It has been crazy the last month. I thought I'd find some time to give an update on all the great stuff I've been doing. Well, I finally managed to have some free New York minutes!
I'll give a short summary (really, I keep it short) of what I've been doing the last month.
First my sister Hannah and Tirza came to visit me (and they came to shop as well, to be honest). It was great to show them 'my city'! I was exhausted by the time they went home, but we had an awesome time (and they shopped quite a bit, so I guess they were satisfied too!).
Then I had a few days rest before Frank arrived. We've been living together in NYC for a few weeks now: and I can tell you this: it is GREAT! We had to be very flexible though, because we had just one set of keys.. Frank has been working all over the city: in Starbucks, in a coworking space, illegal in our library.. And I think he explored the American dating market pretty well. So I'm convinced that the American www.paiq.nl will 'bang' enter the market.
Of course, we also did some touristy stuff: Coney Island beach, Liberty and Ellis Island (see pictures). I liked Coney Island Beach a lot! And there was this funny Mermaid Parade, pretty entertaining day!
Miss Liberty was boring (I can see her from my bedroom window, and really, she doesn't look prettier when you come closer). However, I'm curious how they 'build' her, did the French build it, have the drawings, or would they just have given the money?
Last weekend we went to Boston (see pictures). Great city! And really clean and tidy compared to NYC (maybe NYC is just dirty and messy). Lots of small little streets.. Almost European. M.I.T. really impressed us! Nice buildings, and their museum was really cool (I think we were pretty nerdy that day).
So where can I buy time so I can stay a bit longer? Research starts being really exciting, we've completed the first mouse study last week, and today on my last 'working' day I had a quick look at the tumor! Ok, I can talk/write a lot about this, but I'll give you just one short message: exciting stuff!
Well that's about it. Tomorrow Frank and I fly to L.A. to enjoy our Californian road trip, vacation is important! We'll be back home July 20. I might write a last blog post when we're back.
It was an amazing experience, I'm going to miss NYC a lot, I wish I could buy some time, so I could stay a bit longer...
