Easter sunday

today was a great surprise. woke up early and the weather turned out to be great as opposed to the forecast cold and rain there was sunshine!! and it was warm... we left early, planned to do grocery shopping first, but the supermarket was closed! we drove straight to the beach, this time to another beautiful spot on cape ann, magnolia beach. there were few people and a lot of sun! perfect!

when we got hungry we went to denny's somewhere along the highway. the only reason we went to dennys is the big bang theory, when leslie winkle says, while losing a paintball game "surrender, then denny's" we both found this very funny, so when we finally saw a denny's it was an easy choice... that was yet another 'ooooh, this is really like in the movies'-experience... :)  the easter bunny was there as well, as you can see, and i was drinking cranberry- and tim grapefruit-juice....

and, as opposed to the netherlands; tomorrow is not a free day here....

Living here...

.... means you live in quite an ugly building!! but actually the next sign said; you'd be home by now... this is next to the green line station science park, next to the museum of science, in boston. we drove past it when tim picked me up from work. the amount of rent we pay for our apartment is far too high, so sometimes we are wondering whether we should find a cheaper place when our lease ends (here you sign a lease for a year or even longer; if you want to rent per month, the rent is even higher. our lease is even 1,5 years, in exchange for living rent-free the first 3 months). we do not even live in boston, but in melrose. however,... the alternative would be the above, for example... would it be cheaper? probably not. and no washer/dryer in the apartment. perhaps no underground parking, pool and 24hr gym.... ah well... we still have a little while to decide as to what to do... :)

today was a rainy day. and not warm. we planned to go shopping tomorrow because of the weather, but i discovered today that everything will beclosed since its easter! so instead we went this evening to the outlet center in wrentham, where they have an enormous amount of shops.. we passed them all... pfff.. but relatively speaking, we didnt buy much!

happy easter! now we have to come up with another plan for tomorrow....