Wednesday, March 26, 2008

New Jersey

Not all of you know this, but Mac was accepted to Rutgers University in New Jersey to get his PhD in Spanish American Literature. So the last couple of days Mac and I were in New Jersey visiting the school and getting to know the area. Rutgers paid for Mac's ticket, the hotel and some of the meals. They had us stay at the Hyatt and it was really nice. We left the kids with Grandpa and Grandma Wilson in Eden. Also Nikki and Holly helped take care of the kids. Thank you guys very much!!!! We left Wednesday night and flew all that night. We got there on Thursday morning and came home on Saturday. We had a good time and the people at the University treated us really well. They were all really nice. We spent most of the time at the university and one of the professors drove us around to help us get to know the area a little bit. We also visited the family housing apartments. We didn't really take much pictures but here are the ones we took. We still haven't made a decision if we are going to accept the school offer. But we have until April 1st to respond.

No todos ustedes saben pero Mac fue aceptado en la universidad de Rutgers en New Jersey para hacer su doctorado en español. Asi que los ultimos dias Mac y yo estvimos en New Jersey visitando la universidad y tratando de conocer un poco el area. Rutgers pago por el ticket the avion de Mac, el hotel y algunas de las comidas. Nos reservaron una habitacion en el hotel Hyatt y era re linda. Los chicos se quedaron con la abuela y el abuelo Wilson. Nikki y Holly tambien ayudaron a cuidar los chicos. Millones de Gracias!!! Nos fuimos el miercoles a la noche y viajamos durante toda la noche. Llegamos alla el jueves a la mañana y volvimos a casa el sabado. La pasamos muy bien y la gente en la universidad nos trataron re bien. Fueron muy buenos con nosotros. Estuvimos casi todo el tiempo en la universidad y uno de los profesores nos llevo en su coche a conocer un poco la ciudad. Tambien fuimos a ver los departamentos que la universidad tiene para alquilar para familias. Realmente no sacamos muchas fotos pero aqui puse algunas de las que sacamos. Todavia no hemos contestado a la universidad si vamos aceptar su oferta pero tenemos hasta el 1ro de Abril para decidir.


Mac and I on the airplane on our way to New Jersey.
Mac y yo en el avion en camino a New Jersey.


Eating with some future and current Rutgers students at a really good restaurant. Comiendo con alumnos futuros y actuales estudiantes de la universidad en un restaurante.

Me at the entrance of the hotel.

Yo en la entrada del hotel.

The hotel entrance.

La entrada del hotel.

Mac and I on the train on our way to the Newark airport.

Mac y yo en el tren en camino al aeropuerto the Newark.

So everyone tells us that traffic is really bad in New Jersey and New York especially during rush hour. It looks like the airport has that problem too. As you can see in the picture we had to wait in line for like 20 minutes until we took off.

Todos nos dicen que el trafico en New Jersey y New York es terrible, especialmente durante las horas pico. Parece que hasta los aeropuertos tienen ese problema. Como pueden ver en la foto tuvimos que esperar en fila por 20 minutos hasta que despegamos.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

M & P,
OK so I have mixed emotions about this. I am very proud of Mac and all of his hard work and appreciate Priscila and how she runs the home while Mac is working and going to school. But the thought of the "5" of you being so far away is very hard. You know how I hate to fly. I guess I just have to get over it. I will miss you terribly. Love, mom