Weekend away in the Catskills!!

Lauren and I had a fantastic weekend in the Catskills - a mountain range in New York about 2 hours drive north of NYC. Just the kind of area to shake off some of that big city tension. Oh the joys of nature!!

Also we took the opportunity to check out Woodstock, a lovely little town which everyone associates with the Woodstock festival back in the day. Interestingly, the Woodstock festival was not held in the town itself, but in another location about an hour's drive west of Woodstock. But the guy who organised the festival was from Woodstock (the town), or something.

Here's a pic of Woodstock. Ignore my outfit, I was having a bad fashion day.

























The Ashokan reservoir. Very pretty but not very exciting.




















This was taken on the grounds of the grounds of the home of FDR - Franklin Delano Roosevelt AKA 32nd president of the U S of A. Although I'm not a big fan of any type of history (least of all US presidential history, given the current state of affairs) we were passing through this town and decided to stop. This is also the location of the first presidential library. We had a nice walk around the grounds - very picturesque until it started raining cats and dogs.

In an ice-cream store in New Paltz. A cool little town near where we stayed. Although the area is green and spacious they also get a lot of tourists staying, along with the trappings of tourism i.e. nice bars, restuarants, shops etc.

























This was the back of the bed and breakfast that we stayed at. Right out in the bush. Reminded me of home.