Monday, August 14, 2006

Moving to New Hampshire




We did it! We moved across the country with a 1 month old baby and a house rabbit. It wasn't easy, but with help from our families we made it. David was an angel on the plane, he slept pretty much the whole time. Andrew and I were exhausted as we flew an all night flight, then we drove from Boston to Hanover, New Hampshire. The town is much smaller then expected. Dartmouth College is beautiful (Andrew is doing a post doc here), I'll take some pics soon and post more. It was really difficult to find our place, as street names are hard to read or not even labeled. But eventaully we found our new home, they prefer to use landmarks for directions. A three bedroom little place with a full basement. We were surprised to have all wood floors. We were pretty overwhelmed and wanted to get food, but found no fast food in this town. We drove to the next and found a Wendy's and a few more familiar places. We spent the first two nights on an air mattress on the floor, again Baby David was an angel. My family arrived in my car from their cross country trip and joined us on the floor one more night. The next morning we awoke with the moving truck and they unloaded all of our things.
It felt better to have our familiar items fill the foreign house we are to call our home. The task of unpacking laid before us, but my family helped for a week. They also helped discover cool places to eat and hang out around town. These are pictures of us at Molly's, a fun restaurant with delicious food, great atmosphere, and 2 dollar margaritas.

2 comments:

Jen said...

Nancy:

So exciting to see you with a blog! We'll look forward to getting regular pictures. I meant to ask you on the phone the other day: What is Baby David up to these days?

Glad you found home on the unmarked streets!

Randy (and Jen)

Geoff said...

Hi guys, glad to see I can keep up with you online, and glad to hear you're getting settled in. Prepare for cold winters!