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Andy and I took a weeklong vacation to New York the second week of May, and one of our adventures was a long walk on the beach near Kings Park, NY, where I lived for a year–and–a–half as a kid. I put together this video of stills and movies of our time on the beach.
There are many more photos of our trip in my New York 2011 collection and Andy’s New York Spring 2011 collection on Flickr.
I think I got high on the thin air up at the mile-high altitude of Jerome, Arizona. There I was, taking a video of the beautiful panorama around me, when the beauty of Nature inspired me to sing! Ah-ha! Oo-hoo! Ha ha!
This is the street our hotel is off of. I took this just before sundown, when the streetlamps were lit and the setting sun was bathing the Gothic buildings. When I took this, I was standing at the entrance to Carrer de Ferran just off Las Ramblas. We found a little place here on Ferran with free Wi-Fi called Fresh & Ready, where I’m eating a strawberry Danone yogurt from a little glass jar. Andy & I just had our first dinner in town– a beautiful hot plate of grilled veggies soaked in olive oil and another plate of tortilla espanola (potato, egg, and cheese cake).
Today we lucked out since museums are free the first Sunday of every month. We saw the Picasso, geological, and zoological museums. Tonight, we’re thinking of going to a Spanish guitar concert in a Gothic cathedral. It rained quite a bit today, so the museums were a good option.
Marvelous place! Why even go to Nice? We’re sitting in a seaside cafe right now, with free Wi-Fi, eating crepes, & pain au chocolate and drinking cappuccino. C’est si bon!
Florence was our last stop in Italy. Tomorrow in Villefranche / Nice. Next update in Barcelona!
Went to Rome today. Wow! How overwhelming and surreal!
We were also in Pompei yesterday and were amazed by the extent of the ancient city!
The bus ride there was trecherous, but Amalfi itself was gorgeous!
We loved Malta. The most exotic place either of us has ever been to!
Had a great first day at sea. I adjusted and Andy & I had a great time together. Topped the night off with a dance party as we sailed between Sicily and Tunis. Too much thunder, rain, and lightning to stand out in the open and get geolocation, but it made for quite a sky show. Looking forward to sailing into Malta tomorrow morning!
Andy Smithers
Timur I. Alhimenkov 5:47 pm on January 27, 2009 Permalink |
Great! Thank you!
I always wanted to write in my blog something like that. Can I take part of your post to my site?
Of course, I will add backlink?
Regards, Timur I.
Daniel 5:33 pm on January 28, 2009 Permalink |
Sure, Timur. I’ll have to trust you on that since your blog is in Russian.