• About us
  • Housing
    • Off Campus
    • On Campus
    • Selling / Buying furniture
    • Looking for a sublet (1-2 months)
  • Kids
    • Schools / Childcares
    • Parks
    • Summer camps
    • Babysitting services
  • What to study
    • English courses
    • Other Courses
  • What to do
    • Theater / Museums / Concerts / Sport
    • Restaurants & Nigth life
    • Shopping
      • Fashion and others
      • Grocery stores
  • Transportation
  • Weekend trips
    • With kids
  • Hotels
  • Travelling to Spain

my Boston experience

~ Around MIT and Harvard

my Boston experience

Tag Archives: MIT Experiences

Going back to Spain

28 Sunday Jun 2015

Posted by santapau50 in Sin categoría

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

MIT Experiences

IMG_20150612_130601Today is our first day in Spain. After living one year in Boston we found our country very strange. Our house in the countryside looks very confortable, quite and very very big if we compare it with our on-campus appartment in MIT. The birds woke up us this morning (not the train as usual)  and the sound of the news in the radio in spanish look worrying.

IMG-20150626-WA0019
IMG_20150628_090926
IMG_20150627_134202
IMG_20150627_074607
IMG_20150627_062531

Grandma showed little Gil a picture of our house in Boston and he said – Abu es mi casa (Grandma is my home)- I was working in my computer and I felt the same,it is (was) our home.

IMG_20150607_130855
IMG_20150617_191054

As Guillermo told in his last post, the Sloan Fellows program is a year of profound changes in our lives. For the fellows and the partners this experience would be one of the best of their lives and one year to learn all kind of things from each other. I remeber myself asking a very good friend how to organize my home (it was very difficult to do it the first month).

Boston feb to may 556

Back at home I think the year has gone very fast because we had many things to do. Meetings with friends, conferences, visits to Boston, classes and the most important, taking care of my almost 3 years son.

Many of you, Sloan Fellow 16 and partners asked me for advise about activities to do this year, trips and studies. I think those are things to discover step by step. But, if you read that and you really want to follow my advise, then chek the following points:

  • Go to the ccae (click here) and take a course of your favorite hobby (singing, cooking, languages…) I did there a course to build websites and blogs. Or visit harvard extension school and plan your year (you can get a cerificate from Harvard with 4 or 5 courses).
    Bratle Street
    Harvard Extension School

  • Take the sailing course with your partner or with a friend and take a kayak trough the Charles river (just behind Watermark Apartments near the parking lot)
  • DSC02599
    DSC02619
    DSC02631
    DSC02635
  • Do sport. Even if you won’t be able to run the Boston Marathon, go to the sports center and take advantage of the activities you can do.
    Yoga Masha
    Sport Center MIT
    Sport Center MIT
  • Go shopping. You will find very cheap stores and outlets. Take advantage of that.
    outlet Wrentham
    Legoland
  • Plan your trips for the rest of the year. In summer visit: Edaville (for kids, dinasor park and Thomas the train), Apple picking (visit lookoutfarm), Franklin Zoo, Gloucester, Newport…
    IMG_20140824_131553
    1415207015588
    Edaville dinosaurs
    cape-cod-1
    Marthas Vineyard
    Marthas Vineyard
    Map
    Map
  • Walk trough the river, Boston Common, Charles street, Newbury Street
    BostonNewburyStreet_SightseeingBoston_URBUSINESSNETWORK
    newbury-street-boston
    IMG_20150429_185449
  • Leave the Museums for winter (Children’s Museum, Aquarium, Museum of Fine Arts, Science Museum)

And those are my fast points and recommendations for this next month. Enjoy your experience, your mornings, your evenings…everything will conect you to the following step.

Enjoy your summer!

Boston, a city to bike by Veronica Bunge

18 Monday May 2015

Posted by santapau50 in Experiences

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Living Cambridge, MIT Experiences

Hi! My name is Veronica. I’m from Argentina and I have spent the last year living in Boston with my husband.IMG_0413

Back home we used to ride our bikes quite frequently, mainly because we like to do exercise outdoors, and we decided to continue in that path once we moved to Boston.

One of the very first things we did when we arrived was to buy two nice bikes that would allow us not only to continue exercising but also to move from place to another. I find that Boston is a very friendly city for bikers. Most of the avenues and many of the streets have bike lanes, especially in Cambridge, where students use their bikes a lot to move around campus. It is also very common to see moms and dads taking their little kids for a ride in the bike trailers.

IMG_0411One of my favorite rides is along Charles River. The bike lane seems to never end. I like to start on one side of the river and then cross to the other side in any of the many bridges that cross the river, and go back the other way. I like to feel the company of other bikers and runners and the river view is very relaxing.

Another very nice ride is The Minute Man Trail (http://www.minutemanbikeway.org) which I did a couple of times with my friend Laura. To get there, we took the red line (yes, you can take your bike in the T off peak hours) and got off in Alewife station. From there it is a five minute ride to the trail, which runs from Arlington to Bedford. One of the nicest things of this trail is that since it is surrounded by woods you ride in the shade most of the way, which is very convenient in summer. I recommend to go during the week if possible because it can be pretty crowded in the weekends.

Screen Shot 2015-05-15 at 13.13.42
Screen Shot 2015-05-15 at 13.12.38

Regarding rules and regulations, I recommend the following website: http://massbike.org/resourcesnew/bike-law/
As you will see, it is not mandatory for adults to wear a helmet. However, I strongly recommend that you do so if you are planning to bike.

IMG_0446Typically it is quite easy to find where to park your bike, for which you will need to have a good lock. I do not recommend the regular ones (chain + lock) because they can be very easily opened or broken. U-Locks (by Kryptonite for example) are a good option.

One last recommendation: Ride safe! Enjoy your ride!

Top 10 ways to manage First and Final Stress

14 Thursday May 2015

Posted by santapau50 in Experiences

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

MIT Experiences

When you arrive here or you are leaving Boston maybe you will feel the Final Stress.

Today I was walking down the infinite corridor when I found some volunteers giving information about what to do in times of stress . And now it is clear that most of us are living this situations , because we are leaving, because we are arriving, because we are about to experience a great change in our lives and in our families organization. Here you have some recommendations that give the experts and I think we need to follow :

Top 10 ways to Manage Final Stress

1. Make a to-do list

Write down everything that needs to get done, breaking tasks into a smaller parts and spreading them out.

2. Avoid people who will stress you out

Every one is working hard, don’s make a competition to see who is more stressed.

3. Talk to someone who can help

4. Get enough sleep

It will keep you alert and attentive and gives you energy for studying. 8 hours is ideal! (for those who ha
ve kids that is a little bit difficult but try it with the help of your partner)

5. Exercise and eat well

comida sana
runner

Don’t forget about your health! Exercise is a stress buster (take exercise like a course you have to do in your MBA) , and healthy eating will give you more energy. Try to have a balance food every day (fruits, veggies, fish…) you will feel better.

6. Attend Study breaks

They are everywhere, take advantage of them!

7. Practice relaxation techniques

Yoga MashaExercises like deep breathing and meditation ara proven to reduce anxiety. You can find guided meditations here.

8. Think positively

Rather than worry about the past , focus on the steps you can take to improve your performance now. Visualize your self doing well on the exam, on your life, on your family…

9. Don’t be afraid to say no

The most iimportant word: NO

10. Reward yourself

DSC02599Have some fun and kep your motivation up by rewarding yourself after a study session or exam, go for a walk to the river, watch a movie or catch up with friends.

My MIT experience by Maria Ievseieva

11 Monday May 2015

Posted by santapau50 in Experiences

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

MIT Experiences

MAsha presentacionWe were celebrating new year which is the biggest holiday in Ukraine while my husband Artem received an e-mail with acceptance to MIT. This was something he really was craving for. He was extremely happy and confident that he is going to go forward with it. My feelings were a bit controversial…

On one hand I was very happy and proud of my husband, but on the flip side of that I was facing a difficult decision to make for myself. I had a very successful carrier, being a global marketing director of a large international company.

Obviously my husband was wishing me to join him in Boston, but I was very skeptical.

Artem was telling me that the partners will also have a great experience and that I will find a lot to do there. I was jokingly replying: “what will I do there? Sewing classes? Cooking classes? English courses? Are you kidding me?”.  We have arranged a phone call with SF 13 couple from Georgia to talk all the details. I was laughing hard as I found out that main activities organized were in fact English classes, cooking and sewing classes. On the bright side I discovered other opportunities like joining Harvard extension school and found out that many MIT events (not classes) are open for partners. I had to make a choice and I was not ready to quit my job yet.
In the end decision was made via the power of the circumstances: war started in my country and hostile take over of my company took place literally at the same time.

So I packed my bags and went with my husband to explore this new life.  There were days when I felt home sick, job sick and maybe sometimes even a bit depressed but there was not a single day when I felt regrets regarding the decision  made.


What I did in Boston?

MAsha JApan Nigth
Masha and Artem

Surprisingly for myself I did take cooking classes and what was even more surprising I absolutely enjoyed it! I learned how to do sailing and puddle boarding, I did a lot of sports in general – MIT has great facilities for that. I was learning Spanish and French, I was teaching yoga, I have attended many events and conferences at MIT and Harvard, I was doing documentary movie about Ukraine, working on my startup ideas and what is the  most important I was preparing my application for MBA for next year.

Yoga MashaNow when the year is almost over I can confidentiality say that it was one of the best years in my life! What made it so awesome? I guess we were very lucky with our cohort – friendships were made for life! Everyone was active and volunteering to do something for the community. Most of the events were created by people volunteering to do something for others – something they do well, something that their country is proud of sharing their culture and aspirations.

Masha
MAsha Yosemite
MAsha ski

Additionally we had a chance to explore the US: we traveled to Savanna with its incredible forests, Charleston with its colonial history, San Francisco, Yosemite National Park driving to Las Vegas via Death Valley, San Diego and its beautiful beaches, Acadia national park in Main, a pearl of Caribbean Puerto Rico as well as surroundings of Boston with great beaches in summer and ski resorts in winter.

MAsha Golden Gate
MAsha holidays

Finally in March I was accepted to MIT. This has made the year even more exceptional and granted  me certainty for the future.

I am greatful to everyone who made this year so special for me!

Be careful with the “FoMO” syndrome by Laura Gaviria Halaby

08 Friday May 2015

Posted by santapau50 in Experiences

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

MIT Experiences

 Laura
FoMO is “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent”. While you are at MIT there are so many interesting things happening at the same time, that you have to be able be ok with missing some of the cool events, speakers and opportunities around you.
Nonetheless these  are the top 5 things that you should not miss out as a Sloan Fellow at MIT
 

1. Tim Muddy talks & Beers

In addition to learning about your classmates life and experiences, Tim Muddy talks remind you of the importance of gratitude and humility. After the Tim Muddy Fellows meet that the Muddy Charles to enjoy beers and share their stories.11150776_10152687270796266_5310921533642469797_n

2. Sloan Fellows Private C Functions

The Sloan Fellows Private C Function is a great way for fellows from a specific country or region to share their culture with the rest of the cohort. Getting involved in this event is a great way to experience first hand another country’s traditions and get out of your confort zone.10714275_10152356060161266_7620366967575611489_o

3. Life outside Sloan

I encourage you to explore MIT outside Sloan. It is a unique experience to be immerse in the MIT ecosystem and to learn about the amazing things that are being created. Think of it as studying the future…. Below Professor Lozano and his small satellites.11173345_10152686639011266_7974415523176127871_n

4. Living as a student again

Being a student again comes with amazing benefits. You can participate in club activities and feel like a teenager again again… our Slow Fellows Soccer team was great fun during the year.11179960_10152677992851266_2038194994082559731_n

5.  Fellows and their families

But no matter what you do at MIT, the best thing are the Fellows and their families. They become your family and a network that will support you forever.

Finally as a way to help you keep up with MIT activities, download the MIT Mobile app and check the calendar on a daily basis. And don’t forge that a way to avoid FoMO Syndrome is to participate in as much events as possible

Enjoy your MIT experience!

Laura Gaviria Halaby
MIT Fellowship in innovation and Global Leadership | MBA
Legatum Fellow 2014 – 2015

Blogs que sigo

Recent Posts

  • Welcome Sloan Fellows ’17!!!
  • Make way for ducklings: Moving to Boston with four young children by LAMIS SOLAIM
  • Going back to Spain
  • MY YEAR AS A MIT SLOAN FELLOW by Guillermo Estévez de Cominges
  • Boston, a city to bike by Veronica Bunge

Instagram

No Instagram images were found.

10171253_10152288419131266_8975716082837013069_n
10313723_10152396459801266_2539346751286634280_n
10374031_10152058757761266_2421952006872030497_n
10390906_10152046760071266_1653018356999256649_n
10404225_10152306795346266_1147883791813997330_n
10599543_10152164492106266_3362659530720990930_n
10600377_10152230987471266_4752493414826944361_n
IMG-20141014-WA0036
IMG-20141014-WA0029
IMG-20141014-WA0013
IMG_20150514_122228
IMG_20150501_094527
IMG_20150429_185449
11179960_10152677992851266_2038194994082559731_n
10714275_10152356060161266_7620366967575611489_o
IMG-20150507-WA0026
10580007_10152317281846298_6944849668575744254_n
Feb to may 3639

Social

Blog at WordPress.com.

Desde el tren, mi rincón de pensar

RosetaRose

Mi blog sobre moda, belleza, decoración, cocina y un poco más.

hoxlife.wordpress.com/

hoxbyarakua

the universe where the system changers are

my Boston experience

Around MIT and Harvard

Kid's Best Menu

Comida y actividades para niños

Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×
    Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
    To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy