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... an energy that is unlike any other in the world. Of course, in my younger days the routine was very different, as was the "good time." But those stories are not for this type of blog. I can certainly revisit that era, but only as a tourist, not as a full time resident. If history repeats itself, then I'm sure, one day soon, i will find myself reliving my youth. Infer what ...

... day of her life was Pearl Harbour - the mother was on the way to live with her daughter when she died on this flight. There was also another card which talked of a girl who's sister should have been on one of the flights but the company who she worked for cancelled her meeting................it all made it very real. Lucy and Daniel left their thoughts too in the form of pictures - very simple but it showed their understanding of the whole event. As I have said ...

... of Liberty and Ellis Island. The boat also went past the United Nations and the tomb of Ulysses S Grant.



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... arriving throughout the day, and then young couples from church came as well - all for a pool party with lots and lots of hot wings. YUM YUM. In case you don't know, hot wings, or Buffalo Wings, are spicy chicken wings served with Blue cheese dressing. The boys made a variant of the ones I make in Australia, and I take note - I will be making it their way from now on.
Weather was gorgeous, so the pool was well used. I also learned a new game called ...

... had no flavour - it came with a bland sauce with a few sides (beans, cucumber) that didn't add anything special. The tempeh was spiced but was uninspiring. It didn't help matters that two of the most vapid girls sat down next to us, plus we had a pseudo-intellectual who read a book during half of his meal on the other side of us. Clearly, this was a dining locale for fake-hipster-wannabes in the city. Our waitress was also rather dour; she lacked any sort of ...

... found a machine that changed dollars into rubles so I got $60 worth of rubles. We tried to amuse ourselves by trying to buy something in the vending machines for under 10 rubles, or 40 cents, but that wasn't too much fun because we couldn't find anything. There was orange juice in the machine for 100 rubles - I didn't buy it because I didn't think it would be worth it. The only good thing about the flight to St ...

... new songs. I have learned so far that the vast majority of people are very friendly and don't mind silly foreigners like me asking them silly questions like - "how do I get to Bed bath and beyond?"!!! I am very much looking forward to the arrival of my beloved piano which I feel very lost without. In a week or so I should be playing it again. I am missing my family like nothing on earth, and all my friends too ...

... at the time. We have kept in regular touch ever since and in the meantime, he met a wonderful girl called Ishwara who he is now married to. We were so excited to see Jason again, to meet Ishwara and to introduce them both to Ethan. They kindly put us up in their apartment on the Upper Westside for 5 nights and it has been a real joy spending time with them. Fortunately the weather turned good and we were able to ...

... us of the true blue Aussie accent which we haven't heard in such a long time. He signed off his intro with "See ya's all lata". Do we really sound like that? Our visit was completed with a visit to the Pen-Top Bar & Terrace, a roof-top cocktail bar with stunning views over 5th Avenue and the city, where we had a deliciously expensive Cosmopolitan. See you again New York!!

... out not only with that but also he carried my suitcase up, down and again up the stairs to the metro station. I had to go one more station to get to the Air train and to to the airport. It was getting bright, I could see the sunrise from the train. I felt that despite the fact I was really tired, I was smiling to myself. I was so happy to have seen Dominika!
I reached the Terminal 3 and I could check in straight away. I asked for a seat next to the window to see ...