Got through class on Saturday, finished about mid afternoon.
The lecturers here really are fantastic, they have huge knowledge in their chosen fiel, but alo are very skilled at making the lectures engaging and entertaining.
One of the guys had organised tickets to the Boston Red Socks Baseball game.
The tickets had a printed price of $85 but we ended up paying $180.
The game was supposed to start at 7pm but was delayed because of rain, until after 9:30pm, this wasn't so bad as there was plenty of people watching to do, and beer to drink. This seemed like a good idea until you realise that the beer is $7.85 per plastic cup! (that's USD not Kiwi). Throw in an equally overprice hotdog into the equation and a two and a half hour wait is quite expensive.
I'm undecided whether it was a good or bad thing but it rained again after about two and a half hours, and they stopped play. At that point we gapped it, which was the right thing to do as it never re-started and the Boston Red Socks were eventually declared the winner.
I will go to another one before I leave.
Sunday - 13 Sep 2009
A quiet day today. Working Group meeting at 0800, which I found reasonably difficult as I hadn't had much sleep.
Had some brunch, then a game of tennis. I went for a walk across the river into and around Harvard Square.
This place really is beautiful, very picturesque.
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