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Nach Wochen und Monaten der Vorbereitung, nach unzhligen Stunden gebeugt ber Lonely Planet und Iwanowski, nach Excel-Tabellen und Rundbriefen, ist heute der Tag des Abflugs gekommen. Die Trombosespritzen liegen im Zahnputzbecher und die Koffer sind so gepackt, dass den Unterhosen noch Luft zum Atmen bleibt. Essentiell, denn wer will schon mit Unterhosen reisen, die sich andauern ber mangelnde Luftzufuhrbeklagen?
In der Hoffnung keine hchstgefhrliche und uns als Terroristen klassifizierende Nagelschere im Handgepck vergessen zu haben geht es heute also auf den Weg ins ferne Kanada. Indian Summer und so. Hauptsache das Wetter spielt mit und die Kanadier schaffen ein paar gute Weine ran. Naja, um ganz sicher zu gehen, dass in den drei Wochen keiner verhungert, gibt's am Frankfurter Flughafen noch ne kleine Strkung.
In der Hoffnung keine hchstgefhrliche und uns als Terroristen klassifizierende Nagelschere im Handgepck vergessen zu haben geht es heute also auf den Weg ins ferne Kanada. Indian Summer und so. Hauptsache das Wetter spielt mit und die Kanadier schaffen ein paar gute Weine ran. Naja, um ganz sicher zu gehen, dass in den drei Wochen keiner verhungert, gibt's am Frankfurter Flughafen noch ne kleine Strkung.
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Ce voyage est parti d'un choix personnel. Je suis alle en Autriche il y a ... longtemps :) Et j'y ai vcu un t trs long et formidable.
J'ai propos certains amis de m'accompagner. Ce qu'ils ont accept. Nous partons donc 3 vhicules.
Les amis belges sont Cath et Hibou, sans oublier Sebas. Les amis vendens sont Maurice et Adeline. Et moi.
Il est prvu que je retrouve les Vendens dans le Berry le 3 septembre au soir. Et nous allons ensemble retrouver les Belges le lendemain dans les Vosges pour ensuite passer tous ensemble la frontire allemande d'abord puis autrichienne ensuite dans la journe du lundi.
J'ai propos certains amis de m'accompagner. Ce qu'ils ont accept. Nous partons donc 3 vhicules.
Les amis belges sont Cath et Hibou, sans oublier Sebas. Les amis vendens sont Maurice et Adeline. Et moi.
Il est prvu que je retrouve les Vendens dans le Berry le 3 septembre au soir. Et nous allons ensemble retrouver les Belges le lendemain dans les Vosges pour ensuite passer tous ensemble la frontire allemande d'abord puis autrichienne ensuite dans la journe du lundi.
We are about to set off on our second trip to Europe together. Our first stop is overnight in Dubai. Then it's on to Switzerland. We spend one night in Zurich, then a whole week in Interaken where we plan to take many trips into the surrounding mountains and villages. We will try to update this blog whenever we have internet access - hope we have more success than last time in 2008. If you would like to check our itinerary, just click on the maps link to get an idea of where will be on most dates.
Saturday 28 August 2010
We left Washington at around 8am, leaving the city to cope with the Glen Beck / Sarah Palin ?Restoring Honor? rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Thousands and thousands jammed the area around the reflection pond to hear them speak at the same spot Martin Luther King gave his ?I have a dream? speech 47 years ago. Apparently Beck has the support of a group that go by the name of the Tea Party, a reference to the Boston Tea party and the revolt against unfair unrepresentative government. This may be the launch of a Republican Presidential candidacy.
Our first stop of the day was at Philadelphia, the home of the Liberty Bell, and the site of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution. It was also at one time the capital of the USA. We visited the Liberty Bell Centre, where we saw the Liberty Bell. It is smaller than I thought it would be, between 500mm and a meter high. And the crack in it is BIG! It is said that the bell was rung in the tower of the Independence Hall to proclaim the first reading of the American Declaration of Independence in the square in front of the (now) Independence Hall. We also saw a copy of the Declaration, said to be the actual copy that was read that day on the 4th July 1776. For lunch we grabbed a famous local ?sandwich?. A Philadelphia Steak and Cheese Sandwich (with onion). It was actually pretty good.
We left Philadelphia at noon on our way to drop some tour members off at Newark Airport before going to NYC and finishing at our hotel near Times Square. On the way we passed a road jam going south (opposite direction to us) that went for miles and miles. It was due to a truck fire. It looked like a dump truck had caught fire and burnt very fiercely, the rear tray and all body work had melted under the heat of the fire. We dropped the couple off at Newark at 2pm.
Arrived at the Sheraton 53rd and 7th NYC around 3pm. Settled in a little and then went out for a walk to Times Square, (out the front door turn left and walk 2 or 3 blocks to be in the middle of it. We played games like everyone else there, waving to ourselves on the huge video screen on one of the buildings, did a lot of people watching, saw the Naked Cowboy and ran into a few from the tour. We have worked out a couple of places to eat at tonight and are going to have dinner with John and Fiona, a couple we have becomes friends with from Melbourne. Jersey Boys is at 8pm and then the lights, sounds and sights of Times Square after. We have a 1 pm check-out and a 6:55pm flight, so tomorrow is going to be the start of one of those very long days travel. Scheduled to arrive home in Adelaide around 11am 31 Aug. (We leave NYC at 6:55pm on Sun 29 Aug which will be 4pm in Los Angeles)!!!
It was really good to have our last dinner in NYC with John and Fiona, they are a very much like minded couple. We finished dinner around 7pm and said our good byes (they leave for a few weeks in California with family early in the morning. We walked around the corner to the Theatre, got a program and went in to our seats. The theatre was moderate in size and the seating was a little tight (Festival Theatre is much more comfortable). It was a sell-out with standing room only tickets on sale at the door.
Jersey Boys is one of the best musicals I have seen, the music was great ( guess I knew 75% of the songs) and the story line was very good and very funny. The show went for just under 2 hrs with a 15 min intermission.
After the show we walked out of the theatre onto Broadway and down to Times Square. It is an amazing place in the day time but at night it takes on a whole new dimension. The lights, the people and the atmosphere have to be experienced, but Deb and I both agreed it wouldn?t be somewhere we would choose for New Years Eve, it would be just way too crowded.
On the way back to the hotel we ran into a few couples from our bus tour, we said our final good byes and headed off for bed.
Sunday 29 August 2010
After a very lazy start to the day, we eventually got out and about and spent a couple of hours walking around Central Park and 5th Ave. We strolled around to Strawberry Fields and the John Lennon ?Imagine? memorial (my favourite part of the park), then around a lake and to the fountain in the middle (its name escapes me) and listened to a choir of African Americans singing in the pedestrian tunnel then walked along the avenue towards ?The Rink? and sat and listened to a 4 piece Jazz group who were busking. The park is so alive; we both wished we had something similar in Adelaide.
After a bit of a relax, shower and final pack in our room, we checked out and got a cab to JFK airport. We got there at about 1:40, only to find our check-in counter didn?t open until 2:30pm, so we sat and waited and I managed to get this last part of our blog done.
It?s been an amazing 60 days, but we are both ready to come home. Reflecting on what we have done in that time is mind boggling, it really is hard to grasp everything we have done in, what is really, such a short time.
We hope everyone has enjoyed sharing in our adventures and look forward to seeing everyone.
Our next adventures will be a little more modest with camping in Sept and Nov, then an exploration of Western Australia next year. Bring it on.