Well, this is it! My (Ryan's) first blog post EVER! I'm a little nervous because Kristin is an EXCELLENT blogger - it's really fun to read her stuff - so feel like I've got to live up to the bar she has set.
But anyway...
We have lived in Lancaster for 3 weeks now. Here is our new home - sweet huh?!
Notice, it is a beacon of MAROON in the middle of two poor, burnt orange homes - surely a symbol of hope in the midst of despair! People live in row homes (or terraced houses) up here. So neighbors are VERY close and we love it.
We also went to NYC this weekend to see my sister and her husband. Here we are in front of the Rockefeller Center
As it has been said: "Each man reads his own meaning into New York." (Meyer Berger) From my extended experience in NYC (2.5 days), I agree. I read into it this: it is the most amazing mixture of cultures I have ever seen! In fact, Jessica and Matt (my sister & her husband) live in Astoria - home to the largest population of Greeks outside of Greece! And there are many other cultures clustered throughout the rest of the City.
One other interesting cultural thing we got to see is the location of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero. If you haven't seen it, here are a couple of pics:
Welp, hope to see you back here often!
"...surely a symbol of hope in the midst of despair!" I can't believe that you wrote that being a 2% and all. Anyway, great first blog and I look forward to reading more.
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Ha! Well the farther away you get from a place, the more dear it becomes to your heart :)
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Nice blog post Ryan! :) So glad you guys got to come visit us and "experience" a bit of NYC. Looking forward to more blog posts and seeing you guys again! xoxo
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