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We’re in America!

We’ve been here for a few weeks now, so I thought I should let you know how we all are in case you’re missing us.

We’re staying in Westford, which is sort of near to Boston, Massachusetts.

I’ve been spending most of my time here – the IBM Mass Lab near Littleton.

In between the many, many, (many!) meetings you might even be able to find me here.

We’ve done a lot of travelling.

We’ve been on trains.


We’ve been on buses.


We’ve been on boats.


We’ve been on subways.


And we’ve driven to a lot of places, too.

I’ve even started to get the hang of driving on the wrong side of the road.

Most of the time.


Some road signs still confuse me though.


We’ve found lots of places around here with familiar sounding names, like Winchester, Andover, Reading, Manchester, Gloucester, Tewksbury, Marlborough, and lots more. It feels strange to see them!

We’ve met animals. Some of them were in water.

Some of them were on land.

We’ve made some other friends, too.

Some of them serious and historical.

Some of them were a little more colourful.

It’s been hot.

But there are ways to cool down.

These outdoor fountains are awesome.


We’ve been up high.

And we’ve been down low.

We’ve tried to learn some of the history.

We’ve explored some of America’s Great Outdoors.

And there has been running. A lot of running.

There has been food.

So much food.

And it’s generally huge.

Anything with a screen or a button has been pressed.

And we’ve done random stuff like be guinea pigs for some Harvard researchers.

And find massive sandcastles in the street.

We’ve spent most of the time around Boston, but we’ve also ventured further afield. Last weekend we went to New York!

We had to visit the Statue of Liberty.


We sat on it!

Well… a replica of a bit of it.


We went inside it.


And we… erm… leant on it.


And that’s just the real one. We found others.

Obviously, as knowledgable travellers, we visited all of the lesser known out-of-the-way sights, like Times Square.

And Central Park.

Inevitably, travelling with three girls, I got dragged around the shops.

We found Hello Kitty. And all the Barbies.

We spent hours in Toys R Us. It felt like days.

And we found chocolate shops.

If you think there’s been a lot of photos in this post, you’ve seen nothing yet. We’ve taken a couple of thousand photos since we’ve been here.

I think it’s starting to affect them.

They’re looking a little bonkers. Although this may just be to get me to stop.

Anyway, you get the general idea.

I’m working lots, Amy and the girls are seeing the sights.

We’re here for another few weeks, so I suspect I’ll have more photos to inflict on you all soon.

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