Lecture time! Twice!

I visited two lecture halls this weekend. On Saturday, Jakob and I drove to the University of Connecticut to meet with my friend and her son. He gave us a nice tour of the area and inside the lecture hall. What a perfect day we had!

On Sunday, I was able to spend an afternoon of poetry in the Lecture Hall of the Cambridge Library. Henri Cole and Jordan Zandi were reading from their books. So beautiful! But so was the weather, so this big lecture hall was half empty...Too bad.

A little Germany in Somerville

 

What Americans serve as a German food is more a Bavarian food. Hefty platters of wurst, schnitzel and dumplings. 

We enjoyed it at Bronwyn in Sommerville. 

Extremely tasty...and heavy. 

Thankfully they cook more Mediterranean food in Germany today!

The sad part of down sizing...

If you move from a rural area in NJ to Cambridge (where houses are much smaller therefor more expensive), you will need to down size. Which is actually good!
But what to do with all that stuff that doesn't fit in your new house anymore? Storage...ugh. 

At least Jakob had some fun discovering his old toys and costumes new. 

You obviously are never too old to play a knight, ha, ha

Wild, wild Cambridge

Not really... But at least we have wild turkeys walking around the town...
Maybe he is looking for the Open House.

And some people even are wearing a red nose.

Jakob obviously can't wait until May 26, the Red Nose Day.

Is Boston the new Chicago?

It's April and we got 4 inches of snow yesterday, again... Icy wind, cold...again...

Only those guys can handle this weather.

Green leaves?? No, only a wall painting...ha, ha

Exhibition of the Masters

We spend Sunday afternoon at the TD Garden in Boston. Watching the masters! 

I can't decide who was my favorite...probably Javier Fernandez. But I also was very impressed by the Germans, Pair's 3rd.

The fans in TD Garden (loudly!) applauded each ice skater and, from what I saw, were extremely fair during the whole competition.

At the final show all winners appeared on the ice. 

The fans were happy!

World Figure Skating Championship 2016 in Boston

That's one (more!) of the perks of living in the city! I can watch my favorite sport live, not just on tv! 

Olaf and I went to see the free dance yesterday night. So beautiful! 

My favorite ice dancers Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat were not there (that was obviously a while ago, ha, ha), but another French figure skaters took on the legacy and won. 

The second and third place went to the USA. 

The fans loved it!