
It's a lot like portland, but I like it better. It's hard to explain, but I feel right at home in this city. I feel even more comfortable here than I do in Portland, except for the lack of close family.
I'm definitely feeling tired now though, so I'm going to have a bit of a rest, and then I'll probably go find something else to do (maybe the Sam Adams beer festival? lol)
Labels: Grad School Trip
posted by Elysia @ 11:05
1 Comments:
At 5:07 PM ,
Elizabeth said...
It's kinda cool and crazy that the place where you feel home is in the state out of which the program which gave me my new home is run... too obscure? ;) rock on massachusetts, way to enter our consciousnesses in a positive way at the same time! And that is my cue to hit the sack... startin to get loopy. I miss you though, keep writing, I love hearing from you!!
I want to start a dialogue about the post-semester Scotland trip... I have some huge concerns about us hooking up at that time, but would like to have a sort of i-conversation :) I want to know how you feel about what I have to say instead of me just flinging it into space... will you email me when you get this?
much, much love
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