{"id":2478,"date":"2016-04-25T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2016-04-26T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T17:24:11","slug":"spring-break-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

We should have been in Amsterdam. We made plans, booked flights, researched places to visit, discussed how much bike riding we could do in a day. We planned to be in Amsterdam with our travel friends for the tulips blooming, a famous art exhibit and see Ann Frank’s house.<\/p>\n

But plans change. Bombs go off. And we adapt.<\/p>\n

The Paris and Brussels bombings have had a ripple effect. There are arrests being made and updates keep coming even as weeks pass. An arrest of a French national tied to the Paris bombing the town over from where we would be staying made our decision.<\/p>\n

We did look into a shorter trip to Iceland (where our layover would be). Not only did it become cost prohibitive but there were riots and the Prime Minister resigned\u00c2\u00a0over a financial scandal. What a world.<\/p>\n

So we planned a stay-cation with lots of old favorite activities and a few new ones.<\/p>\n

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Last year we went to the Melting Pot. Dipping treats in chocolate was on our must do list this year:<\/p>\n

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Harry Potter Cooking Class- how cool is this! We took the bus and train to the Boston Public Market. The kids made Butterbeer!<\/p>\n

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After the cooking class we took advantage of the nice weather and played on the Greenway including the carousel!<\/p>\n

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During February vacation we went to a Rock Climbing gym- the kids wanted to show it off to Chris.<\/p>\n

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Aidan loved his birthday party at Laser Craze. So he suggested bringing everyone who didn’t get to go for a fun day! (and then we went out for pizza)<\/p>\n

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The MIT Museum hosted Dimensions of Dr. Who, Of course this guy LOVED it!<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t Amsterdam but it was a lot of fun. Anytime with these guys always is. \u00c2\u00a0And we will get to Amsterdam. \u00c2\u00a0Some day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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