Do Over?

Our weekend trip to Boston was a blistering success. Trip summary below:

1. It's possible that we've gotten too old to bounce back from flying the red-eye. Even though we got a seat between us which is pretty much unheard of these days, and we were on a nice new modern plane - it still sucked. Arriving in Boston feeling like a tired ball of crap isn't the best way to start a whirlwind weekend. 

2. Drive up to Hanover, NH was great. We were so tired that we had to pull over for a nap about half way there (again, like old people). Turns out it was the busiest rest-stop ever - kind of hard to take a nap in a parking lot full of rev rev revving Harley's and Semi's and all sorts of other stuff going on. 

3. Hanover, New Hampshire - LOVE! Dartmouth - LOVE! I wanted to hit the reset button on college and apply immediately to Dartmouth - and redo the whole college experience on the cutest campus and in the cutest town ever. So charming! We spent the night at the Hanover Inn, which was recently remodeled and completely LOVELY. And those nice nice people had a room ready for us around 11 am, so we could plop our tired asses into a soft bed in an air conditioned room and finally get some sleep.

We got up in time to get ice cream, wander the shops, check out the town, and meet friends for dinner around 6. Great time there in Hanover, and I really hope I get accepted to Dartmouth for my "imaginary" new college career.

 4. Concord, New Hampshire and St. Paul's School - Sorry, but Concord is no Hanover. It's more like...well... a sort of depressed looking old used up kind of town. The hotel we were "meant" to stay in was sold out a long time ago, so we were forced to make other arrangements - in a town where other arrangements can jump down the "awesome" scale pretty fast. Our hotel - I'll just call it the Vays Dinn - was pretty much what you'd expect for a 40-50 year old motel. Chain link fenced pool in the parking lot - that should give you the idea. Anyway, doesn't matter, we were barely at the hotel at all - so only mentioned it to give you the flavor - and that it made me really miss the Hanover Inn.

St. Paul's School on the other hand is unbelievably beautiful and an amazing boarding school on the outskirts of town. Graduation and anniversary events took place on Friday and Saturday and into Sunday. I met some really really nice classmates of my husband, along with other old friends, toured the campus, walked in the parade and watched crew races at the pond. The entire weekend was hot and in the 90's - arghhh.

5. Back to Boston - there is only so much meet and greet a person can take before one is OVER IT. So we blasted back to Boston and spent Saturday and Sunday with good friends there, and flew home Sunday pm. Great trip - love New England - can't wait to go back.