Hi everybody!
Bob arrived on Friday to stay with us for a week. It's really nice to have him here and the boys are very happy. After an early night on Friday and a Saturday morning trip to the riverside park we headed to CitiFields for an end of season baseball game. Unfortunately both teams were out of the playoffs, so their seasons were over. It meant easy tickets for £4 each and a chance to see the Mets at their brand new home. The first few innings were good fun and we were very high up, but then the rain started. By the time it had stopped Sam was soaked and we had lost Bob! Lots of people had left though, so we got good seats for the last four innings. The Mets won 5-1.
Sunday was a beautiful sunny day and started with an early morning Arsenal 6-2 victory followed by a nice swim at the pool. After lunch we headed down to the South Street Seaport to go for a sailing trip on 19th century replica Tall Ship. It was an lovely trip, sailing out round Governor's Island, up to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island and then back round the bottom of Manhattan. Lyn and Sam helped put the sails up, in exchange for a free beer - Lyn enjoyed hers, and I enjoyed Sam's!
The port was in full throng with Diwali festivities. It seems that every week here there are streets closed for a different festival/street party, which is really fun. There was a bhangra dancing competition on a stage at the pier and then a road closed full of mouthwatering food stalls. Unfortunately the boys were hungry by then and didn't fancy a curry, so we had some great samosas before heading off to Little Italy for some pizza.
Tonight I'm at home with the boys while Lyn and Bob have gone out with Danka to see Slavic Soul Party play at a bar in Brooklyn. Dad has been trawling through the Village Voice to find some interesting music and settled on New York's official #1 brass band for BalkanSoulGipsyFunk! Bizzare. I'm sure Lyn will tell you all about it in her next post.
We've posted some new photos up on flickr - have a look here. We're having problems with the voip phone at the moment, so if you'd like a chat try us on Skype - our username is Tom and Lyn Bollen (Lyn's old Lyn Sybil Redmond address no longer works). If you don't have skype and can get your hands on a cheap international phone card give us a call on 001 646 596 7132. It would be lovely to speak to you!
Until the next time,
Tom x
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