I honestly can’t believe I am sitting here at the end of another assignment. Three travel assignments in the books. My mom flew into Boston on Saturday to drive home with me. We arrived back in the good ol Burg of Schaum yesterday afternoon. As I have been with all my assignments thus far I was sad about leaving. I very much enjoyed my time out in New England and am SO happy I decided on this area for the fall and beginning of winter. Though I do wish there had been more snowfall before I left but oh well.
My coworkers from the hospital were all so wonderful and I really enjoyed working and hanging out them while I was here. Of course exploring New England was fantastic. I snuck in one more afternoon and evening of exploration after picking my mom up from the airport on Saturday. We went over to the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. This neighborhood is beyond adorable. The buildings are so cute I could die and everything was decorated for Christmas. It looked like we were walking in a production of the Christmas Carol with the old brick buildings and cobblestone streets. We both loved it. I also had this unaccomplished mission of seeing and visiting Cheers, the bar. I started watching the show when I got out to the East Coast (though I only made it through season one) and really wanted to visit the actual set. SO, we did! We had a beer and lunch at the Cheers set. Super touristy of us but fun nonetheless :).
As I posted on Instagram with my photo yesterday, I feel extremely lucky to have found a condo with an ocean view while being here. I LOVE the water and to be able to see and hear the ocean every day for the last three months has been an absolute treat. Probably every other day I made a point to spend time by the water. Typically I would go for a run along the coast to enjoy the waves and the sunsets! I’ll always be so happy I was able to experience this. Luckily, I am heading to Portland and the coast is only an hour and a half away 🙂
On a completely different and out of order topic, I thoroughly enjoyed my night in Boston a few weekends ago with Aimee and her girlfriend at the symphony! It was an all Beethoven show and it was absolutely wonderful. After the symphony we went to a chocoloate restaurant. I believe it’s called Max Brenners. The menu was about half an inch thick of just chocolate related food and drink items. I could have died and gone to heaven.
Last weekend was Brad’s sister’s wedding in NYC. It was a very, very nice weekend and we had a lot of fun. I was able to meet basically Brad’s entire family on both sides so that was nice. The wedding was beautiful and held at the New York Athletic Club. The club is located directly across the street from Central Park which made for a really nice day on Saturday prior to the wedding festivities. We walked around the city quite a bit and visited the Museum of Natural History, which was super interesting. The building itself was beautiful as well. The wedding was wonderful. I think my favorite things about the actual wedding was the fact that I got to wear a gown, the cocktail hour included a full on sushi bar and there was a live band playing music from the 60s and 70s. Oh and the fact that Brad’s 90-something year old grandma was out dancing us on the dance floor and lasted longer at the party than us. I aspire to be her when I grow up.
Oh my gosh. I can’t forget to mention the fact that we did a midnight walk after the rehearsal dinner on Friday to see the Christmas tree at Rockefeller. I was SO happy. Our timing was fantastic because they apparently turn the tree of at 1230 or 1am. So I had just finished taking five million of the same photos when the lights went out. Such a pretty tree though and so. many. lights. Love it!!
Ok well, that’s all I have to say about that. I plan on spending some time writing a sappy AF end of the year post as a reflection of everything I have accomplished and learned this year. Next month will already be a year since I started this whole travel adventure and I can hardly believe it. My brain still has not comprehended everything that has happened this last year so it will be fun to look back. Stay tuned for that bundle of love coming up here in the next few weeks.
Cheers!
Saying goodbye to the ATLANTIC ocean 🙂