We have been off on our jollies recently. Some urban; some rural.
First, we spent a long weekend in Boston. It's a great city and we walked a lot of it taking advantage of the many kid-friendly activities and the adult-friendly shopping. Checked out Harvard too.
Anth & I even managed to get out on our own to sample the Boston night-life. We had a friend of a friend who's moved to Boston babysit the kids in our hotel room, and we got our glad rags on and headed out. We wondered about leaving our kids in a hotel room with a complete stranger.....then we wondered about it some more....then we got drunk to stop all the wondering. I'll let Anth tell you about her falling over in the posh restaurant.....ruined the illusion of our being posh there and then!
After the bustle of the big city, we headed back west where we slowed the pace right down in the fields of Iowa. As far as I can tell, Iowa is known for three things: Bill Bryson; the place where the first presidential nomination elections are held; and cornfields. Seeing as Bill Bryson lives in Yorkshire and the presidential nominations are two years away, we had ourselves a day in the corn! Of all the corn that is grown in Iowa, only 1-2% is edible. About 20% is used to make ethanol and the rest is used as feed for pigs.
Oh yeah.....pigs. Pigs being the fourth thing to know about Iowa....
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