Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congrats, Tarek! Ed El 26/11/2007, a las 07:33, Tarek Charara escribi?: > :?) > > 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 >