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After unpacking a little, we piled into the car (again!?! but why?!?) and headed over to Harvard Square for some lunch. Fire & Ice Mongolian Barbeque, absolute heaven and lunch at under $10 it’s a bargain! Seriously, absolutely amazing. That evening Jo wanted to finish getting settled, go pick up some furniture and make a Target run. Which, as lovely as that sounds, wasn’t exactly what I had planned.

So I hopped in a car with my new-found Boston friends and headed down to Rhode Island (my 12th state visited for the week) for the annual Water Fire thing… which is when the three rivers that converge in downtown Providence are set ablaze with 100 bonfires. Sounds cool, yes? Rhode Island, smallest state in the union. I must say, I was entirely impressed. The state capital was gorgeous in the deep dusk and made for a great photo op.

The Water Fire thing was really cool – kind of a mix between Pirates of the Caribbean and Phantom of the Opera, somehow set in the canals of Venice. It was kind of tricky to get photos because it was so dark, but I did end up with a few really cool ones.After spending an hour or so listening to the classical opera-like music wafting across the throngs of people, a group of people decided to wander around Providence for a little while; we had pizza, we took a private, mini-tour of Brown University and managed to crash the freshman orientation free-icecream party. So, what do you do when that happens? Pick a house and line up for ice-cream, of course! ) Classic.