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I'm safe and sound staying with Krista's all American family in her all American house on her all American street in Washington Township, New Jersey. You would not believe this place...it really really is like the movies. Huge two story houses on giant lawns with no fences, American flags in every single front yard and 4 cars in every driveway. Krista's town is around half an hour's drive from Manhattan, deep in the suburbs. Her family have been so so nice to me...had a delicious dinner last night and they've been so kind to me, looking after me lots and even picking me up from Manhattan!
So obviously I did get in touch with Krista after much screwing around trying to find an ATM, then coins for the public phone...which turns out had to be quarters which of course no one would give me. Once that was sorted I wasn't going to be meeting Krista for several hours and there are no lockers at all in the city of New York so I wandered around with all of my belongings on my shoulders for a few hours. Worked out that Central Park was only 10 blocks north so I wandered up there, on the way stumbling on Time Square and Broadway. Found the park after a few stops and for around the 10th day in a row settled down for a read followed by a snooze in the sun. On the way back to meet Krista I stumbled on a street market celebrating Brazil that didn't seem to be selling Brazilian stuff at all. When Krista's parents (the Asadorians) picked me up they took me on a tour of the New Jersey coast looking over Manhattan which was fantastic! Oh yeah I forgot to mention, the Asadorians don't have an American flag hanging in their front yard because there's a flag with one black and one white scottish dog on it! Why??? Because they have a West Higland White Terrior (same as my dog Scottie) called Spencer, and a black Scottish Terrior called Riley. They actually own the same dogs as on the Black & White whisky bottles! So yeah, I've been spending a lot of time hugging Spencer cos he reminds me of Scottie. Krista and I made the whole family dinner tonight and I made my first pavlova ever...and it worked! It's so nice to be staying in an actual real family house...I haven't been in one for around a year and a half.
What I am listening to at the moment: Nothing. But I do have 'New York New York' in my head a lot.
So obviously I did get in touch with Krista after much screwing around trying to find an ATM, then coins for the public phone...which turns out had to be quarters which of course no one would give me. Once that was sorted I wasn't going to be meeting Krista for several hours and there are no lockers at all in the city of New York so I wandered around with all of my belongings on my shoulders for a few hours. Worked out that Central Park was only 10 blocks north so I wandered up there, on the way stumbling on Time Square and Broadway. Found the park after a few stops and for around the 10th day in a row settled down for a read followed by a snooze in the sun. On the way back to meet Krista I stumbled on a street market celebrating Brazil that didn't seem to be selling Brazilian stuff at all. When Krista's parents (the Asadorians) picked me up they took me on a tour of the New Jersey coast looking over Manhattan which was fantastic! Oh yeah I forgot to mention, the Asadorians don't have an American flag hanging in their front yard because there's a flag with one black and one white scottish dog on it! Why??? Because they have a West Higland White Terrior (same as my dog Scottie) called Spencer, and a black Scottish Terrior called Riley. They actually own the same dogs as on the Black & White whisky bottles! So yeah, I've been spending a lot of time hugging Spencer cos he reminds me of Scottie. Krista and I made the whole family dinner tonight and I made my first pavlova ever...and it worked! It's so nice to be staying in an actual real family house...I haven't been in one for around a year and a half.
What I am listening to at the moment: Nothing. But I do have 'New York New York' in my head a lot.
1 Comments:
radical. totally cool.
check out columbia university for me if you happen to walk past........
u still due home september 20?
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