14.09.06
Finally…
… I got a few seconds to sit down and let you all know what i have been up to and what i have seen and done while i have been here on the Eastern side of North America.
New York!!
New York is crazy! It’s big, loud, fast paced and non-stop. Could i live here? No! But i am having a lot of fun here. It’s easy to get around, the subway runs everywhere 24 hours a day and you barely wait for long on the platform. The crowds of people just keep coming. There is plenty to do though and you don’t find yourself without much to do. It easy to keep yourself busy. Especially if you are like me and just like to wander around and explore and see what you stumble across. So what have i been up to and seen here in New York. Here are a few photos.
The US Open Tennis
Riding the Subway
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge
Ground Zero
Lady Liberty
Times Square
Montreal
After a few days in NYC, i headed to Montreal with Skye in tow. It was a lot of fun in Montreal. It’s an interesting mix of cultures in Montreal and it was a little odd to see people of Asian backgrounds speaking French. Although it did make me feel a little inferior as i could not speak french and here were people speaking 2 or 3 languages. Montreal was also divided into neighbourhoods of many different backgrounds. Old Montreal had the whole old school French feel with Narrow streets and cobblestones, while downtown was young, hip and cool, influenced in part by the many universities in and around town. It was a different feeling to the rest of Canada, but really cool all the same. A town I enjoyed spending time in, I just wish i could have spoken French to get the whole feel of it.
Downtown Montreal
Part of Montreal known as the Latin Quarter
Old Montreal
More Old Montreal
Ottawa
We also took the opportunity to get to Ottawa. Ottawa is the Canadian Capital. We had a day there and checked out the parliament area, the markets and had a quick stroll before driving back to Montreal.
The Canadian Parliament Building
The Ottawa River, Ontario on the left, Quebec on the right
Enjoying some Beaver Tail in Ottawa
Vermont
Finally before coming back to NYC yesterday i spent two days in Vermont. Natali, who used to work at Forerunners, and her husband Mark had moved to Vermont so Mark could take up a new job at Middlebury College. So i stopped in Vermont to see them. Talk about totally different to where i have been of late. The biggest town in Vermont is only 50,000 people and Middlebury is 5,000. I think i walked past 5,000 people in thirty seconds after arriving back into NYC for peak hour on the Subway.
Natali and Mark’s house in Vermont
Middlebury College, Vermont
Downtown Middlebury, Vermont
Thats an update for now… I got plenty of photos which i am working on putting online. That will be happening over the next few days. So keep checking the gallery for photos over the next few days.
Sunday i am off to Washington DC for another adventure.
Hope everyone is well. Email me…