New York and London

Well how did l forget these trips, we all flew to NYC for easter, the others had never been there, so it was quite exciting. We stayed the first two days in NY, and Jayne and the boys did the circle line boat trip around Manhattan, and visited some museums and Times Square etc. The boys seemed most excited by some of the characters they saw and met on the streets, and the milk shakes at Starbucks. I did some work with 8 in the office, and so caught up with them at the end of the day. Then we had a car take us to the Fennesseys house in Greenwich, Connecticut. We (the boys) had a great time kicking the footy, playing cricket and jumping on the trampoline. It was great to sit around and eat and drink with them, especially after a few hard days working in NY !! We then went back to NYC on Monday afternoon for three nights at the Palace Hotel, which was a treat, thankfully we got a great deal. More shopping and street walking, finally flying back to Bologna.
A week later Jayne and l went to London without the boys for 4 days, staying in an apartment in Notting Hill, which was a great location, and good to stay in another area, We caught up with Mike and Kate Frayne for lunch at Spring restaurant, l went to several great shows, a Goya's exhibition, Diebenkorn, and some aother shows at Serpentime galleries. It was a great trip, with Jayne walking the streets window shopping, and me visiting galleries, l also caught up with Steve Thomson for lunch which is always fun and a good laugh.
While we were there so were the Fennesseys who had to renew their visas, so we caught up with them a few times, with James and l having a few beers one afternoon and watching some soccer with his kids. Like NY it was fun and we had lots of laughs, as well as talking about how huge 8 is going to be. Sue is working very hard on it, as is James with SMI, and so its all very exciting, l love every chance l can get to visit NY and spend time with Kana on the design.

Easter hunt

Lunch at Spring

Fennesey,s on the twins birthday

Brooklyn Bridge

 

Memorial pond at Trade Towers site

Times Square