We found this fabulous park. It is in the Central Park but further up the street. Full of play equipment old and new, for toddlers and bigger kids. What was really amazing was the line of 6 metal slides ranging from about 3 feet high to about 10! Yep the ones we grew up with that no longer exist in most parks in the states. Unfortunately it was too hot to go down. There were some rides and jumping houses for pay. Behind the park were tennis courts. With Wimbledon starting I am getting the tennis bug. Maybe I can get James to play a game with me.
We went to lunch with James and Byron. We found a spot with falafel and veggie burgers. It’s really not so bad for a vegan here. In fact we went back to the supermarket and there was a whole aisle with TVP, etc. We ordered the wrong veggie burger and accidentally received a veggie sandwich consisting of a bun, cabbage, fries and pickles. No wonder why the server thought we were nuts for declining the cheese. Apparently here fries are a condiment and not so much a side. All the veggie burgers so far have fries in them. Even the falafel had fries inside! The cabbage is really yummy. I normally do not care for cabbage.
The children are happier today. I think the long walk and park helped. Liam was acting out yesterday which was really unusual for him. Right now they are playing very well together and using quiet voices. It has been an issue having them use their quiet voices in the dorm.
I found the wi-fi café today. Free wi-fi at this coffee house. I thought it was a bar from the description in my Lonely Planet book. It's actually a tea house with several pages of teas in the menu. I am in heaven. Earl Gray, Darjeeling, Jasmine, you name it! Background music is wonderful. I mighthave found my spot. We met the guys who set up the wi-fi (and they spoke English!). They thanked us for using the wifi. James, of course geeked out with them.
It was good to get out.
It was raining with thunder earlier.
Soothing.
6 comments:
Wonderful pics! Glad to see you found a spot! Sounds like the kids will take a little adjusting, but that's to be expected. Andie sends a big tail wag. She is doing great: chasing birds and bunnies.
Love you and miss you all.
Hi Cecily!! Glad to see you guys made it and are adjusting well. Fries on veggie burgers-yum!! Sounds like something a pregnant mama came up with :) We all send our love ~Steph
Yikes, you're all REALLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY!!!! Woo-hoo!! Party at your house!!!
My biggest question is, how did you get your blog and pictures to work like this??? It looks GREAT!!!
*sigh* I really need to get out more....
Steph- Yes the fries on veggie burgers sound like a Pregnancy craving. Did I mention that they also have pickles too on the burgers as well as fries AND pickles in falafal?
Bill- Um. random luck. I still can't figure out how to get them to fit neatly.
So where d you put your pictures? I assume you upload somewhere like Flickr, and then link somehow? I can never get more than one image to load. Are you using iWeb?
bill- no I just upload from my laptop after I saved from my camera. if the wifi signal is good, I can upload 6 at a time on blogger. I am trying to get a Kodak (like flicker) account established but the signal was too low yesterday in the sqaure.
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