at the end of feb, josh headed over to london his first big overseas trip on his own. my cousin timmy met him at the airport and took him back to his share house in wimbledon, fed him and made sure he had lots of beers to keep him going for a while. then for the next 2 or 3 days, they partied and explored london (mainly camden from what I have heard) until tim headed to USA for a 3 month road trip/work and josh headed off on his 12 day contiki tour.
josh absolutely loved his tour. made some great mates, had a trip of a lifetime and saw some amazing sights. and then headed back to london for another week after which time, i flew over and joined him.
we spent a couple of nights in wimbledon, in tim's bedroom, which he'd kindly and generously let us use for our entire time in london. got to catch up with revadhi and also bought an analogue 120 film camera at the camden markets. and then we fly to new york for an amzing 5 days. i absolutely love new york and i can't even say why. it just captured my heart. it was the people (they were so nice and friendly and helpful!), the markets, the cheap and easy to use public transport, the sights, the lights, the amount of awesome and cheap things to buy, the cheap food stalls where we could get tea "to go" for a dollar. the buskers. the funky bars. the cheap vintage cameras. the pretty parks. just everything was amazing and better than what i thought it would be and i just loved it all.
we also flew to rochester for the night so i could see my grandfather again after 20+years. what a touching and special reunion. he is 89 and isn't in the best of health, but seemed pretty on to it and knew who i was. not sure if i'll get to see him again but who knows, we may be lucky enough to head back there in the next year or two.
it was hard to leave ny, felt like there was so much we still wanted to see and do. but next stop was paris woohooo!
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