We arrived in Boston Sunday night feeling the whirlwind nature of the east coast leg. Liz and Ahern eased it immediately. They kindly handed over the living room of their cozy Somerville apartment to us, took us out for a night walking tour of Harvard, and stayed out for a beer way past their bedtime.

The next morning they got up and went to work, we set out for a coffee shop and some much needed computer catch up time. As always, that ate up more of the day than we would have preferred but we wrapped up and headed out for a stroll – leisurely walked through Cambridge, stumbled upon a small farm market, meandered MIT’s campus, enjoyed the view from the Massachusetts bridge, window shopped along Newberry, walked through the Commons, and stopped for a drink at Marliave.

Liz and Ahern caught up with us and we made our way to the North End for a nice water view, short cemetery stop, and delicious Italian dinner. We capped off the night with a few beers at the old police station turned bar.

We spent our last morning in Boston enjoying breakfast at The Neighborhood followed up by a trip to the MIT museum. As you might imagine, there is a lot in the MIT museum that can make one feel woefully intellectually inadequate. One exhibit was really amazing – Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson. If anyone is heading to Boston, you MUST see this fascinating display of engineering coupled with artful craftsmanship, creative puzzles, grace, and a sense of humor.