Der Blick geht vorerst nur nach oben: Wolkenkratzer sind so atemberaubend (manche jedenfalls). Eine Stadt der Wunder, leider mit wehem Fuss/Bein.
Unbedingt angetan hat es mir der Union Square Market, aber vor allem The Strand Bookstore.
For the time being, it's only looking upwards: skyscrapers are so breathtaking (at least some).
Love Union square with its market and the Strand bookstore, the most amazing bookshop I have ever seen.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Saturday, September 16, 2006
the truth about boston....
You’re probably thinking how impressive it is that Frank biked all that way, but let’s just say that there were a few days in the middle of this trip that were more like this:
eating lobster
nice hippies singing
roller skating
giant breakfasts
dinner unter den palmen with view of volcano
comedy show
shopping at the mall
white chocolate Nutella…
The most Rambo thing about the whole journey is that he managed to get back on that bicycle today! I thought it would be like when Odysseus can’t get his crew to leave the Lotus Eaters. Bon Voyage!!!!!!!!! Es war schön!!!!! Also, Danke for fixing my bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eating lobster
nice hippies singing
roller skating
giant breakfasts
dinner unter den palmen with view of volcano
comedy show
shopping at the mall
white chocolate Nutella…
The most Rambo thing about the whole journey is that he managed to get back on that bicycle today! I thought it would be like when Odysseus can’t get his crew to leave the Lotus Eaters. Bon Voyage!!!!!!!!! Es war schön!!!!! Also, Danke for fixing my bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Melde: Boston! - Telegramm for Map Readers
Apology: Internet access in Vermont/New Hampshire not possible +++ Only in Boston at Tanya Bezreh's (do visit her website!) I can write again +++ Mobile phone also not working outside Boston area, and sending text messages to e-mail addresses only worked in Germany...
General update on journey route: Montreal - St-Paul-de-Ile-aux-Noix (met really nice people from Montreal, saw Fort Lennox) - Rouse's Point (border) - Plattsburgh (Cumberland State Park, Camping) - Grand Isle - Burlington (spent a great night at the Open Mic event at Radio Bean, visited Local Motion, THE PLACE for cyclists - good advice and maps, eg. Rubel's Bike Maps) - Mt. Philo State Park (together with Lucas and Francis from Montreal, see their Blog: nickeletbucephale.unblog.fr) - Roger's Rock State Park (south of Triconderoga, on Lake George - met ex-GI in a diner in Triconderoga: "maybe be we should take over Canada", "we are not always right, but we have the heart at the right place" - saw Fort Triconderoga).
Triconderoga - Fair Haven (Bomaseen State Park, closed for the season, open for Frank) - Wells, Pawlet, Manchester, Jamaica State Park (nearly knee-killing hill after Manchester, hence a day of rest in Jamaica) - Brattleboro (true Hippie place), Richmond (private campsite on lake, impressive) - Townsend (Pearl Hill State Park, met Mary and Jack Cotie (84), Jack was former owner of Cotie's Cycles, did races in Montreal and elsewhere in the world, served in the war) - Boston.
Stories and perhaps pictures to come later, the project will continue after the journey ends +++ cycling initiatives impressive, excellent bike path into Boston: Minutemen Bike Path +++ Still don't like coffee in cardbord cups +++ A big, big thank you to all that helped me finding the way, notably Kate on the racing bike who helped me into Cambridge/Harvard Square and the three Montreal racers (2 ladies and a lad) who helped in getting it right on the way to Chambly! Also lots of thanks to Local Motion Burlington and Lou!
General update on journey route: Montreal - St-Paul-de-Ile-aux-Noix (met really nice people from Montreal, saw Fort Lennox) - Rouse's Point (border) - Plattsburgh (Cumberland State Park, Camping) - Grand Isle - Burlington (spent a great night at the Open Mic event at Radio Bean, visited Local Motion, THE PLACE for cyclists - good advice and maps, eg. Rubel's Bike Maps) - Mt. Philo State Park (together with Lucas and Francis from Montreal, see their Blog: nickeletbucephale.unblog.fr) - Roger's Rock State Park (south of Triconderoga, on Lake George - met ex-GI in a diner in Triconderoga: "maybe be we should take over Canada", "we are not always right, but we have the heart at the right place" - saw Fort Triconderoga).
Triconderoga - Fair Haven (Bomaseen State Park, closed for the season, open for Frank) - Wells, Pawlet, Manchester, Jamaica State Park (nearly knee-killing hill after Manchester, hence a day of rest in Jamaica) - Brattleboro (true Hippie place), Richmond (private campsite on lake, impressive) - Townsend (Pearl Hill State Park, met Mary and Jack Cotie (84), Jack was former owner of Cotie's Cycles, did races in Montreal and elsewhere in the world, served in the war) - Boston.
Stories and perhaps pictures to come later, the project will continue after the journey ends +++ cycling initiatives impressive, excellent bike path into Boston: Minutemen Bike Path +++ Still don't like coffee in cardbord cups +++ A big, big thank you to all that helped me finding the way, notably Kate on the racing bike who helped me into Cambridge/Harvard Square and the three Montreal racers (2 ladies and a lad) who helped in getting it right on the way to Chambly! Also lots of thanks to Local Motion Burlington and Lou!
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Wrong Street, Wrong Time
Never before was finding the right access to a city so important as in Montreal. Chose anything but St. Catherine street, and you are utterly lost in a maze of business buildings as charming as Londons banking district or La Defense in Paris - no beauty, no cries, no miracles.
Cycling through montreal helps a lot though, you get quicker from place to place and can discover the wonderful cycling infrastructure (absolutely visit "Mason des Cyclistes" (http://www.velo.qc.ca/fr/index.lasso?sm=m&page=maison) . One thing remains valid though: things seem to be concentrated in certain streets. Plenty of bars in Crescent street, another street packed with bars in the Latin Quarter - and next to these streets or in parallel streets not much to discover.
Most noteworthy: even in the middle of the week, eating places are packed with people, one likes to eat out and to enjoy the evenings. There is certainly an atmosphere, a certain spirit. But somehow I expected miracle...
PS: Saw "Le gendarm de St. Tropez" last night on the central cultual square of Montreal, a kind of equivalent to the Berlin Kulturforum. It was a free screening under the stars as part of the Montreal film festival (http://www.ffm-montreal.org/fr_index.html). Very good laugh!
Cycling through montreal helps a lot though, you get quicker from place to place and can discover the wonderful cycling infrastructure (absolutely visit "Mason des Cyclistes" (http://www.velo.qc.ca/fr/index.lasso?sm=m&page=maison) . One thing remains valid though: things seem to be concentrated in certain streets. Plenty of bars in Crescent street, another street packed with bars in the Latin Quarter - and next to these streets or in parallel streets not much to discover.
Most noteworthy: even in the middle of the week, eating places are packed with people, one likes to eat out and to enjoy the evenings. There is certainly an atmosphere, a certain spirit. But somehow I expected miracle...
PS: Saw "Le gendarm de St. Tropez" last night on the central cultual square of Montreal, a kind of equivalent to the Berlin Kulturforum. It was a free screening under the stars as part of the Montreal film festival (http://www.ffm-montreal.org/fr_index.html). Very good laugh!
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