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Liberty State Park

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We had a really nice weekend. On Friday I met Jim and a guy he works with at a bar. When the guy left, J and I walked two blocks East on 30th Street and had the most amazing food at The Cannibal. The name says it all. Places like that is a reason I can never be a full time vegetarian, haha. Every bite was just too good to be true.
On Saturday we went to 14th street, left some clothes to Goodwill and then we had brunch at one of our favorite places, Brazen Fox. We sat on their little outdoor balcony for the first time. Very cute. The food was amazing as always. I can’t really remember what else we did that day, so probably nothing exciting:)
We have started to make a list of things we want to do when we live in NY and one thing was to take the new path train across the Hudson River to New Jersey and visit the Liberty State Park. The station is brand new and you walk inside the “dinosaur” (that’s my nickname for their new building next to wtc) to get to the trains. It was such beautiful day and a nice view of Manhattan, so we decided to walk instead of take another train from the station in NJ.
When we got to the Hudson River in Liberty Park we stopped for ice cream, which of course melted in a sec haha. I didn’t know this, but you can take the boat to Statue of Liberty from this side too so there were plenty of tourists on their way to the statue. Eventually we found out that the water taxi to Manhattan actually went from that side of NJ where we were, so that became a quick way home. We finished our day watching the basketball final of course.

In Uncategorized, USA

Approved

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Hello! It’s been awhile. How are you guys?
Yesterday I got the great news that I am approved for Permanent Residence in the United States of America. I can’t even explain how happy I am and what a relief this is.
The whole day was full of good energy and I had a strong feeling that yesterday was gonna be great. I went to 18th Street and took my very first Kundalini yoga class taught by my friend Jeanette. Wonderful class and I was surprised over that my body did so well, but my guess is that everything felt good because I came into the class with such open heart and mind. When the class was over and I had gathered my things, I saw an email on my phone. At first I didn’t really understand what I was reading. Last week I sent a message to my lawyer that I was worried about that my papers where gonna expire, so at first I thought it was something about that. But then I realized that the email was telling me that I am approved for my second Green Card and that if I want to I can apply for citizenship soon. So happy! I went to HU with J for some fika and I kinda forgot about it until I was on my way home. I stood there on the subway train and almost started to cry of happiness.
My love for my husband doesn’t change because of a card or not. We just want to be together and we have decided to stay here, so to be approved by his country means a lot to me. We were expecting to be approved, but I have still been worried, cause you never know. The process this time took almost a year (crazy!) so I have been feeling stressed about it for a long time. But now, I’m approved 🙂
I am in no rush to apply for a citizenship. I read that a lot of people actually never apply for one, they just renew their Green Card every ten years. It would be kinda nice to not have to deal with these papers for the rest of my life, so maybe I apply to become a citizen before this card expires, but I have a lot of time now to think about it:)

Hej! Det var ett tag sedan. Hur mar ni?
Igar fick jag den stora nyheten att jag ar godkand for Permanent Uppehallstillstand i the United States of America. Jag kan inte ens forklara hur glad jag ar och vilken lattnad detta ar.
Hela dagen var full av god energi och jag hade en stark kansla av att gardagen skulle bli fantastisk. Jag akte upp till 18th Street och tog min allra forsta Kundalini yoga klass undervisad av min van Jeanette. Underbar klass och jag var forvanad over att min kropp gjorde sa bra ifran sig, men jag antar att allt kandes bra pga att jag kom in pa klass med oppet hjarta och sinne. Nar klassen var over och jag hade samlat mina saker, sag jga ett mejl pa mobilen. Forst forstod jag itne riktigt vad jag laste. Forra veckan skickade jag ett meddelande till min advokat att jag var orolig att mina papper skulle ga ut, sa forst trodde jag att det handlade om det. Men sedan forstod jag att mejlet berattade att jag blivit godkand for mitt andra Green Card och att om jag vill kan jag ansoka om medborgarskap snart. Sa glad! Jag gick till HU tillsammans med J och glomde typ bort det tills jag var pavag hem. Jag stod dar pa tunnelbanetaget och borjade nastan grata av lycka.
Min karlek till min man andras inte pa grund av ett kort eller inte. Vi vill ju bara var tillsammans och vi har beslutat oss for att stanna har, sa att bli godkand av hans land betyder mycket for mig. Vi forvantade oss att vi godkanda, men jag har anda varit orolig, for man vet ju aldrig. Processen denna gang har tagit nastan ett ar (galet!) sa jag har kannt mig stressad over det ett bra tag. Men nu ar jag godkand 🙂
Jag har itne brottom att ansoka om medborgarskap. Jag laste att manga faktiskt aldrig ansoker om det, de bara fornyar sitt Green Card var tionde ar. Det vore ratt skont att inte behova ta itu med dessa papper for resten av mitt liv, sa kanske att jag ansoker om att bli medborgare innan detta kort gar ut, men jag har mycket tid pa mig att tanka pa det:)

In New York City, NYC Food Guide, USA

Caffe Reggio

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in the United States to serve Cappuccino”

I found out online that there is a cafe in Greenwich Village that has been there since 1927. Domenico Parisi brought the cappuccino to America and they still have the espresso machine, from 1902, at the cafe today (not in use of course, but still pretty cool). The cappuccino wasn’t the best I’ve ever had, but good enough and the lunch sandwich that I ordered was great. This is a small place with tables very close to each other, but still a cozy feel to it and it really does feel old with all the art work in the room. I tried to picture how it was to sit at this cafe and sip a cappuccino back in the old days. 

A coffee lover like me loves to visit places like this. New York is relatively a new city but there is plenty of interesting history and a lot is kept. New York City is definitely one of the coolest cities to discover.

Jag hittade online att det finns ett cafe i Greenwich Village som har funnits dar sedan 1927. Domenico Parisi presenterade cappuccino for Amerika och de har fortfarande espresso maskinen, fran 1902, kvar pa cafet idag (inte i bruk saklart, men anda ratt coolt). Cappuccinon var inte den basta jag smakat, men tillrakligt god och lunchmackan som jag bestallde var god. Det har ar ett litet stalle med bord ratt nara varandra, men anda ratt mysig kansla och det kanns verkligen gammalt med all konst i rummet. Jag forsokte forestalla mig hur det var att sitta dar pa detta cafe och smutta pa en cappuccino pa den gamla tiden.

En kaffealskare som jag alskar att besoka stallen som detta. New York ar relativt en ny stad men det finns en hel del intressant historia och mycket ar bevarat. New York City ar definitivt en av de coolaste staderna att upptacka. 

In Uncategorized, USA

Post #jonas

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Yesterday, January 23rd:
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Today, January 24th:
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It was snowing nonstop all day yesterday. We had basketball tickets but the game was cancelled and they banned the traffic in the city and closed bridges from 2:30 pm. We stayed at home all day and watched families play in the snow outside our window. When we where outside, Thor tried to run around but it was hard since he kept disappearing in the snow. But the storm wasn’t that bad actually. The news made it sound a lot worse than it is. They write that it is 63 cm snow in Central Park. No idea if that’s true, but down here in Battery Park it’s not that much.
Today has been sunny with blue sky and not very cold, which of course means slushy streets. It’s very nice to walk outside on days like this though because it’s very quiet and I have awesome rain boots. Not much people and no cars. I’m tired of the snow already though, I want it to be gone by tomorrow. Big wish, hahah. 

Det snoade nonstop igar. Vi hade basketball biljetter men matchen blev installd och de forbjod trafik i city och stangde av broar fran 14:30. Vi stannade inomhus hela dagen och sag pa nar familjer lekte i snon utanfor fonstret. Nar vi var ute forsokte Thor springa runt men det var svart eftersom han forsvann i snon. Men stormen var faktiskt inte sa hemsk. Nyheterna far det att lata varre an vad det ar. De skriver att det ar 63 cm i sno i Central Park. Ingen aning om det stammer, men har nere i Battery Park ar det inte sa mycket. 
Idag har det varit soligt med bla himmel och inte sa kallt, vilket da saklart betyder slaskiga gator. Det ar valdigt trevligt att ga ut pa dagar som nu dock, for det ar valdigt tyst och jag har awesome regnstovlar. Inte sa mycket folk och inga bilar. Jag ar trott pa snon redan dock, jag vill att det ska vara borta imorgon. Stor onskan, hahah. 

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Chicago Bulls at United Center

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Right before Christmas, I finally got to see The Bulls play at United Center in Chicago. What a difference to go see them at home. The entertainment in between was far more interesting than at any basketball game I’ve ever been to in New York. Sure, Bulls kinda sucked and they ended up loosing to the Nets, but still, everything else was very amusing. I had such a great time and our seats were awesome. The stadium was full and everybody seem to have fun. When we go to a Knicks game in NY, most of the people coming are tourists that has no clue of what they are actually watching, they just want to see basketball and The Knicks on their vacation in New York. So it was really cool to go to a game where people really wants to see their team play and have fun with other fans.