New York New York!

All self explanatory really.. the streets of New York.. and The Vessel!

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Marian

Yesterday Wednesday March 4th

This week is rolling past at great speed!
Was going to list the days with happenings.  But my photographs tell the story do they not.

From Tuesday, the weather came down. But rain brings its own beauty...

Random from imperfect car photography with moving life caught on camera...

 Below the home of the late John Lennon..

And Strawberry Fields area of Central Park...

And Yesterday ... all my troubles seemed so far away... moment pinned in time, this song, 1989/90... In a coach coming back from a dog track in walthhamstow London.  The whole lot of us singing this song..

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Marian

Tuesday March 3rd

Ice skating Central Park

Pepsi Cola

Looking back at Manhattan

The old shipyard area..

Had an amazing lunch at Stamatis on 23 Ave, outstandingly good.. I cheekily asked for help in choosing what to eat, and was just generally cheeky!

And above and below headed back into Manhattan over the Queens borough Bridge this morning...

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Marian

Monday March 2nd

The Chrysler Building

I had never actually walked around the base of the Chrysler Building before!

Empire State Building

And coming from the bus stop I found myself right by Macy's! Where we'd stopped when we'd stayed here in Manhattan six years ago...

I paused for a while, visualizing us sat there.. drinking coffee.. I could almost see us, and I was thrown for a moment.. taken back in time.

The Vessel

I walked around to the Vessel.. but couldn't walk straight in, or up? Tried to get the free tickets online but was a two hour wait, so headed off up to Central Park.. I stopped for coffee in McDonald's! Sat upstairs and rested a while.. I walked up 7th.. my old familiar route.. pausing again in Times Square...

Random bee!?! Near the Vessel

This is the code to use to get tickets booked on line, no fees, free tickets! There are machines on site, but this is definitely the way to go ahead of time.

Times Square

Beethoven Statue

The old photo was taken about 1933.. mom in her father's arms.. I wanted to get up close and exactly where my mom and granddad were.. no chance! A fence all the way around now!

Then above the Bethesda Fountain.. apart from now no water, the area wasn't so far away.. mom is like ten foot away from the fountain! Now it looks like miles! Well, you know, not near enough.

I was saddened.. couldn't scatter my mom either, way too many Canadian geese right where I wanted to be! That was a no no for obvious reasons!

Then couldn't get to these two places and take photographs that would be exactly where my mom and grandparents had stepped..

This was on Monday, I bussed into the city, from right around the corner.. I had the change, turned out it was Metro Card only! A lady near the front said don't worry use my Metro Card and give me the cash.. she did, and I did.. I was so thankful, I thanked her so much, and again when she left the bus.. then when I got off the bus I said to the driver that the lady was an angel, he said most of the people on his bus were angels...

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Marian

New York trip..

The view again... from the plane from Gatwick to JFK.. heading out in early evening flying into the sunset.. we actually flew into the sunset for most of the journey, never quite reaching it..

Once landed I was through security and baggage reclaim very quickly..

Lots of people wearing masks, and one man wearing latex gloves! Worried about the Corona virus..

And as I write, there are cases now all around New York, and four on the coast down on the Costa del Sol.. as well as the thousands everywhere else!

Not really concerned, yet.. but very aware spending so many hours in departures and mid-flight, have to tighten up even more with hygiene, try to remember to keep my hands away from my face.. no chewing my fingers! Lols I don't chew my nails, but my fingers yes!

My aunt's birthday cake is much better to chew on! Wow! Strawberry shortbread cake! My aunt is a leap year baby, so 23 real birthdays so far!  Crazy! Lots of us celebrated with her.. everyone brought food, it was wonderful, fun games conversation.. laughter... Lots and lots of laughter.. we played a three dice game which was fun.. and also a charades game, using an App on the phone.. that was hilarious! So many phrases that were impossible to explain with parents and grandparents unaware of what some of the phrases even meant! Or just plain embarrassing to say out loud!

We visited a Holocaust museum on Sunday.

It was awful, it was so shocking, I read and absorbed from the writings the photography.. I knew a great deal already, but learnt so much more... It really effected me, I kept seeing the faces in my mind for hours afterwards.

We followed up with filling up in a diner..

With a cool jukebox on the table!

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Marian

Here's a first, Blogging from 37 thousand feet...

On a flight from Gatwick to JFK, took off nearly two hours ago, have about five to go I think..

A beautiful sunset out of my window.. I didn't book a seat but she asked me where I have a preference to sit and I said window please, so here I am...

Been a long day so far, up at six thirty, flight from Málaga to Gatwick at 11:15am.. few hours in Gatwick and now here I am.. free seat next to me, and other girl on the aisle seat.

All good, of course, love Norwegian Air!

Next post from New York amigos..

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Marian

Phew it is hot hot hot!

Because I've just walked to get my car after its ITV...

Walked from my house, along the apparently, old Coín road, it runs in some places adjacent to the new one, and is probably in better shape occasionally.

I did have to remove my shoes and socks to walk through ankle deep water under the old bridge.

It took me three quarters of an hour, so means I am still walking at the regular rate of four miles an hour, not too shabby.

Wet ankles!

Yesterday walked for nearly three miles and the day before did four miles.

Yesterday's walk took me back around to the Alhaurín water mill, from which I triedwhich to reach Finca la Mota a month ago, but proved way too steep for me.  This time coming around from the Fuengirola Road down towards Finca la Mota and down to the mill was so so much easier!

The day before, the long haul, was a bit of a bucket list thing really, for Franco, he'd been to the Timote waterfalls years ago, twenty odd years ago, and although we'd tried on numerous occasions, could never find it.

This time I got there! Went one way, came back another...

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Marian

Sitting chatting to the person I'm supporting at the moment..

She said how much I've travelled, how lucky I am.. how many more places I can see go to and explore..

That she'd done none of it.

I said it's in my blood, both sets of grandparents emigrating to the distant shores of America back in the early 1900's..

I said yes, I love exploring new places, and countries.. Yes always on the move, and also work keeps me ever moving ...

Then I said "maybe I'm too scared to stop."

Sat here now on the tarmac, getting very frustrated with the woman on the aisle seat. My fault I need to chill.

      

It's nothing to do with being almost airborne, but I'm worrying about a lump on my leg. I signed in as a temporary patient at the last placement, and she advised an xray for the lump, in my leg below the knee.

And says I need to see a doctor about an issue I have with my eyes, as soon as I can.

The xray well be ten days for the doctor to be notified, I'll call her after then.

And I need to urgently get back into the Spanish system. Roll on middle of February to do that!

The lump has been there a while, not sure if it's got bigger ore not to be quite honest, I've sort of, stupidly, got used to it. It's been about a year. And I am well aware is totally idiotic to leave something this long, but my state of mind wasn't really in worrying about it mode.

Well, the above was written January 23rd!
Not Blogged since, and am in flight again, February 4th now!

Ten days past and I called the surgery, I asked about results and she said I am deactivated... Lols, great!

Makes me feel like a machine! After a bit of a hoo-ha!! Not said that phrase or heard it for some time?

She came back and told me the test was normal??

Well? Normal? a) never been called normal before, and b) as far as I'm concerned even a normal lump is not normal? It has to be something, and whatever that something is has to be dealt with!

Was a bit off a stressful phone call, as you can imagine..

And now I'm headed back to work, Walsall area, one week only!

All good here, beautiful frosty morning outside, I suppose I better post my blog..

Oh more photographs, top one is our local park.. good memories there.

Taken from the terrace..

On my walk last week around Alhaurín water mill..

Down at La Cala the other day...

And again by the old mill near home...

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Marian

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