The Ostapecks: Boston, Harvard and Maine

We arrived at JFK airport on Monday July 14 around noon. We decided to eat something quickly before our connecting flight to Boston. The connecting flight to Boston only took about 35 minutes, which was nice, since we were ready to be off a plane for good. David slept on the flight, but I was too excited.

Our first authentic New York pizza...

...in JFK airport

When we landed we got our luggage and went straight to the car rental place where we picked up our rental car. We received a 1998 gray Ford Focus. It was a cute little economical car.

Once we had our rental car we headed into Boston. We used our Map Quest directions to find the way to Harvard (Hah-vad) University. We had a little bit of a difficult time since Boston has a lot of one way roads. Once we finally found our way to the University we parked and joined a tour group.

I honestly cannot remember the name of this building...oops

This is the statue of "John Harvard," but the tour guide told us that although the statue says "John Harvard" it isn't REALLY him. They don't know who it is...Weird. Apparently people rub the right shoe for good luck (that's why it's so shiny)

This is the church on Campus. I tried to get a picture of the whole thing, but I couldn't fit it...

This is David and I sitting on the steps of Harvard's Library. It is the second biggest library, next to the Library of Congress.

This gives a better idea of how BIG it is.

I think this is a pretty picture of the campus.

Harvard's History and traditions were very interesting to learn about. We had a lot of fun hearing all of the stories and all of the Old Money that has been put into the University. We also got to see other neat things around the campus.

After we finished our tour of Harvard we headed to Wells, Maine where David's Dad, Uncle, Cousin and Grandma were vacationing. (David's grandma has a vacation home there) We were able to have dinner with them and spend the night.