Nice Break !

I had a nice break of around 10 days after my second semester. It was good having no cases to read or no homeworks/assignments. It felt strange for the first few days but then it started feeling good after a while. The first few days were gloomy because of weather and full of anxiety as I was waiting to hear back from two companies I interviewed with for the summer internship. Half way down the break, the weather cleared up and I got an internship offer for the summer. I had a plan of a road trip to Niagara in this break but it didn't work out because I got lazy and because I don't have enough money right now. But I spent the last 3-4 days (re-)visiting few places in the city.

First day, we went upto Coolidge corner. We had never been to Trader Joe's before. We just thought of stopping by there to see what the store has. To our amusement, we found really cheap wines - even some good ones which are available at other stores were really at a discount there. I bought my first most inexpensive wine that day - only for $2.99. I was way better than I had expected and than many other expensive wines I had tried. 

The next day, we went to Boston Common. The last time we had been to that park was in winter - Dec 31 to see the fireworks. It was good to see so much greenery after a long time. After a good sunny afternoon at the park, we decided to take a walk on the Charles Street. I really like that place as it reminds me of streets in India that have shops on both sides of the street at the ground level and houses and apartments on top of those shops, something not very common to see in US. We walked all the way upto the Charles MGH T-stop, walked up the bridge, stood there for a while and watched Boston Skyline, small boats sailing in Charles River and duck tours making their last rides. I really wished I had my camera at that time.

I just couldn't resist that itch of taking out my camera again and we went to the harbor the next day. A beautiful sunny afternoon with clear blue sky and light breeze was a perfect day to be at the harbor. It was also the day when we walked the most. After spending time at harbor, we walked up to the Charles River bridge again, took some photos and then walked to the MIT stop. It was tiring but a good walk.

After a good warming up session with my camera at the harbor, I needed more of the photography and some more of the sun. I knew I would be very busy for the next few weeks. So, on the last day of my break, we went out again, this time to the Charles River sidewalk along the BU campus. This place is at the top of my favorites in Boston so far. I took some photos that I really liked a lot. It was a perfect day to end my small break, to sit on a bench along the river and just relax.

Now, I'm back to the daily drill of summer intensives of the MS part of my program - classes from 8am to 6pm for the next three weeks. More to come about those shortly.