Just a few random pics I took either while on travel or on duty. Thought you might like them:
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AVIATION & TRAVEL
10 January 2025
New York, Intrepid and Hudson River, July 2024
Yet another stopover in New York. I got plenty of them last year. This was the shortest of them but at least I would return as a deadhead crew. I had nothing to do or to buy in New York but I forced me out of the hotel room. On a personal note, I had a really bad start of 2024 and I was still fixing things up to get back to normal, so it was important for me to get distracted.
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Newark Liberty Airport
& Penn Station
Still signs of the 4th of July celebration |
Return flight
A scene of David and Goliath |
Mood lighting and moving flight map just before landing...
08 January 2025
Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia Airport & Frankfurt Int'l
04 January 2025
New York, SoHo, December 2024
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara was one of the books I read last year. Although I've been to SoHo many times I never paid the due attention it deserves.
Last year I was lucky enough to fly to Newark many times and maybe New York was the only reason that tied me to the widebody fleet for so many years. Now that we have the A321LR that's no longer a dilema.
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Midtown
I started the day in Midtown where I was finally able to find a pair black leather gloves to use with my uniform in cold weather. I bought them in the Winter Village at Bryant Park.
Second duty of the day was to check out on the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. I knew it was not inaugurated yet, but I wanted to see it anyway.
After that I went for some shopping at one Best Buy near Times Square and the Apple Store nearby the Central Park. I changed my smartphone for the first time in seven years so I needed new accessories. I hate getting new phones and the whole migration process because it's not as simple as they advertise it. And I was right: I got a few headaches with the transition. But after seven years of use, no doubt the previous one had become totally obsolete.
Steinway Tower |
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Lispenard Street
For those who read the book - A Little Life - Lispenard Street in the SoHo is the one place you have to visit first. Such a little and apparently uninteresting street in Manhattan that you get to see with different eyes after reading the book. And to imagine what the life of the book characters Jude St Francis and Willem would have been there. Although Lispenard Street is real, A Little Life is a fiction book. But many agree the building that inspired the author was the number 56.
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Greene Street
Going towards uptown direction via Greene Street I wondered if the next building with these cute attic windows could have been the one to where Jude St Francis moved later.
Levain Bakery
Hudson River Park |
Of course I went for the Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie - the original one - which cost 5.25 US$.
26 December 2024
Boston, Beacon Hill, October 2024
Yes, I'm still enjoying in my new fleet. I'm still doing one or two long haul flights per month flying the Airbus A321LR but I'm getting very nice destinations. Boston sure is a winner for almost everybody in the company. This was my second time in Boston this year.
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Cheers Pub
The day we arrived we went out for dinner at the iconic pub that inspired the setting of the television series with the same name. I've been to Boston many times but this was a first for me. Cheers to that!
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Beacon Hill
The next day in the morning I decided to go alone to explore the Beacon Hill neighborhood, something I wanted to do for a long time. Particularly, I wanted to see the Acorn Street, one of the most photographed streets in Boston with typical colonial architecture. I was brought to attention of this street by my colleague "Maricleta", who shared photos of it in her personal/travel blog.
Yeah, I find it sweet and worth a visit! I continued exploring the neighbourhood and since this was October, many people were getting their front doors prepared for the Halloween.
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Boston Common
It's impossible not to cross this park when you are in town. It's the (green) heart of the city. I already showed in this blog the Frog Pond which is transformed into an ice rink every winter. This time it was too early for that.
As I said before, this was the month of October when you can appreciate the wonderful autumn colors in this park. And I coudn't stop staring. It's really so beautiful!