OK...the pics from my campus-scouting trip:

The single-carriage 'Dinky' train from Princeton Junction to the Princeton campus:



A couple of shots of 'downtown' Princeton.





The Nassau Hall, oldest building in Princeton (and one-time capital of the US!).




Peyton Hall, the astrophysics department building.




Some random shots of the Princeton campus:












And now Harvard:

Harvard Square:




The entrance to the promised land: gate to the main Harvard campus...



A couple of shots of Harvard Yard





The Widener Library



The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the largest concentration of PhDs in the world...over 300 under one roof!


Some shots of downtown Boston:

Boston Common, with the Massachusetts State House in the background


Boston Common, looking towards downtown



Boston Town Hall (I think)


Quincy market, with lots of seafood (yum!)


View of downtown


Boston seafront


Boston North End, the Italian quarter.


The Charles River and a beautiful day...


Paul Revere Mall


Beacon Hill