Guests Abound!

Tim, Gina and I on top of Rockefeller Center


Tim and Gina at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park


Tim and Gina on the Staten Island Ferry

This last two weeks we had some lovely visits with friends. First we had my college friend Gina and her husband Tim visiting us from Minnesota. It's been quite some time since we saw Gina and Tim last - in fact I think it was at our reception in Madison in July 2008. They arrived on a Friday night and stayed through Monday morning. Boy did we pack in a LOT in the few days they were here! We saw EVERYTHING that NYC has to offer - all the sights including landmarks, New York City characters, and good food. The time went too quickly, but we certainly had fun! I'm looking forward to the next time Gina can come visit with our other college friend Anna - it's been since 2006 that the two of them visited together.

Our Second visitors arrived on Tuesday morning - David and Nieves came from Dublin (they are friends from Spain).

David and Nieves waiting for the train.


At dinner at Virgil's BBQ.


and a photo of Felipe and I :)





We had a terrific time with David and Nieves - at a bit slower pace than the weekend before with Gina and Tim (mainly because we had a bit more time for their visit). We had a couple of nights in for dinner, even including a homemade pizza night, and we went out and about too. It was nice getting to spend some more quality time with David and Nieves, as most of our hanging out time in the past (at least for me) was at a lunch or dinner, or wedding - so this was a great chance for me to get to know them a bit better. I hope we have more opportunity for that in the future!

I'll catch up a bit with more posts this weekend. Sorry for my huge absence - September has turned out to be an EXTREMELY busy month...and has flown by!

P.S. - I was so tired from all the excitement of having guests the two past weeks that I was exhausted. David and Nieves left for the airport last Sunday around 5pm, and I was in bed by 8:00pm - something I never do unless I'm sick!