{"id":18562,"date":"2024-11-21T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linke.com.au\/TB\/?p=18562"},"modified":"2024-12-23T11:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T01:15:04","slug":"day-26-rain-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.linke.com.au\/TB\/north-america\/day-26-rain-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 26: Rain at last!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Yorkers have been wishing for rain for months. And today. Thursday. their wish comes true. It\u2019s bucketing down. We expect 50mm in the next 12 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We head out. Mardi is keen to get her nails done, I need a haircut and we want to visit a nice little French restaurant for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We get all that done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lunch is delightful. We\u2019ve been to Amelie before. A nice little French cafe just off 5th Avenue down near Washington Square. Onion soup, pate, a burger, ham and cheese croissant. Delicious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the rain persists we decide to head home and take it easy for the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later on I head out to meet Bob at the oculus for a hot chocolate. I also walk around the World Trade Centre site. it\u2019s pouring and a little eerie as dusk rolls in. I walk around the reflecting ponds, which are not running. The tall buildings disappear into the mist overhead and my mind wanders back to 2001 on that fateful day in September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linke.com.au\/TB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5280-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.linke.com.au\/TB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5280-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.linke.com.au\/TB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5280-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.linke.com.au\/TB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5280-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18710\" 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