Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 431

A lovely sunny day was ideal for going up the Empire State Building, so we did. We were consequently rewarded with wonderful views of the whole of New York City and beyond. The rest of the time was spent taking bus tours of Downtown Manhattan by day and night. The informative and amusing guides increased our knowledge of the city no end. Between the tours we had an excellent oven baked pizza at John’s in the Theater District adjacent to Times Square. The restaurant was situated in a lovely converted former church. We were surprised to see that The History Boys by Alan Bennet was playing as we had seen that in Birmingham just before we left. We also visited the impressive Grand Central Station. ... read more

27 Septembre Bien assise dans le cockpit je vous écris ma journée d’hier. Nous avons marché de la 79ième à la 137ième pour trouver une courroie et un filtre à fuel, nous avons découvert une grande ville avec de beaux restaurants. Pour notre retour bien sur que nous avons pris le métro jusqu’à la 42ième pour voir Time Square et prendre des photos avec nos amis de Solino. A notre arrivée la bas nous avons rencontrés nos amis de Caminata, le plaisir était immense. Nous avons continués de marcher jusqu’à la 5ième avenue pour visiter encore et encore. Nous sommes allés voir Central Park, nous avons même savouré un apéro sur une terrasse. Une grande amie à nous, nommée Nancy Martin et demeurant à New York, nous a rejoint en taxi, elle avait dans ses mains ... read more

17th Sept and arrived at La Guardia in New York more than a little tired as we had been up for more than 24hrs and caught a bus for our home in ......... HARLEM. Yes we knew we were up to the challenge of the hood and quickly settled into the role of being the only two white people within a 5 mile radius, I´m sure they could hardly tell. Our hostel was on 128th & Malcolm X Blvd and it actually turned out to be quite a cool place even though on arrival the news was plastered with shooting in Harlem that day. I think it may be a fairly regular occurence as there seemed to be a police helicopter overhead all the time. We were only allowed on the rear patio until ten at ... read more

Finally home in NYC and settling in to classes. Student life is hectic, but good. Steph found a great job in the Fine Jewelery buying office at Macy’s. Really can’t complain about anything. In case any of you are interested in seeing the complete set of pictures from our Pan-Asian adventure, you can visit online at http://picasaweb.google.com/redmocha. There are nearly 3,000 pictures available, so pace yourself. If you don’t have the fortitude (or interest) to sit through the entire spread, then we’d suggest you just click on the “Best Of Trip” album to watch the best 400 pictures scroll past on a slideshow. We promise, it is a much better use of your time than watching an episode of The Simpsons. Let us know what you think! Take the A Train Subways around the world are ... read more

We are at the moment on Lake Champlain and we are preparing everything for our 2007 adventure. We will be setting sail in the comming weeks. Looking forward in sharing our adventure with you.. Cheers...... read more