Medford

After a long and hard struggle with determining what services were available in our area - we finally got hooked up with T-Mobile's webconnect USB stick. We both prefered mobile internet to static - since we plan to travel to Toronto and back and also - T-mobile allows for free wifi usage in T-mobile hot-spots world-wide! This means when Steph is off on his conferences or workshops, it'll be that much easier to connect. On other news... it's a rainy wet muddy day in Boston today. I was hoping for good weather so that we could actually see a bit of Boston for a change - but looks like it'll be another day spent indoors. I've already soaked my one pair of runners!

I am finally hooked up with internet and a mobile phone! This last week without has led me to start crawling up the wall - especially with furniture being delivered to our empty apartment.

Nice things about Boston/Cambridge/Somerville/Medford

• Found a corner store that sells Barry's Tea (imported from Ireland)
• Beautiful weather - it's been mainly sunny and hot since we've arrived
• People are nice (though had only 1 bad-Am. experience so far - type of thing you would never experience in Can.)
• Boston accent is nice to hear (you just want to squeeze cheeks... granted, I doubt they'd appreciate that!)
• Walk friendly city... been walking everywhere! Like Galway, it's better for walking than taking public transport.

So have managed to get my bearings.  But still haven't found a department store where I can buy pillows and bed sheets.