So we had a great time in Boston. The conference went well, and the presentation done. I guess I don't have much to say about my paper, but instead, I'll tell you about our trip. We arrived on Wednesday and left on Saturday, so we tried to pack in as much as possible. We took a trolley tour of the city that was interesting. There are a couple of things that you hear over and over on the tour. First, most of Boston used to be swamp or water and that they filled it in by moving various hills into the sea. Also, many of the buildings are either built on pilings (which you can't see) or are built on top of very large pieces of wood stuck vertically into the soft ground. We also went to Fenway on Friday morning, and enjoyed a cold, but informative tour. We were on the first tour of the morning and luckily there were only about five of us there. The next tour had about 30 people; most of them looked like obnoxious high schoolers. Then on Friday we went to Harvard and took the student-led Hahvahd Tour of campus. These guys recently started their own tour service, and we happened to get off the train right when they were starting their tour. They did a good job, and fun tidbits like what dorm Matt Damon or the Unabomber lived in were especially interesting. Anyways, Boston is great. Here's a few pics for you:
