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Hi

This week I ended my third week of my internship which means that I already finished 25% of it, time flies by… I also just moved to downtown Chicago after seeing what the suburbs have to offer (which is not much…).

I know it is about time I will share more about what I am really being paid for during my internship, however in this post I would like to share with you what I am doing in the weekends and I will explain why. My wife is staying in Ann Arbor because she works as a Research Specialist at the Physiology Department which is part of the Medical School, Therefore until now every weekend I found myself driving eastward towards our beloved Ann Arbor. This is the reason I would like to share with you the amazing experience of Ann Arbor in the summer. Many people might come with their partner to Ann Arbor and the partner might find himself or herself during the summer in Ann Arbor, thinking there is nothing to do in a college town during the summer vacation. Well, they can’t be more wrong- Ann Arbor is amazing during the summer! Unfortunately people don’t know how many things are there to do here. Last week there was Taste of Ann Arbor where Main Street was closed down to traffic and all the restaurants from down town opened booths and sold small plates that represented their menu. All the samples where very cheap and where paid for with coupons the people bought. After spending coupons that cost us $15, we couldn’t eat any more. Another event was the Peony Festival at the Nicholas Arboretum that attracted nature lovers who wanted to see the rare one week bloom of those amazing flowers. During the summer nights there are also public screen of movies at the diag and in general there is a great student atmosphere thanks to many students who are doing summer semester and can be seen in their front yards playing beer pong inside big inflatable pools. As much as Ann Arbor has a feeling of an easy going place, the summer enhance this feeling much more and I am enjoying every weekend I am here.

Therefore if anyone is scared from the fact that he or his partner will have to do the summer in Ann Arbor, he should not have any worries, rather he should open the calendar and start planning an amazing summer time.

Yoav.