Sunday, October 21, 2007

A glorious autumn weekend


Just as we did while living in Europe, we're trying to explore our new surrounds here in New England when an opportunity presents itself. This time around, we're still striving for a monthly "getaway", but it'll more than likely be a new state or city... alas, not a new country. (!)

This weekend we drove up to Portsmouth, NH. A mere hour's drive north of Boston, we saw some colorful foliage and strolled around the charming town for the whole afternoon ducking in and out of stores as the clouds above would allow. Lunch at Popover's was lip-smackingly-good and we managed to snag a window seat which allowed for one of our favorite activities: people-watching. (We're going to make an excellent old couple... slunking around waiting for the window seat to open up... only to sit there for hours watching the world pass by...) A leisurely hand-in-hand walk around the town revealed some great shops including one of the best kitchen supply stores I've ever seen.


This weekend Boston was filled with rowing teams from near and far. The Head of the Charles Regatta has been keeping things humming around here - especially on the Cambridge side of the river. This morning we biked down to Harvard Square for a stop at the Farmers' Market and for a look at the races. It could not have been more gorgeous here today with blue skies to rival the color of those clear winter days in Denmark we used to rave about.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Our new place

We're so happy with our new place in Cambridge. It's a whole 100 sq. ft. larger than our last Copenhagen apartment and we feel like we now reside in a palace. It's been such fun hunting for just the right things to fill out our new home. It's still a work in progress, but we're comfy and enjoying our time when home.

We celebrated our 4th Anniversary with a trip to Cape Cod...


Although we haven't had a full weekend to explore our new neighborhood just yet (!), we love what we have seen. From independent bookstores to a you-need-it-we-have-it hardware store, we're feeling right at home and can walk to just about anything. We're hanging on to the European way of biking and walking as much as possible!