Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Seth Rosner wrote: > >> today there is nothing whatever to >>compare with the excitement of a sailing departure from New York of one of >>the great liners. It was a bit like New Year's Eve, people at the railings >>and on the pier waving at one another, confetti flying, champagne corks >>popping and the deep penetrating boom of the ship's horn signaling that all >>lines have been cast off and the ship is under way, a tugboat humping away >>at the ship's stern to bend it into the channel and point the head down the >>North River, past the Statue of Liberty and on toward the Ambrose Light and >>the open sea. It was something else. > >Yes, it was like that.. I barely recall going on to the SS United States in the mid 1960s when my cousin was going on her honeymoon. But I do remember the excitement and hustle bustle. It seems we've lost our sense of excitement over traveling overseas - jet travel has made it positively routine. But on my first trip to Asia in 1993 I remember standing on a sidewalk in Tokyo and realizing exactly WHERE I was and getting quite a rush out of it...this North Carolina boy was a long way from home... - -- - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round... - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html