Tag: bridge
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Day 20~ November 20th~ New York
In the big city you metamorphose to a city dweller as a first rule for survival. You wear your hard armor, your “I don’t give a damn” face and your “I own this place” walk to avoid the city from churning you and spitting you out. I always loved watching people sleep in the subway…
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Day 19~ November 19th~ New York
Some experiences remain etched in our minds not because of their importance, but sometimes because of their simplicity. I was riding the roosevelt island tram one evening (you know this strange red cable car that crosses over at 60th street to the island), and next to me sat a beautiful old lady in her 70’s.…
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Day 8~ November 8th~ New York
Out of about 4 million people found in New York City on a given day, only about 1.6 million are local residents. Most of the rest are travelling back and forth in and out of the magical island.
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Day26~ September 26th~ Tuscany
To be in love is to willingly lock your destiny to another, to see no fault in them, to see every move you make through filters of their image and to celebrate the joy and pain of your passion in them. Love is alive and eternal in Tuscany.
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Day 25~ September 25th~ Tuscany
The Ponte Vecchio (old bridge), dedicated in its past to butcher shops, it is charming beyond belief as it sits in bright colors over the Arno river. It reminded me fo Lego blocks, something else that makes me smile 🙂
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Day 16~ March 16th~ Egypt
History and civilizations are not linear in their development… Each time I look at remains of ancient civilizations like the Chinese, the Mayans, the Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians, I find it quite difficult to relegate the fact that a lot of what is evident in their artifacts and architecture points to a more…
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Day Fifty Seven, March 20, 2011
The longer we live on this planet, the more fixed we become. We grow habits that are very difficult to change, we tend to look at things in the same way and we do things similarly again and again while firmly resisting change. We fear change and we find our comfort and security in what…
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Day six, January 2, 2011
One of Shanghai’s icons, the Nanpu bridge is built entirely by the Chinese. The H shaped main tower stands 154m in height and has the four characters 南浦大桥 “nan pu da qiao” writen by the former president, Deng Xiaoping.On one of my most hectic days this week, I had to cross this bridge in the…