Events in Boston

There will be a duck tour / lunch / dancing reception on Saturday July 30, 2011. We may also organize some other Boston activities during the weekend; indicate your interest on the RSVP form.

The current schedule is:

10:00am-noon: "Duck Tour" of Boston, leaving from the Museum of Science.

We hope you'll join us on a semi-aquatic tour of our home town. It's a lot of fun! We've got a reservation for 20 already, which should be enough for everyone. Please let us know if you're not planning to go on the duck tour, though, so we can get the numbers right. You can learn more about the duck tour at:

http://www.bostonducktours.com/

Parking is at the museum of science; it costs $8.25. You can park slightly further away at the Cambridgeside Galleria for just $2.99. You can find more information on both of these options at:

http://www.mos.org/visitor_info/parking_information

12:30pm: Reception Lunch at the Cambridge Summer Shack

149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02140

The sorts of foods that I think of when I think of New England. There is free parking. You can check out the menu at:

http://www.summershackrestaurant.com/Locations_Cambridge.asp

Again, let us know if you're not planning to join us for lunch, so we can get the reservation right.

After Lunch:

Free time to explore Boston (I recommend http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/)... all the rest of the evening's activities are optional; feel free to skip them if it's not your thing. Or just drop by to meet some of our friends who like these sorts of things.

All the afternoon/evening activities are being held jointly with our friends Richard and Gundela, who got married a week after we did, also far away from Boston (a quarter turn east; we got married a quarter turn west).

These activities are all at MIT, on the 2nd floor of MIT's Student Center (building W20 at 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA). Directions and parking information can be found at:

http://www.mit.edu/~tech-squares/directions/

According to the parking office, West Garage (http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=P25) wil be open on Saturday for the usual $5 per car. If you are coming early keep in mind that meters will still be in effect. There are also free lots linked from the directions, although they will likely be farther away.

4:00pm:

Informal time of board games and snacks at MIT. Some of the board games are likely to be from Germany (and some might even be in German!)

6:00pm:

Buffet-style Indian dinner. Nothing fancy.

7:00pm: LEARN TO SQUARE DANCE!

We hope you will all drop by for this, although it's strictly optional of course. But we're going to have a beginners' dance, no prior experience necessary. Find out what this crazy square dance thing is all about!

8:00pm:

Cake cutting!

8:15pm:

Advanced square and round dancing. You need to know how to dance at least "Plus level" in order to join in, but you're welcome to stay and watch and socialize and continue playing board games with each other and with our non-square-dancing friends.

10:30pm:

Good night to all.

We may meet up again on Sunday morning for Dim Sum in Boston's Chinatown and then a 2 hour Segway tour. Let us know if you're interested in this. If you're interested in the Segway tour, let us know whether 12:30pm, 3:30pm, or 5:30pm is best.