Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice one Tarek, absolutely perfect! Gerry On 26/11/2007, Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@pix-that-stimulate.com> wrote: > :?) > > It was absolutely fantastic! I kept the destination a secret untill > the last possible moment and then I witnessed my daughter just losing > 12 years in about 1/100th of a second! She was just like the 7 year > old kid who discovered a marvelous surprise... I guess that I missed > a very special photo moment there! Those sparks in her eyes, just > marvelous. > Then we had a 7 hour trip to JFK and by the time we passed the > passport control and took the taxi to Battery park it was about noon > local time. We did not visit any of the monuments, the queues where > just too long! The queue for the statue of Liberty went right through > Battery Park i.e 2 hours, the one for the Empire State Building was > about 3 hours long! So we spent 8 hours in New York looking at the > buildings, going into shops (Macy's, FAO Schwarz, Apple Store...) and > as to the culinary experience, hum, my daughter wanted something > typical from New York so it was Hot dog, Bretzel, Bagels in the > streets for lunch. Cheese cake in the afternoon. Dinner was also > "typical american": Hamburger! > My daughter was delighted and so was I! > At 11pm we took our flight back, Air France upgraded our tickets to > business class and we duly celebrated with champagne before sleeping > through to Paris. > > Oh, I did manage to take a few pictures. Less than 36! I didn't even > finish my roll... Amazing! > > Thank's to all of you for your advice, I've kept all the addresses > and will make sure I visit those restaurants next time in NYC! > > All the best from the south of France! > > Tarek > > ------------------------------------------------- > Tarek Charara > <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com> > > NO ARCHIVE > > > Le 26 nov. 07 ? 06:42, Brian Reid a ?crit : > > > Well? How did it go? I hope you didn't waste any time taking pictures. > > > > > >> Dear group, > >> > >> having f***ed-up my daughter's 18th birthday last year, I want to > >> repair things this year. I decided to take her for lunch-shopping- > >> dinner next friday. In New-York. I guess that's going to meke-up > >> for last year's disaster <grin>. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Gerry Walden LRPS Web: www.gwpics.com Stock: www.stockuk.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)23 8046 3076 Skype: gerry.walden (uk)