News Roundup

[venta]

Morning. I'm home again.

The brief version:

New Zealand - absolutely beautiful. A lovely country full of mountains, trees, enormous open spaces and friendly people. The landscape is both stunning and variable - everything from rainforest to thermal regions of exploding bubbly mud.

New Orleans - after a few initial reservations ("oh my God, how tacky is that"), I'm also heavily in favour of the French Quarter (which was really all I saw of the city). An amazing place for just pottering around, looking at things, listening to music, eating and drinking. So I did.

New York - after initial hostilities, NY and I agreed to observe a cautious truce; it showed me both nice things and unpleasant things about itself, and snowed like a bastard.

The long (and undoubtedly tedious) version will turn up over the course of however long it takes me to write it. Right now I'm about to go and catch a train home, to go to a weekend of dancing in Leyland, Lancashire.

Comments

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

I didn't like New York at all. In fact I initially loathed it, and it was only after seeing it from the top of the Empire State Building (Prince's eye view :) ) that I felt like I saw the point at all! And the park helped too. Maybe it's too much city for me, I'm a country girl at heart. But I love London. I don't know. It was just so filthy and cluttered and everyone was so rude and grumpy.

Welcome back!

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Sounds pretty fantastic! I'm looking forward to the full version. Did you make a snowman in New York?

Sounds like a good holiday

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Never been to any of them. New Zealand would be more tempting if the flight time were several hours less.

I'm looking forward to the extended versions ;-)

Welcome Back!

[ao-lai.livejournal.com]

And have a good weekend! :)

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! Glad you're safe and that it sounds like you've had a vast amount of fun. Quickly, do you think it has been the best holiday that you have yet had?

Like everyone else, I am looking forward to your full write-up and can't imagine it being dull, especially if there can be some pictures as well. :-)

[voratus.livejournal.com]

Nice to know you made it back okay, and that New York wasn't all that harsh to you (it can be).

Welcome back absolutely not auntie Liz.

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Did you bring me back any rainforest?