Rhyming travels to Austin & Boston

Nov 28th - Dec 8th, 2011

Stephen headed to an Apple education gig in Texas for 5 days before heading to Boston for another 4 nights. It's been about 10 years since his last Boston visit so Stephen was keen to drop in on MIT and Harvard folks. Paulie's friend Ree (who visited a month or two prior and who we visited in Spain a few years back) happens to have a nice apartment in Boston , so Stephen stayed there for 3 nights. Drama included lost keys to Ree's apartment (found & delivered to Austin Airport by the hotel 15 minutes before Stephen boarded the flight to Boston) as well as a forced emergency landing in Kansas en route to LAX. Stephen made the flight home but half of his Apple colleagues were stuck a night in LA because of the delay.

The Hyatt Lost Pines Resort near Austin,	where the longhorns roam.	Where hours of this,	can lead to this.
But all good team bonding,	although sometimes asynchronous.	In Austin- Tatts and Rock Combo	Derek's Death Metal Pizza (high in iron?)
Stephen heads to Boston & takes a walk -Boston Common	Massachuesetts State House	The Old State House through Beacon Hill (1713)	Beacon Hill
Sharing a remote cup of tea with home in a Beacon Hill B & B	A shame not to light the fire	Weekend walks
And then to the North End- Stephen borrows Ree's unit	North End is very Italiano	Up Salem Street. The 1700s church is where Paul Revere's warning beacons hang	Copley Cemetary, 100 metres from Ree's. 2nd oldest in U.S.
The squirrel has no respect those who died in the 1600s	Hancock Tower by night	Stephen goes to MIT to meet folks	MITs network comes in handy
Walking back from Cambridge to the city (that's Beacon Hill on left)		Stephen liked the mercato. Great ingredients	Preparing dinner at Ree's for colleagues
With special guest Ruben Puentadura	Photo care of Jeff Vardy	ditto	ditto
	Then off early to MIT and Harvard meetings	Stephen had lovely weather for a few days. Sheltering in Harvard Square	And then the trip home had dramas! An emergency landing
It was Kansas, so seeing the Tin Man was no shock	and to pacify stranded passengers, the captain brings out food,