Wow, I am so grateful because Olle and Elvira have in some way really adjusted to the life here, both school-, friends- and city-wise. ❤️ This is the best ever, even though I feel a bit impatient and restless all of a sudden, due to more time to spend on other things. Swings and roundabouts. 😉

Last Monday, Olle and I went to a jazz club called Mezzrow on 10th street in Greenwich Village. So cool and next time we will try to get tickets to Smalls as well.

Nov 8 was Election Day, 2022 Midterms and Democrats keep the Senate, as GOP wins the House. The day after Elvira had her school Conference and in the evening Johan and I went to dinner with Ulf and Mona at Nat’s on Bleecker. 🙂

Once Vira and I got home from the hospital, Lotta had arrived to our apartment! We started her visit with dinner at Galli and the day after was Veterans Day, so the kids and Johan were off from school and work so we decided to see the parade – in heavy rain.

We woke up to a lovely and sunny Saturday morning and decided to do the Williamsburg Bridge Walk, continuing the walk down Bedford Ave in Brooklyn and then crossing the Brooklyn Bridge back into Manhattan, in perfect timing for a nice lunch in China Town. This day was also the Cocktail Party Event, and it was a great happening with funny people to talk to. 🙂

This week was full of new experiences, on Sunday we had brunch with some friends of Lotta’s. They work at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York and the Consulate General of Sweden in New York, and the day after Karin invited Lotta to One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, and I was welcome too. First she showed us around her workplace and then we got a personal tour of the UN building! The whole experience was so impressive. 🙂

Lotta went back to Sweden last Tuesday, but before her taxi took her to the airport we managed to visit the Hall des Lumières and see the exhibit of Gustav Klimt:Gold in Motion. Thank you, Lotta! 🙂

Two scary things this day was that Trump announced he is running again in 2024, and the initially assumed Russian missile strike in Poland.

Thanksgiving is next Thursday, but already Christmas is all over the city. Vira and I have bought some decorations and soon we´ll even buy the X-mas tree (a fake Norwegian one) but still 6ft tall… She will go ALL IN this year. 🎄🎅🦌🎁☃️❄️🌟

Elvira finally got her new MetroCard today, since her old one stated “See Agent” when she tried to run it through the turnstile. Olle did his Mathematics Regents and these The New York State Regents Examinations are a series of exams that measure achievement in high school courses and are typically required by New York public high schools for graduation.

Olle has asked for a new password for his inlog to the Swedish Highschool Application system. He can apply from mid January next year, but since we are registered here it may be difficult for him to be admitted to any school before he is registered in Sweden again. Which is not feasible from here, only an in-person meeting will do, and the processing time can be very long. Hmmm…

Friday evening and we just got home from the gym and tonight we are going to try, for us, a new dinner place called Jack´s Wife Freda up on Carmine St in West Village.

Have a nice weekend. 🥰