2010 Christmas : Work-related Activities, Full Family & Friend, and DLI Colleagues

December 2010--After wrapping with holiday presentations and festive activities, I flew home to Carmel for a holiday round up with family and friends.

  

 

2010: Thanksgiving in Concord, NH, NJ with Jon and Bin

Bin, Jon, and I celebrated a simple Thanksgiving together in the Concord cottage. We consumed a big bird and trimmings on Friday after the real Thanksgiving Day. Few days of rest was rejuvenating. All types of weather welcomed us including hours of flurries.

2010: July Reunions with Betsy + and the Jonsson

 

The last week of July was quite an eventful time filled with sweet reunions. First, Betsy--my American sister, whom I haven't seen for 40 years came to town. We along with Jeff, her husband, Rachel, their youngest daughter, and Zach, Rachel’s friend went to Smithsonian and had Thai dinner. The following morning, I flew to NY to join Hef and Bo, Jon, and Bin. The came a night before and did little male-bonding activities in the NYC. We drove up to Concord, NH and spent time there.  We also did excursions to Portsmouth, coastal Maine, Kancamagus Highway which is part of the White Mountain National Park, and peaceful Winniepeasakee Lake. The boys made it to the Red Sox game in Boston finally. 

The following morning, I flew to NY to join Hef and Bo, Jon, and Bin. The came a night before and did little male-bonding activities in the NYC. We drove up to Concord, NH and spent time there.  We also did excursions to Portsmouth, coastal Maine, Kancamagus Highway which is part of the White Mountain National Park, and peaceful Winniepeasakee Lake. The boys finally made it to the Red Sox game in Boston finally.      

We wrapped up with a wonderful reunion with my loving American Mom Noyce. She introduced us to a delicious Turkish restaurant. Thanks to her /\, Bin got an awesome place to stay at Oversea Mission Study Center, New Haven, while doing a rotation at St. Raphael.