Tripping with my new camera
I spent a few days with the boys in Boston. Their two colleges are two stops apart on the T, the Boston underground.
Here are some photographs from the trip.
Where I was staying was a lovely walk, by the Charles River, into Harvard Square. The weather was sunny and dry but extremely cold. It was interesting that the internet said the hotel was 0.5 miles from Harvard Sq, but in reality it was a good bit more. I wasn’t complaining though as it really was a lovely walk.
John has taken up rowing since he came over. Training is serious, six days per week. On Saturday morning, John’s training session was at 8am, but that was a lie-in for him. His room-mate had left for his, even earlier!
Crema Cafe is a popular place.
But even here serious study is done, seriously. The ‘homework’ system at their colleges contrasts hugely with that of third-level in Ireland. Here, even though it’s third-level, there’s lots of work for each subject, that has to be handed in, for correction.
John doing his Chinese work, the night I arrived.
Patrick’s in the background doing some work with one of his class-mates.
Later him studying before we went for dinner.
John took me on a tour of Harvard. (I’d previously been around MIT with P.) The buildings are just amazing.
A building on campus from a different era. This was funded by the Polaroid company.
The entrance to the Widener Library
The library consists of six floors above ground, four below.
Their own book binding.
It was lovely to meet up with their friends
From chatting with them and their friends, I was really struck by how hard they all really work.
So the new camera. While in the US I bought a camera with Patrick advising me. I started using it for the pictures in this post. No marks for guessing which were taken by the camera-phone and which with the new camera.
However the camera-phone has served me well! It has taken all the photographs to date on my blog. A trusted friend.
Finally while I was in Boston, it appears that Denis and youngest mouse were emulating me, emulating Julie, emulating …
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Lily the photos are terrific and you have given us a great window in to the world of Patrick and John.
Eh! Who is the female student with the boys in the photo three from the end? She looks kinda familiar!
You have shamed me into wanting to start using a new camera that my son Ranjan has bought for me. I have just been too lazy to learn how to use it. Grannymar too has been after me to start using it and post some photographs. Hopefully after the weather improves, I shall.
Great photographs.
Coo! Nice shots. I love the autumnal colours against the blue sky.
Boston is on my list of ‘must see’ places…one day!
Grannymar,
a blogging student!
Ramana, Thanks, it would be really interesting to see your photographs. I learned how to use my new camera from my son!
Steph, Boston is a great place to visit. I hadn’t been to that part of the US until I first visited it with Patrick. The autumn colours in New England are something else
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