such a relaxing weekend

this weekend we meet up with Charlotte and John on Sunday night from about five pm until eight pm. the rest of the time was just the boy and me, hanging out. we loved it. we have fewer friends here, but it doesn't stress us out. Friday we had a delicious bowl of ramen at kambi. the pork char siu was incredible, thick and soft. we then flaked on the sofa. Saturday we went to pelham bay park, where we saw the most ghetto beach ever. the beach was rammed, filled with families and groups with huge, competing sound systems. the best one was huge cooler with built in speakers. there were folk with speakers bigger than our one back home. we then took the bus to city island, which was incredible. it was stepping back in time to a little village with clapper fronts and porches in the new England style amongst the houses. and all the seafood you could eat. a one and a quarter pound lobster and sides for 15 quid. what a bargain. who would have thought we were in the Bronx. we then got home and chilled and booked accommodation for our honeymoon. frozen yoghurt was a short step out at half midnight. it's amazing to be somewhere warm enough for that. today we had a decadent lunch before doing very little until this evening when we went to a Russian spa. it was rough around the edges but the other folk were friendly and I got to beat the boy with a big branch. salted cod for tea. what an amazing weekend.