east coast!

19 hours of driving, & i have arrived in boston, massachusetts. the drive was incredibly scenic. the skies were bright blue, and the clouds white and crisp. at one point we were in new york state and we passed by a vineyard. the sun was setting, and there was a family of deer. the scene was perfect.

our hotel in boston is right by the water, surrounded by piers and docks. oh, and sailboats! so many sailboats, so pretty. we're staying in the business district, so we have to drive a little bit to get to real places.

the first night we got here we went out to a seafood place on the harbor for father's day at a place called 'the barking crab.' jack johnson was blasting while people ate their boiled crablegs. sweet, i guess. we ordered food that made me feel like i was going to die.

yesterday i went shopping with my mom on newbury street. it was adorable. all of the shops were cute & brick & old. oh, and so many dogs! everywhere! it reminded me of new york, where it was acceptable to bring your dog almost everywhere. that's the kind of place i wanna live. after grabbing lunch at a little thai place, i found a record store. i got pet sounds on vinyl, something i've been eyeing for quite a while now. we walked around the library downtown, it was so nice! then yesterday night my mother took my brother and i to chinatown. it was a bit of a let down, except there were so many cute aznbabies.

today, my mom took us to visit one a family she met via being a refugee@ the age of like 10. they had these two grandbabies who were adorable. 'ethan' let me watch mickey mouse with him, & we talked about toy story 3 (which made me cry! saw it in 3d and had to take off my glasses to wipe tears away. call me what you must, but the movie just hit me in all the right places). he is 4 years old, but he took a couple seconds to put up the right number of fingers. after that, we went on washington street to go shopping some more. got a super cool ring that looks like a snake in this store that was like a rhinestone kingdom. i just got back from taking a driving tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. So Harry Potter-esque.

things i want to do the rest of the week: go whale watching, see the m.c. escher exhibit at the museum of science, isabella gardner museum, & take a boat cruise. we'll see how productive my family and i feel. then i'm on the road to montreal until the beginning of august! so excited.

(more pictures soon!)