Sunday 30th March

9:30am meeting at the local Kingdom Hall, so enjoyed company of "the friends" for a couple of hours. They just lurved our cool English accents. We had an invite for a Chinese buffet lunch with about 20 others - all you can eat AND drink for about £3. We were sooo impressed. We then got another invite out with another group of "friends" for Pizza later that evening. Stuffed was the word - us that is, not the Pizza.

Monday 3st March

Our first sign of rain since we had been away. Considering the weather forecast for the whole of the States, we have done really well, with clear sunny blue skies the pattern for our busy days together. The rain soon cleared, and we made our way to Niagra. We spent some time on the 'American' side, before making our way over to the Canadian side. That was definitely the better of the views. Most spent time taking photos, and doinf the touristy bits - the Skylon (observation tower) and the 3-D film which left the group singularly unimpressed. However, a good time was enjoyed by all.

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Tuesday 1st- Thursday 3rd April

A gentle drive down to Pinebush (100 miles north of New York City) finds us at The Harvest Inn. Owned by brothers, this becomes a convenient location to Watchtower Farms & Patterson.

http://www.harvestinnmotel.com/ 


Wednesday - Watchtower Farms, where all literature and magazines are now printed; and Thursday, The Education Centre Patterson. We were privileged to get invited to Lunch with the 'friends' . A special treat was a visit to the A.V. (Audio Visual ) Centre, where educational DVD's are made in one of three full size studios. This is also the place where ASL (sign language) DVD's and dramas are made too. These very thorough processes were explained  to us, and a greater apreciation for all their hard work greatly enhanced out visit to these fantastic facilities.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=41.4954,-73.575096&spn=0.006766,0.014505&t=k&z=16

Weekend of Friday 4th of April to Monday 7th

We stayed at a Marriot Inn's & Suites near Newark International Airport. We then a got a free shuttle into the airport, then a $1.75 ride to Newark Centre, then a $1.75 PATH train onto Manhattan. The parking prices on Manhattan can be $30 an hour, thus a car free visit is to be recommended. So Friday was spent visiting the 'sights' and shopping for the lasses; and Saturday we met up with friends from Connecticut, who gave us a 'personal guided tour' of the sights and sounds of Manhattan. The day ended with a free ride on the Staten Island Ferry, which gave a fantastic view of the Manhattan skyline.

ooops...this is Monday morning. We fly home later on today. I am being called. I must go, but will catch up later......... Bri

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