Friday 30 March 2007

Harvard is in Cambridge!!!!!

well, it took me a little while but now i realise that cambridge is NOT boston.......but it is just across the river.

so what has happened today? mostly i walked.........and took photos. this place is full of history. and famous names.

because the hotel that i am staying in doesn't have a restaurent, i had no option but to get out and find a place to eat. and have that first cup of coffee.....fortunately not such a big hassle as there are numerous places to have coffee. i tried a different place this morning, but naturally managed to make it just in time for rush hour - so i made it a 'take out'.......and i stuck to a latte cause i KNEW that would have milk in it :)

oh, and ray, i want the puffy jacket back please. it was COOOOOOOLD. -1 plus wind chill making it -4. thank goodness i bought my wombat 'sweater' (see i'm learning more american) - but it was still chilly. tomorrow morning is meant to be cooler so i might have to resort to layering everything i have bought with me.

but i did manage to find the building where i have to go for the meeting which is the real reason for this whole trip.

i also had a look through a couple of bookshops, bought the obligatory 'harvard' souvenirs - at the clearance table so less than half price and no-one at home is going to know it is all LAST season!, (and the lady who served me loved the 'gorgeous' sweater - great job mum)

and then to find a place for lunch.

i strolled along the footpath to this burger joint. it looked good. it sounded good. it smelt good. little did i know that it was in fact the famous Mr Bartley's......and i was greeted at the door by Mr Bartley himself asking for my order. then shown to my seat at the counter by Mrs Bartley. the place was completely packed so it was lucky that it was just me - a crowd would have had to wait. the burger was excellent - i have never been asked before how i wanted my burger done! and the fried onion rings were amazing too. for those who want to know more here's a link:

http://www.mrbartley.com/mrbartleys-home.html

after that, i had to walk it off so wandered around some more and found much of the actual harvard uni buildings including the famous 'harvard yard' - nope, don't know why its famous but i'll endeavour to find out.....

a little bit more walking and i was ready for my 'nana nap' (your fault ray - it's part of my body clock now).......

i'm having dinner tonight with a number of people from the research group which will be good. but i'm guessing i'm in for a bit of a late night.

and i've managed to coordinate my timing so that i have had a chance to chat online with michael, and apart from the dog being a pain all is well at home too.

that's all for now. and ignore the date and time stamps on the posts - right now it is 5.42pm thursday cambridge time but my computer is still set for qld time......

and two questions:

  1. why is my hotel located on a 'square' which is actually 'round'??????????
  2. can u see the photo of the traffic cops doing what traffic cops do????????
ok, all for now. catch everyone later.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Frozen river was amazing, Kerrie... and what a beautiful building beyond it. We get ice on ours but not like that.

Pity about the maple syrup. What a crazy world we live in.

Still smiling about the burnt trees though... and 'old' buildings... Cambridge looks quite European in some ways.

Hope conference goes well for you. And keep having fun!

Caroline (& Graham, just back from the other Cambridge as it happens)

Anonymous said...

Hi, did you take orders for the wombat jumper? I still have the pattern - maybe could have made a fortune!!!!! keep dreaming eh!!!!
Good to read your updates - sorry you had to hand in the maple syrup I was looking forward to my share, never mind - next time.
Fancy you and Graham being at Cambridge at the same time and not meeting up ?
Photos have been lovely to see - made me very envious - especially the snow and ice and the coolness - oh for some of that here.The building look great as does the view from your hotel window - must admit I found the hockey field looked great but also no nothing of ice hockey.
Kids came for dinner tonight -don't stay on afterwards ...get the feeling they want to be off. Michael decided to go to dad's tonight - being picked up about 9 - he was unsure due to school work - but got busy before coming for dinner and put most of assignment together - and decided to go. He missed out on his train ride down - due to some mishap with mobile phone and its battery, think Tegan said they would take it and get it checked out.In mean time found an old one of yours.
They looked well as did the villian dog - he had play with Patch - has lost some weight but no doubt you will help him get it back when you return - I think he is missing you and a bit of fretting ...I did not show him any pics of Blade. I did give all 3 of them the lecture about taking him for a walk so that he did not get bored and washing dishes such that he would not wnat to get to them - yes I did the grandma thing.(maybe that's why they did not stay - they took it all in good fun - I think).
Hope time in Harvard goes well and then the short stay in NY.
Certainly would have been hard leaving Ray and Lily sounds as if they did you proud - I am pleased - you deserve it.
Have more fun, talk later and see you Friday
Love Mum