it's very easy to name the one highlight of the summer that has outdone all else and that is meeting niki in troy, new york. the first stop on our multiple legs trip finally seeing her was by far the nicest and that's against a string of terrific sights and adventures...
well, klm managed again to lose my suitcase and this time with everything in it for four days but these are minor hick-ups and in the end my luggage flew from jfk to albany all by itself. we on the other hand took a car (eventually, after i forgot which rental company i had booked) and dashed off to troy where we met nik and together we drove around a lot and saw again albany, scenectady, watervliet and all those little places around that we hadn't seen for nearly 6 years, and also a little further to bennington, vermont and saratoga springs, where to rike's delight the horse racing season had just started and some very handsome beasts crossed the roads right in front of our car.
with nik and deac being old hares in troy (scusi, an old german saying) we saw of course the very best of this interesting and so very unusual 19th century town that is desperately trying to keep it's beautiful town center from dying...
and it was also just lovely to see rose again who became such a wonderful friend to big deac many years ago and on top of this we even met cousin melanie (or grand cousin, as rike named her) who once visited us in london...so take a look at the many pictures deac and rike took in the picasa pages on the top right.
(me - no clothes and no make-up for three days!!!)
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