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So I’m a week behind in real life…last Thursday we picked up a U-Haul van, loaded it with most of Ana’s belongings…it was a toss up on who would drive…she doesn’t drive often since she got her license her sophomore year at Davidson…I have been in Africa for a year and a half driving on the left side of the road, back for 3 days…and we were on staten Island and had to drive through NYC…I drove with her as navigator…we thought we were lost many times but as far as I could tell didn’t do anything to make other drivers upset or actually get lost…we did go by Laguardia and didn’t know we would be there—a plane landing scared us to death as it sounded and looked close enough to land on us but on we went. Ana will be teaching at Hotchkiss School next year—we moved her in and took a look around. A lake practically in her back yard (so we went swimming), another one close by (I didn’t see this one), carpeted apartment on the third floor above a family who have been there for years…a wander around campus made it seem much closer together than the map they had given us on arrival…there is a cemetery in the middle of the campus which is a bit strange but it is all beautiful. We had decided to stay the night and I’m very glad as I don’t know that I had it in me to do the return trip that day…google maps said 2 ½ hours but it is much more like 4 in a big van (and not knowing the area).
We went for dinner just down the road. Had been told that the black rabbit was a good place to eat. we walked in and were seated very quickly inside as the porch was very full…as was the inside…and I didn’t make it…too loud and close and I really felt it and we had to leave…I think it was good because we went next door to Mizza’s for pizza that was really good and not crowded and we could sit outside where we could hear the live music playing from next door.