Summer 2014: New York, USA

Another summer in New York - filled with lots of activities, fun and travelling! Not sure where to begin as this year covers everything from visiting Cape Cod, rock climbing, summer concerts, going to adult camp and venturing out to Amish country (which isn't quite NY but near enough)!

Best way to show what I got up to is through these photos (in no particular order)....

Lancaster Pennsylvania - Amish family

Lancaster Pennsylvania - kids going about their daily chores

Lancaster Pennsylvania - had to take the photo!

Lancaster Pennsylvania - modern day transport!

May Day concert at Madison Square Gardens - Tereza, me, Mary and Mark

May Day concert at Madison Square Gardens

Pennsylvania - Liberty Bell

Rock climbing - The Gunks (upstate New York)

4th July 2014 celebrations - start of celebrations

4th July celebrations - East River this year

First BBQ of the summer (Mark, Mary and Tereza)

Looking onto Manhattan from the Jersey side!

Up visiting my adorable niece Grace in Boston (Easter 2014)

Up visiting my adorable nephews (tho Josh is now as tall!)

Cape Code - Nantucket (visiting with Mark & friends)



Cape Code - Nantucket (visiting with Mark & friends)

Cape Code - Nantucket (visiting with Mark & friends)

Cape Code - JFK museum

Cape Code Nuntuket - Whaling museum

Grace down for her yearly visit (April 2014)

Club Getaway - adult camp! (Sept 2014)

Club Getaway - adult camp! (Sept 2014)

Club Getaway - adult camp! (Sept 2014)

23-26 May 2014: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

21 Feb-2 March 2014: Whistler, Canada

Third year in a row...just shows what a fab-u-lous place Whistler is!  Love it.  Again a 10 day trip and staying in the village - only way to do it.  Literally a 5min walk to the ski lifts and straight onto the slopes. 

This year's partner in crime was again Terries, with Sera, Alex (and Alex) dropping in for a quick 5 day visit. 

Below are the photos to prove what a wonderful place this is, and the amazing slopes we had the run of over the 10 days.

18-26 January 2014 - Brisbane, Australia

What a wonderful way to have a family reunion - the wedding of my little sis. She and Mike finally decided to tie the knot and the great thing about this is that my two adorable nephews - Dash and Kylar - will be there to witness it (and be able to remember it as well)!

Family reunion
We all live around the world, so I flew in from New York, Geoff from Boston, Jason from London and Mum/Dad from New Zealand. We stayed in the same apartment and had 9 days to explore Brisbane, catch up with each other and to be part of Pen's wedding. Really enjoyed the time together and getting to see a lot of Pen, Mike, Kylar and Dash.  Just a shame Geoff got extremely sick and couldn't enjoy the visit like he hoped.

 

Sightseeing in Brisbane
We did have quite a few days to sightsee around Brisbane which included the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and the city center.  It was quite hot during the days so we didn't end up doing too much, but enough to get a sense of what the city is about.

 

Pen and Mike's wedding (21 January)
A gorgeous sunny day, radiant bride, two very overexcited boys, and an eager groom!  It started off with a registry wedding where the two boys were the ring bearers. Very cute seeing them playing around and being 'boys' during the ceremony! We all headed out to the park for photos and then gathered for a drink and cool-down before heading to the dinner venue. Everyone was chatting outside where the drinks were being served, before going into the restaurant for a delicious meal and beautifully written speeches from the bride, groom, friends and family. The day went off without a hitch (well, other than the hitching of bride and groom) and its certainly one I will remember with very fond memories.

 

Just a shame that the Lind family reunions don't happen more often - who knows when the next one will be!