Tuesday again!
Two more days at home until it is time for the next trip!
LOADS of snow here in Reston, VA!
I really cannot take my PW's as I usually do. Maybe I should work out in the basement instead?
Anyway, we had a really good trip to beautiful Connecticut the past weekend.
The drive to CT was really no big problems. The roads were dry especially later in the drive.
WELL, we did have a problem with pot holes up north, let me tell you! A big, fat pot hole problem (Pot holes---gropar i vägen som uppstår under vintern då väglaget spricker). We had to watch out for said holes all the time, and I don't know how many we actually hit with the car. Poor tires.
Yes, we have a pot hole problem here in NoVA, too. However, it is safe to say that it was worse up north.
GAAHHH!!! POT HOLES, you gotta hate them!!!
We arrived in Hartford, CT on Valentine's Day, in the evening!
My darling hubby had ordered champagne and strawberries, prior to our arrival, that were waiting for us in the hotel room. SO sweet!
Peter, Karolina and I went for dinner at a nearby restaurant downtown.
Needles to say, it was packed!! But, we did get a table in the bar.
Here's a pic of me and the hubster. Karolina refused to show her face in this pic.
On Saturday Karolina had an audition at University of Hartford, The Hartt School.
Oh what a nice place, and oh such a great dean and instructors.
We all got really good vibes from that place.
Karolina struck up conversations with the other prospective students auditioning as well. She liked them all.
Afterwards we took a drive to University of Connecricut. We wanted to scout out the area since Karolina had an audition there Sunday morning.
UConn was beautiful!
Just a stunning campus!
Here area few pics!
In the evening the snow picked up even more.
We were invited to Taina and her family for dinner.
Despite the storm we drove to her place.
Yes, it was a hard drive. But, we took our sweet little time and we got there just fine. THANK you 4-wheel drive! And thank you new tires!!
We had such a fun evening at their house. The house, and area, is so COZY. I fell in love with it right away.
Coziness factor galore.
Good good, good company and good conversations.
Taina is more than a blogging friend, she's a friend.
Karolina and Liisa are both equally interested in acting. So fun! We'll see if Liisa picks the same career as Karolina one day?
My camera…
I only had my 50 mmm lens with me.
My new lens is coming soon. However, I will not bring the Canon with me on our next trip. I am SO limited with the 50 mm lens. The lens is perfect for portrait photography, but not so much else. I hate shooting landscapes with it.
On Thursday my old Lumix will come with me. Time to dust that fella off.
SO. There!!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!!
Two more days at home until it is time for the next trip!
LOADS of snow here in Reston, VA!
I really cannot take my PW's as I usually do. Maybe I should work out in the basement instead?
Anyway, we had a really good trip to beautiful Connecticut the past weekend.
The drive to CT was really no big problems. The roads were dry especially later in the drive.
WELL, we did have a problem with pot holes up north, let me tell you! A big, fat pot hole problem (Pot holes---gropar i vägen som uppstår under vintern då väglaget spricker). We had to watch out for said holes all the time, and I don't know how many we actually hit with the car. Poor tires.
Yes, we have a pot hole problem here in NoVA, too. However, it is safe to say that it was worse up north.
GAAHHH!!! POT HOLES, you gotta hate them!!!
The view from our hotel in Hartford.
We arrived in Hartford, CT on Valentine's Day, in the evening!
My darling hubby had ordered champagne and strawberries, prior to our arrival, that were waiting for us in the hotel room. SO sweet!
Peter, Karolina and I went for dinner at a nearby restaurant downtown.
Needles to say, it was packed!! But, we did get a table in the bar.
Here's a pic of me and the hubster. Karolina refused to show her face in this pic.
On Saturday Karolina had an audition at University of Hartford, The Hartt School.
Oh what a nice place, and oh such a great dean and instructors.
We all got really good vibes from that place.
Karolina struck up conversations with the other prospective students auditioning as well. She liked them all.
Afterwards we took a drive to University of Connecricut. We wanted to scout out the area since Karolina had an audition there Sunday morning.
UConn was beautiful!
Just a stunning campus!
Here area few pics!
A true American campus. Just another "Harry Potter world". I've seen so many, many beautiful university campuses in this country.
Two frozen souls at UConn.
On Sunday Karolina had her audition here at UConn. I am not going to write so much about it here, but we were less than pleased with it all. Enough said.
In the afternoon it started to snow. Beautiful as can be!!! But, maybe not so fun to drive in...
Snowy landscape! look at the snow clouds rolling in!
In the evening the snow picked up even more.
We were invited to Taina and her family for dinner.
Despite the storm we drove to her place.
Yes, it was a hard drive. But, we took our sweet little time and we got there just fine. THANK you 4-wheel drive! And thank you new tires!!
We had such a fun evening at their house. The house, and area, is so COZY. I fell in love with it right away.
Coziness factor galore.
Good good, good company and good conversations.
Taina is more than a blogging friend, she's a friend.
Karolina and Liisa are both equally interested in acting. So fun! We'll see if Liisa picks the same career as Karolina one day?
My camera…
I only had my 50 mmm lens with me.
My new lens is coming soon. However, I will not bring the Canon with me on our next trip. I am SO limited with the 50 mm lens. The lens is perfect for portrait photography, but not so much else. I hate shooting landscapes with it.
On Thursday my old Lumix will come with me. Time to dust that fella off.
SO. There!!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!!
Comments
Ni blir så bra på kort du och din man. Och K förstås. Orättvist. Jag ser oftast ut som en mupp. Får ta tusen bilder och ändå redigera dem för att få dem publicerbara haha.
Kram
Säkert skönt att vara hemma på mellanlandning några dagar innan nästa äventyr tar över. Hoppas att vädret blir bättre till dess.
Fina foton som vanligt!
levande, berättande
kram
Karin
Jättekul att ni fick en date med familjen Olsson. Kan tänka mig att ni fick en mysig, och kul kväll ihop på alla sätt. Helt ofantligt vilka snömängder. Ser ut som om du är uppe i rena rama Alaska och kör.
Så gulligt av Peter att fixa lite mys inför Valentines till ert hotelrum :-)
Kram!
Gullig Peter som fixade Valentine's mys. He is a great husband!
Kramar, Lisa
Kramar!!!
Och snart bär det iväg igen...! Som sagt, ni behöver inte vara sysslolösa i vinter.
Kramar
TACK för omtanken.
Mest olyckor såg vi då vi körde till Taina och Jonas den där snöiga lördagskvällen. Annars såg såg vi inga bilar i diket etc.
Tacksam, som alltid, att det gått bra. Man vet ju aldrig, och trafiken är så hektiskt.
TACK ad snäll du är!!! HAHA, ljuset var ju bra på restaurangen också, det gjorde sitt till!!
Annars vette fan :)
Kram!!
Karin;
Man kan säga att det hänt en hel del denna vinter ja. Snacka om att vi flängt som torra skinn längs delar av östkusten. OCH det fortsätter…Tack, roligt att du gillar inlägget!!
Kram!!
ÅÅÅ det var som en dröm!!
Ja, det var inget bra, faktiskt inte. Sådant konstigt bemötande etc.
Jaja, jag ska inte skriva så mkt om det, men bra var det inte.
VI ska hoppas att det blir en del val i slutändan. Hoppas det innerligt, vi vet ju inget egentligen.
OTROLIGT mkt snö i CT.
OCH så vackert.
Kvällen hos familjen Olsson så himla mysig!!
Kramar!!
Lisa:
Ja, det är fantastiskt att ha fått se alla de campus jag har fått se under de här åren då vi kört runt på visningar etc.
Fantastiskt.
Skolorna bestämmer oftast vilka monologer som de vill ha, och de vet vilka monologer det blir innan eleven kommer in.
Nej det var Hartt som skrev det mailet.
Men Uconn hade många andra fel o brister, skulle det visa sig.
Kramar!!
JAG tänkte på det!! DET skulle vi ha sett till!!
TACK själv, Taina!! Underbar kväll. Hemskt väder, iaf då vi for till er.
Sen att åka hem var en piece of kaka. TACK och lov!!
Du har också en underbar familj!!!!
OCH tack för att du tar hand om K om hon hamnar på Hartt!!
KRAMAR!!!!
Martina:
Inte så liten, haha. Det var nog vår längsta sträcka hittills i vinter. Det blir en riktigt långis i helgen igen…
God grief vilka resor med bilen denna vinter.
En riktigt bra helg var det minus en riktigt trist skola som lämnade dålig smak.
Kramar
Tack för det! Det är en konst.
TACK för dina jättesnälla ord. De betyder mkt!!
Tänk vilken vargavinter ni har på östkusten i år. Men det är vackert och jag antar att du är i ditt esse. :)
Jag har fått en känsla av att det finns väldigt myckert vackert just i CT. Lotta visar ju det hela tiden. Det där campuset het helt klart "Harry Potter-stuk".
Kul att ni och Tainas familj kunde ses. Det måste vara så roligt att ni på östkusten har relativt nära till varandra i alla fall.
Kramar!!
Visst är det vidriga!!! OCh de kommer ju alltid som brev på posten under stränga vintrar, brrr…
Läskiga.
Ja, vi har vargavinter, verkligen!!! Nu töväder.
ja jag gillar detta, har inget emot snön alls. BARA den inte ställer till det.
CT är vackert, men det är nog de flesta stater på denna kust. De är ganska lika varandra, tycker jag nog i fråga om skönhet. vackrast tycker jag nog NY state är om jag måste välja.
Ja jösses vad vackra campus jag har sett under dessa år. Det ena finare än det andra. Hatten av, de kan verkligen bygga vackra skolor skolor här.
ja, det var jättekul med taina och hennes familj!!
Nu får vi ses när vi återigen träffas.
Kramar!!
Keith:
It was a beut. We just got an acceptance letter from Ithaca!! WWWOOOWW!!
No, Uconn is a no go.
SÅ fint!!! OCH jag har ju sett SÅ många fina campus under mina resor. Detta var absolut ett av dem.
Vi får väl se hur mkt vi måste sålla? Det kanske inte blir så mkt att välja på till slut iaf…
TACK, alla tumhållningar behövs på våra resor!!