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March 13, 2006
Part one of my NYC trip ends...
So its been a whirlwind of a weekend. I managed to survive and I am having a great time. Its funny that although I will be here 3 times as long as I was in December that it seems like the time is already gone.
To see Victoria is so amazing. We went to central park yesterday on our treasure hunt. We had buried some "treasures" in tiny tin boxes a few years ago. we tried to find them from memory but we were unsucessful. As Victoria has reasoned maybe, someone else just found them or maybe they moved underground as dirt shifts in to the nearby lake. Maybe with a metal detector we will be more sucessful?
Tomorrow I head out to Orlando, Florida, the Sunshine State. I'm looking forward to seeing my dad's newly built house and spending some time with my family there.
Back in the late 80's there was the begining of a big migration of New Yorker to Florida. Used to be the number one destination for retiring elderly up and down the east coast. In the 80's I think with New York City being a bit wild and a high crime city people were just tired and looking for a better place to live and raise their families.
So any way I will spend the time, fishing with my dad on the lake, eating, talking, playing dominoes, just kicking back and relaxing. Maybe a trip on the casino boat, and a trip to either Clear Water to visit an old friend of the family that used to live in the Bronx or maybe a drive up to North Carolina to visit my cousin who just bought a house with her husband.
Posted by Victor at March 13, 2006 02:06 PM
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She is so big!!! I swear you have the same photo with her mouth open when she was younger...am I right? So glad you are spending time with her!! Looking forward to seeing you next week some time.
Posted by: Marsha at March 18, 2006 09:19 PM
So the treasure map may be in Vienna, funny enough. I brought it with me because it reminded me of the great times me and Victoria have had in Central Park. The green things in the back behind the fence are row boats. You can go out in them for about 10$ an hour but I always manage to chat with the workers and get an all day ride for about 10 to 20 $ I love that part of NYC. I manage to chat people up and barter or get things for cheaper. Or even free. I missed basketball this wednesday but I have to say that night fishing on a lake under the moon light wasnt a bad alternative. ;-)
Posted by: victor at March 15, 2006 04:39 PM
its wednesday - victor - basketball without you is sure not the same.
vienna snow again , its a never ending story this year I guess. (In days like this the media are preseting nice and not so nice statistics. in 1956 it was snowing in austria - but not in the mountains!- on the the 5th of june.
Enough about austria.
Beautifull Victoria ! You had fun I see.
What are the green things behind the fence? Nice Photo!
Posted by: matthias cremer at March 15, 2006 11:16 AM
so what happened to the treasure map? too bad they are gone! get some sun and rest in Florida. New York can be like a whirlwind.
Posted by: Mon at March 14, 2006 08:42 PM