She was talking up a trip to Ireland to the International Quilt Festival with a tour through Sew Many Places. I had not taken a trip in 2 years and started thinking about this one. And then decided what to heck, why not. Since most of us would be quilters, it would be a ready make group of new friends. So I signed up at the first of the year.
We departed from New York on June 4. Being the ever cautious traveler I decided that I didn't want to chance missing connections. And since I have a lovely niece living in Astoria, I decided to go to NY a few days ahead of time and spend some time with her and her fiance, Jason.
I arrived Friday night and they were kind enough to pick me up. They live in a lovely tree lined neighborhood in Astoria made up of multiple family dwellings.
The weather was really, really hot while I was there. 80+. That evening we went for a walk and ended up at a beer garden just like in Germany. There was a high wall and big gate surrounding the garden. I was surprised when we went through the building and ended up in a huge garden stuffed with picnic tables and people enjoying drinks, the hot weather and each other's company. There was no music that night, but lots of activity. Then we walked home and turned in for the night.
More adventures to come.
1 comment:
Looking forward to more ... The home your niece is living in looks very similar to what Jenny and Joe lived in --- in Brooklyn. They lived in an upstairs apartment and Joe's parents owned the house --- it shared a common wall with an identical home.
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