SNOW

Just realised, that if you ckick on each photo it loads it up bigger. I have shrunk most of them to screen size but the early photos posted are massive files. Also if you click on the title of each post, it loads the comments underneath.

The following were taken last Friday after 4-5 inches of snow fell overnight...

The view from my room, Friday 7.15am

Walking to the station, 7.45 am

Looking back at the train station. The guy in the middle is shovelling the crossing, 8.35am (Note the big brown chimney stack just to the right of the middle)

The walk to work. The Jeep is parked on the footpath... the road is there somewhere, 8.38am (see the same chimney stack on the left, work is at the end of this road - South Maple Way, Ambler)

Work

Oi, Oi, Oi!

Main street of Ambler looking north at lunchtime

Looking South

MISC PHOTOS

Penn Uni Stadium... Seats 55000 people, i passed it on the way to the ICU ward of Penn Uni Hospital where i went on a 'field trip'. They ware playing lacrosse in the middle

http://www.pennathletics.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=66184

Real 3500+ year old mummy at the Academy of Natural Science i went to yesterday

Atleast he still has his chain!!

ACHMED THE DEAD TERRORIST

I love it!! Search for Jeff Dunham in Youtube if you want more!!

NEW YORK CITY

My day in New York... If your looking at a map, I basically statrted at the south (Ground Zero) and walked my way north, crossing between 5th, 6th and 7th Aves depending on what was there, until i arrived at Central Park and caught the Subway back to Downtown - China Town where i caught the bus back home (the photos are showed in the order i took them). It is a crazy place! Not as tall and overwhelming as I thought but just covering a massive area. I walked about 15km in the day but scarily, only did the south half of Manhatten Island! Then there is the north half and the other 4 boroughs which are even bigger and is still New York!! I will be back... as many times as i can!!!

Freeze! It’s the NYPD in our little electric powered Hyundai thingys!

Inner city parking – Hope you’re not in a hurry!

Ground Zero – as seen through the fences

Empire State building as seen from 5th Ave (with the NY yellow cabs in front)

The triangle building is where Broadway crosses over 5th Ave

Madison Square Park, this is really nice – it just needed snow!

Looking south from atop Empire State building

1st to 12th ‘Avenues’ run North/South, 1st to 167th Streets run East/West starting at the south and Broadway cuts diagonallyish through the middle

Statue of Liberty (with the help of some zoom)

Looking North, the 800+ acre Central park in the middle

Proof I was there!

A prize for the first to work out how I did this (not Photoshopped!!)

Millions of yellow cabs

Standing on the 86th floor ‘observation deck’ looking up

Times Square – made even more crazy with 10 000 people in a Serbian parade

Times Square again (where Broadway crosses 7th Ave)

The Naked Cowboy - Same spot, same clothes, everyday of the year regardless of the weather!

Do a Google and Google image search for the naked cowboy and see how famous he is! He is sueing Mars for $6.5million! http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/02/14/1202760438896.html

Seen this in movies before? It’s at the base of the Rockefeller Center - The Rockefeller Plaza

Police convoys... Sirens, horns and lights... All for show I think

Trump Tower on 5th Ave (just one of many with his name on it!)


Another ice rink in Central Park... Kinda famous too I think

PHILA BY NIGHT

City Hall (real gouls ontop)

Another old place

City Hall again

Hotel

Arts college

The Kimmel Center - roof is completely glass

Same hotel

Not a clue

INTERNET PROBLEMS II

Hey everyone. Sorry for the lack of activity... I've got photos I've been trying to load for the last few days but my wireless internet keeps dropping out in my room, I'll call them on Tuesday! I've been pretty busy getting stuck into this 9-5 stuff! Actually its more like 8.30 till 6.30-7! I’ve got nobody to come home to or anything to do so there is no point rushing home!

Im heading for a day trip to New York tomorrow! I was planning an overnight but because Monday is Presidents Day and a public holiday, but I've left it to late to book somewhere to stay. Check back Wednesday next week (It'll only be Tuesday here) and i'll have all the photos up!

Jake

MY FIRST WEEKEND

My first weekend in town and I did all the 'touristy' things... Here's a few photos. It's hard to get photos with me in (sorry Mum) them cause I'm always the one taking them! Ohwell... I haven't changed!

Indepence Hall, where the Declaration was discussed and signed. I did a tour through the building and saw all the rooms and the exact furniture and table where it was signed by everybody! Interesting but not as significant as it was for all the Americans that were there. This is the tower where the bell used to be.

Liberty bell, hasnt been rung for over 200 years - now it just hangs... Yawn

Stars and Stripes

Some important guy... George Washington or something?

Steps... Pfft... There was always someone who was doing this!

View from the top of the steps back towards the city

Inside the Art Museum (at the top of the stairs). This is some famous painting by Rogier van der Weydon done in 1450AD... Apparently its famous? I've never seen it before though.

Again, some famous self portrait of a dude called Picasso!

Then I found these cool guys... The Arms and Armour wing dating back to the 16th century in England and all through Europe

I spent ages here! Never seen anything like it!

Hundreds of helmets, swords and lances

And maybe 50 suits!

Town Hall... didnt get a chance to see it this weekend, maybe next weekend

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

They had every flag from around the world on Benjamin Franklin Way (the road that led to the Museum)