31st May - Rowayton


A sleep  of superior quality - Parker's bed comfortable - his room a delight. 

It is Norwalk's annual junior lacrosse tournament for the little ones - 40 teams - the major fundraiser for the local club - Amy is President of the club and tournament director - she and Parker are flat out like lizards drinking but all goes well.

Bo welcomes us and gives us breakfast - soon he is giving us a guitar recital! 

We head off with Simon to our first game of lacrosse - Bo is goal keeper - not a great day for him or his team - he takes it all in his stride.


Parker and Westy arrive home - they have grown - hugs and huge smiles - it is great to see them.




Amy arrives home - she has had an enormous day! - "it's all going well" says she. 

We dine on thai takeaway - We produce a scarf for Amy - we produce the Turkish delight that we picked up in Istanbul - for the kids - they are opened immediately - we all agree - there is nothing like real Turkish delight from Turkey! - We produce a bottle of Etna Russo for Simon - it quickly takes pride of place in his cellar! 

Ah - it was nice to see them all again!

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