Saturday, August 11, 2007

Bear in the "Big Apple"

This was Bear's first trip to New York, with a visit to the city at one of the most amazing times of the year - just after Christmas & New Year, from Jan 7th to the 14th. Despite the mild weather (an unbelievable 23 degrees in the heart of winter) Bear was still cold. Above is a picture of Bear at Rockefeller Centre with New York's famous Christmas tree brightly lit up in the background. Bear travelled from NYC to Boston with Amtrak, on the Acela Express. He enjoyed the scenery of the passing scenic New England cities such as Stanford, New Haven, Providence and many other tiny cities surrounded by beautiful lakes.The highlight of our trip was our much anticipated reunion with Melissa & Paul, my dear friends from my years at sea. Bear seemed to click instantly ...
As you can see in the above shot - they got on quite well. This last photo was taken on our final morning before our return flight home. Sadly, Bear was unable to go shopping (for mysterious reasons) but he was rather excited by the discovery of a cruise ship that was sitting in port. It might be difficult to see in this photo taken through the window - it is just above the tip of Bear's hat.

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