Saturday, February 19, 2011

Boston

We've had a couple of months of crazy weather...the puppies definitely enjoyed frolicking in the snow!

In early February, we took a trip to Boston so Brandon could attend the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. The trip was nearly canceled due to adverse weather conditions, but after a couple of flight reschedulings, we finally made it. Brandon's colleague and her husband were at the conference too, so we got to hang out. Here we are looking through the conference programs and our various sightseeing guides.

We took a tour of Harvard, but we didn't get to go in their freshmen-only dining hall...too bad, because it's pretty awesome! (Picture here.)

We posed by the famous John Harvard statue (aka the "statue of three lies"), and learned that the movie The Social Network was not actually filmed at Harvard--filming isn't allowed on campus.

Also, Jay Leno just happened to be there, for some reason.

We also checked out the Kennedy Presidential Library.

We also spent lots of time on the T.

One of the coolest sites we visited was the teeny-tiny Warren Anatomical Museum, home of the famous skull of Phineas Gage. We weren't allowed to take photos, and we almost didn't make it there due to transportation mishaps and unclear directions, but it was worth the trip.

A special shout-out goes out to Cindy, who came to visit and stayed with our puppies while we were gone. Thanks!

2 comments:

Lori said...

Thanks for sharing your pictures. Looks like a cool place to visit. I noticed Brandon's hand is on the statue that get's treated ignominiously. Hope he washed afterwards...

Polly said...

You guys always take such cute pictures. What a great trip. I'm still amazed that you saw Jay Leno, and I read up on Gage :)