Grandma and Grandpa have an exchange student from Argentina staying with them this spring. Her name is Constanza, and her English is superb. We also learned that she likes Dad's sense of humor, she's a fan of meat and potatoes, and she likes dogs. She seems to be the perfect fit for the Hemberger house!
During their visit, Constanza went to St. Mark's for two days to get a taste of a different sort of high school. She's going to FCHS where I went to high school, so I knew a couple days at St. Mark's would give her a well-rounded experience of American secondary school.
We also went to Louisa May Alcott's home, Orchard House, where she wrote Little Women. That was Grandma's choice. Grandpa's choice was going to the U.S.S. Constitution maritime museum. His other pick was to eat in the St. Mark's dining hall, but that adventure will have to wait until another trip. Lachen and Aksel wanted to go fishing, so Grandpa's birthday present was a short-term Massachusetts fishing license. Lachen declared that "the fishing in Wisconsin is a lot better," but at least they now have fishing poles and tackle in Wisconsin, Minnesota (at G&G Reid's), and Massachusetts. They are nothing if not well equipped.
In the fishing theme, we went to a fishing village north of Boston called Newburyport where we had the best mussels of all time. The boys devoured them, and we all had seafood aplenty: clam chowder, seafood stew, shrimp, scallops, mmmm...
Other memories:
Lachen: "The best part of learning to read is that bedtime stories never have to end."
Three foods we must have when the G&G Hemberger are in town: pineapple, cornnuts, and Cherry Garcia ice cream.
All 7 of us riding illegally in a car built for 5.
Constanza and I learned that Harvard is so famous that they don't have a sign ANYWHERE!
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