Friday, January 25, 2008

US Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico

Nice, beautiful places!
The sky looks too blue to be true, and so does the sea.
Trunk Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands

Trunk Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands

Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Monday, July 23, 2007

A visit to San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge @ SF. 6/26/2007
SF is somewhat colder than I have expected. Riding a bike on GG Bridge for the first time is fun and exciting. But the chilly wind was unexpectedly strong, especially near the two towers. For one moment I was thinking maybe it could blow my eye-glasses away, had I not held it with my hand.

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Niagara Falls 2

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Niagara Falls!

Friday, June 09, 2006

A visit to Newport @ Rhode Island (5/28)

Sunday, July 10, 2005

More photos

I love this one most:

Grand Central Terminal

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The City


World Trade Center


Federal Hall National Memorial


"Long Island"


Entrance of Metropolitan Museum of Art


Dancing at the exit of Metropolitan Meseum of Art


The city, 2


Columbia University


West 44th Street. The Majestic Theater

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曼哈顿一日游记 (6/30/2005)

(头一晚,和lp双双入住位于Elmhurst的号称有两星半的Pan American Hotel)

天公虽然不作美,但总算没有作恶:前一天的雨从傍晚下到晚上,到这天早上已经停了。

早上8点半左右,从Queens这边的Grand Ave Newtown Station坐地铁去Manhattan。路上买了两份早点,共$1.50,然后到地铁买了$7的那种one day pass,就是不限次数的通票。

因为晚上想去百老汇看音乐剧,所以我们的第一个任务就是抓紧时间去买门票。为了买到打折票,我们按照网上搜索到的介绍,跑到7th Ave.和53rd St. 交界处的Official Visitor Information Center,拿了两张音乐剧打折票的coupon,顺带拿了几张免费的地图,主要是交通图。顺便提一句,那些地图很有用,特别是那种折叠之后像打火机那么小可以放在上衣口袋的地铁图,给我们后来的出行帮了大忙。
我们想看的歌剧是Andrew Lloyd Webber的名作The Phantom of the Opera, 在位于245 West 44th St.的Majestic Theater上演。于是从Visitor Center出来,我们步行前往剧院买票,顺便感受一下在高楼林立的市区,还看了看Time Square。在剧院票房,看到最低票价是20,一般2楼的后排票价是50~55,一楼前排的票都超过100了。我抱着试一试的心疼先问有没有最低的票,果不其然,售磬。于是掏出coupon,以$35每张的价格买了两张。

首战告捷,我们立即挥师南下,乘地铁1号线到了曼哈顿岛的最南端,South Ferry。在码头附近,看了看远处自由女神像,天气不是很好,随便拍了几张照片。我们看见已经有许多人登上了去自由女神那个岛的船,于是我们也去船边看一看,发现不但要排长队买票,而且上船之前还要排长队安检。我们当机立断,放弃了上岛的念头,并北上去看World Trade Center的遗址(又坐了一次地铁)。与我上次看到的相比,世贸中心的遗址发生的变化似乎不大,毕竟施工主要还是在地下的基础部分。(想起头一天晚上看电视的时候,碰巧看到新闻讲新世贸的重建方案又改了……)我们拍了会照片,时近中午,肚子有点饿了。看了看地图,我们决定先去附近的华尔街走走,然后去华尔街北边的Chinatown吃午饭。


The Cross @ World Trade Center

Statue of Liberty

Ferry


虽然Wall Street离这里看上去只有几条街的路程,但我们还是懒得走——买了地铁通票自然是要尽可能地充分利用啦!坐到华尔街,先看到的是一个教堂,即Trinity church,旁边好像还有一个小院子,有一块牌子上我似乎看到了哥大旧址那样的话。路上人很多,我们也没有仔细去看,跟着人群就走到了NY Stock Exchange——纽约证交所。留影之后,杀了个回马枪,在Trinity Church那里迅速地转了一圈,然后坐地铁去Canal St.的中国城。1点来钟,饥肠辘辘,最后在“华埠”的牌子旁边的一家中餐馆吃了一顿简单的午饭。虽然饭菜质量平平,但总算是吃饱喝足。


Trinity Church & the Wall Street

New York Stock Exchange

休息完毕,人也精神了。两点多了。看了看地图,我们决定先去帝国大厦(Empire State Building)看看,然后坐地铁过河,从曼哈顿的东边看看联合国大厦。在WTC倒掉之后,帝国大厦据说又重新成为曼哈顿最高的大楼了。我们在那里绕了一圈,看到等电梯的队要排大约一个小时,决定不上去了。于是我们回到了时代广场,在那里换乘7号线去了East River的河对面。在江边,我们看到了曼哈顿岛东边的全貌,当然,也没有忘记拍了些照片,可惜是阴天,一片灰蒙蒙的。


East Manhattan

Empire State Building & the United Nations

我们的下一串目标是The Metropolitan Museum of Art(大都会博物馆)——Central Park(中央公园)——Columbia University(哥大)。中途因为要在Grand Central Terminal换车,我就带lp上去转了转。等我们去到博物馆的时候,已经是下午4点多了。据说这里要转一整天也未必能看完,但我们只有不到1小时,只能看看lp感兴趣的古埃及馆。不过来得晚也有好处,那就是不用买门票!其实我们原先也不知道要不要门票,看到一个牌子上好像写着要钱,但我们问了问一个管理人员,他说,这个点呀,不用了……于是我们就糊里糊涂地混进去了,呵呵。

看到5:15左右,博物馆关门了。刚出门口,发现有两个黑人小伙在跳街舞表演,周围一大堆围观的人。我们也凑热闹看了会儿。

博物馆旁边就是中央公园的一个入口。在地图上看,这个公园很大,我们没打算逛遍它,只是横穿过中央公园。公园的绿化很好,在中间有个很大的椭圆草坪,许多人在那里休闲活动,感觉很惬意。


Kids at the Central Park

Central Park


我们穿过公园之后,坐了地铁往北走去哥大。下车走了一半,才发现由于我们坐的是哥大东边的一条线,要走到哥大,得穿过一个幽静的小公园,不幸的是,中间还要爬一个蛮陡的小山丘……。懒得往回走或者绕圈了,“马死落地行”,我们硬着头皮“爬山”咯。我走得一身汗,可怜的lp也快走不动了,周围还偶尔看到一两个不知道有没有恶意的彪形大汉-_-!! 好不容易终于爬了上山,看到哥大的校门就在一个block之外,松了一口气……

哥伦比亚大学也是一所名校,看上去不大,不过在曼哈顿这种地方能有这么一块地盘也算不容易了。

穿过哥大之后大概是6点多了,我们得找地方解决晚饭了。走了几条街,没发现什么好地方。原先哥大同学和我去过的一个中餐馆也拆了,最后将就着去了KFC。

音乐剧要8点开始,而大概7点半左右,我们就回到了44th Street,很惊诧地发现每个剧院门前都已经排了很长的队,大呼失算:一方面是我们没想到人会这么多;另一方面是我们曾听说音乐剧的票是不对号入座的,很想早点进去占个好地方——看来是不行的了。排了队,等了好一会儿才进了剧院。上了二楼,人家告诉我们去G排,我们就随便在中间找了个座。过来一会儿,有工作人员过来要看看我们的票,并且告诉我们我们的位置在边上……这时我们才发现票上面印了座位,真是土了-_-!


Inside the theater

The Phantom of the Opera不愧是名作,很好看。现场看的效果也很好,就是空调有点猛……看来那些人穿正装来也是有好处的。

出了剧院已经是10:45左右了,因担心走夜路不太安全,就匆匆忙忙往回赶了。我们下了地铁站,在地下走了很远才走到我们要乘的那条线的站,路上居然还看到有人摆摊卖DVD,不由得一笑:原来你们老美也有人卖D版的嘛。要不是走得太匆忙,还真想偷偷排一张留念呢。

从时代广场回我们宾馆的那站,中间要停十几个站。车上看到一对亚裔年轻人,大包小包的,貌似也是来旅游的夫妇。我们出站之后,发现他俩也出来了。在过马路的时候一问,居然和我们住同一间宾馆,呵呵,真是巧呀!

11点半左右回到住处,算了算,玩了一整天,几乎走遍了所有想去的目标,两人加起来只花了$103.06,还看了音乐剧,真是happy呀!那张地铁通票也是非常的值,因为我们至少坐了11次地铁,不买通票的话每个人需要$20,呵呵。

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Monday, June 20, 2005

Boston Harbor (6/18/2005)

Happiest day of the year...because of you...


Boston Harbor

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Holocaust Memorial Park Re-visit (6/18/2005)


Holocaust Memorial

Holocaust Memorial Park

The words in the picture:
BETWEEN 1933 AND 1945, THE NAZIS CREATED A REGIME OF HATE and victimization in Germany that eventually comsumed most of Europe.
Driven by racist beliefs, they killed as many as eleven million men, women and children in their quest to dominate Europe and to create a "pure and superior" race. The Nazis singled out the Jews for total extermination - their very existence to be erased from history and memory. Before their defeat in 1945, the Nazi regime murdered six million Jews - more than half of Europe's Jewish population.


THOSE WHO HAVE PERISHED HAVE BEEN SILENCED FOREVER. Those who witnessed and survived the horrors carry with them the burden of memory.
Through there voices, we seek to comprehend the acts of inhumanity that can stem from the seeds of prejudice.

TO REMEMBER THEIR SUFFERING IS TO RECOGNIZE the danger and evil that are possible whenever one group persecutes another. As you walk this Freedom Trail pause here to reflect on the consequences of a world in which there is no freedom - a world in which basic human rights are not protected. And know that wherever prejudice, discrimination and victimization are tolerated, evil like the Holocaust can happen again.



Statement of Pastor Martin Niemoeller @ Holocaust Memorial

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Sunday, May 29, 2005

5/28: Trip to George's Island

A trip to Boston George's Island on 5/28, with a lot of friends.


George's Island


Boston harbor, view from harbor express (ferry)

On the island, we saw ...

Flowers



Trees


Seagulls


Windmill

Of course, a lot of fun ...

BBQ


Games

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