Sena's coming home!

Sena's internship with Senator Blumenthal is ending and we're going to pick her up in DC at the end of the week. She'll be home hopefully until at least the end of August, depending on when she finds an apartment and job in DC. I'm so happy that she'll be back here for a while.

In other news, the wind tunnel that Ed and I are making for my aerospace class is coming along. Everyone is very excited about it. It is now with a machinist who's doing some work on it.

And our Europe trip is coming up soon. Here's a little peak:

And a few pictures of Aiyana, my flowers, books and cats. 

Peace

Boston, again

Yesterday, Aiyana and I visited Boston College and Boston University. We liked BU the most.

This is around BU

and here is BC

And the obligatory café stop.

Last day in Montreal

Aiyana really liked Montreal, especially McGill.

Both

How does it feel being a tourist in your own city?

The beauty of living in multiple places is that you can experience them both as a local and as a tourist. Today, I am enjoying Montreal as both.

In Montreal

I'm a little bit toured out. We've seen 4 universities so far in Toronto and Ottawa.

 Tomorrow Ed and Aiyana are visiting one more university in Ottawa, but I am taking a break. I am going to hang out and do some school work in one of my favorites cafés in Montreal, where I used to work a long time ago, Café Castel, nextdoor to McGill University!!! Looking forward to that for sure.

On Friday, we'll be touring McGill and Concordia, and on Saturday we'll be heading back home.

Next week, Aiyana and I are visiting a couple more schools in Boston.

Then, we're all going to DC, and Sena's coming home with us for the month of August, and the 4 of us will be going to Romania and Turkey. So it's a full summer.

I must say that all this college touring is pretty overwhelming, but it's also kind of interesting, and definitely good to have a wider context based on which to make a decision.

My mom's garden:

Impromptu stop at Niagara falls, Canadian side, and then on to Toronto

Second and third weeks of summer vacation

Aiyana and I have been continuing to visit universities. We visited Northeastern University in Boston earlier this week. That was very impressive. And the pricetag was very impressive as well, but not in a good way, at around 70k per year! Some pictures are below.

Yesterday, we visited University of Rhode Island. Not impressed with it. I don't think Aiyana will apply. The University itself is not academically that impressive, and the surrounding area is dead. It would've been a wasted trip, were it not for Aiyana's excellent play list, which we listened to on our ride, and for the fact that we always find a way to make our trip fun even when we're in the middle of nowhere, as we were yesterday.

Tomorrow, Ed, Aiyana and I are driving to Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal for a week. We'll be visiting a bunch of schools there, and we're looking forward to that, plus the change of scenery.

Here are some pictures from this week.

Next time you're in Boston, try Life Alive. Excellent café.

My beautiful Aiyana. I'll miss her so much if she goes away to college. Just like I miss Sena.

Peace