NY, Halloween party and more in the US

We had to do it

In central park



I love NY

Kodak moment

out chillin' with Carl and Magnus


In the Garden cheering for NY Rangers with our Frölunda jerseys on

NY - just superb

You gotta love the Pinot

Roadtrip, on our way to Asheville, NC

Hooters is a must when being in the US

The crazy gorilla Federico is trying something he shouldn't on me.. Crazy gorilla, crazy Halloween

Just in time for Halloween last fall, me and Carl went to US for work but also some Halloween celebrations, a weekend in NY and some other really good stuff.

We started off in Greensboro, North Carolina where we arrived the day before Halloween. On Halloween we crashed a party at a friend and colleague's house. We hadn't annuounced our visit to him (our guess is he did know though) prior to our entrance and of course we were dressed up in a way noone could recognize us. We had loads of fun and at least all our colleagues (except three that did know for sure) seemed surprised not expecting us to be there. When the party slowed down we crashed another one (for real) across the street where we didn't know anyone. A gorilla entered the party not long after we got there and together with him we had lots of fun mingling around with all the Americans and drinking until dawn. No more details given.

After spending the weekend i G'boro we went with our rental Pontiac (not so very nice as it sounds but good enough) to Asheville on a road trip through North Carolina for a couple of working days there. We started off with a nice restaurant visit where we had some Pinot Noir to drink, superb. Then we went out in the night life of A'ville to check it out. Some Halloween celebrations were still taking place and some additional funny costumes were spotted. After a couple of working days in A'ville we went back to G'boro, this time we made the detour through Blue Ridge Mountains, b-e-a-utiful! However dusk came sooner than expected and the detour was also longer than expected. Not a big deal though but we almost felt trapped with no exits from the road we were driving.. We worked another couple of days in G'boro before coming to the climax of the US trip, New York.

NY was amazing. I fell in love with the city more of a sudden than I could've expected. We came in on a kind of late Saturday. On Sunday NY marathon took place. This was nothing we knew about but we kind of noticed quite quick.. The streets were crowded and lots of people were performing different stuff close to the competition to get spotted and fishing for a road to success I guess. Bands, dancers and all kind of performers. We were strolling through Central Park and ran into a ice-skating rink. That left us no other choice than to rent some skates and lace them up. That was one of the most exotic experiences I've ever had. So far at least. 'Cause the weather was really good even though it was mid fall and the ice-skating felt so misplaced in Central Park in the heart of NY with all the huge buildings in the surroundings. Misplaced in an extremely good sense though.

To tell the full story about NY would have taken days. But it was more fun than I can describe in words and one highlight was being in Madison Square Garden attending a NY Rangers game againgst Pittsburgh Penguins. We also had a real kodak moment in a crappy burger place, a good old whisky in Little Italy, some nice partying and great outdoor breakfasts on Lexington Avenue. Even work was really interesting with the only downside that the hours spent on this event would have been a lot more fun spending someplace else in NY.

Being in NY was a truly surrealistic experience, it was extravaganza, deluxe great!!