Sunday, August 27, 2006
Moses Beach State Park
Abans que s'acabi l'estiu, al 18 d'agost, fem una visiteta a la platja de Moses. Hi vem anar amb els companys de feina, i alla ens en vem trobar un altre amb la familia, ens ho vem passar pipa saltant onades i jugant amb la pilota, després fem fer un passeig cap al faro i de tornada ens vem passejar per les patjes nudistes, si si, a Long Island també n'hi ha.
Before the summer ended, on august 18th, we took the opportunity to go to Moses Beach. I was there with my office mates and we found another collegue with his family, we had fun jumping waves and playing with the ball, later we had a walk to the lighthouse and we went throught nudist beaches on the way back, (yes, in Long Island)
Wahington DC
Cap de setmana llarg del 11 d'agost a la capital, Washington DC, ni fàbriques, ni escombraries per tot arreu, i és que Washington DC (que no Washington a seques que és per referir-se al estat) és una ciutat molt neta, ja que les seves principals indústries són l'administració i la política. Molt ben organitzada amb avingudes i streets numerats, fins hi tot la numeració dels edificis esta estipulada, entre els carrers 12 i 13, trobem els numeros entre el 1200 i el 1300, tot pensat per la societat americana ;-P
Long weekend on august 11th, trip to the US capital Washington DC. There are no factories, not rubish around, because Washington DC (not Washington which refer to the state), is very clean. Their main industries are administration and politics. Very well organized: vertical avenues and horizontal streets, even the building numbers are defined in a way that between streets 12th and 13th, you will find the numbers between 1200 and 1300, really straightforward isn´t it?
Mall amunt mall avall tot el dia, el Capitol, la casa blanca, museus gratuits, vem disfrutar com nens al American History, Naturan History, Air and Space museum entre d'altres. Vem fer la ruta dels presidents: Lincoln, que queda al mateix Mall, Washington, que és el pirulo, i el Jefferson i Roosevelt, una mica més marginats. Tot pensat pel turisme americà, molt majestuós, si algu no els hi falta és espai.
We spent the day going up and down the Mall, the Capitol, the White House, free entrance to all the museums, we enjoyed it like kids: We visited the American History, Naturan History, Air and Space museums among others. We did the presidens route: Lincoln Memorial, near the Mall, Washington Memorial, which is the obelisk showing up in all the pictures, and Jefferson Memorial and Roosevelt Memorial, a little more dropout. Everything ready for the American turism, spacious and majestic.
Un barri curiós és Georgetown, pijo i molt cuco. També vem sopar unes gambetes just sortides de la llotja al Waterfront Harbor.
An odd neighbourhood is Georgetown, posh and cute. We had some fresh shrims as a dinner in the Waterfront Harbor.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Bear Mountain
On sunday, august 5th, we went to Bear Mountain State Park we had a nice walk around the lake, we hike a bit and we rest in the swimming pool, it was a lot of fun, have a look at our diving board jumps.
Diumenge 5 d'Agost, vem anar al parc de Bear Mountain, vem passejar al voltant del llac,vem caminar fins a dalt de la muntanya i finalment vem reposar a la piscina, no us perdeu els salts de trampoli :-)
Cape Cod
Cap de setmana del 28 de Juliol a Cape Cod, el "cabo del bacalao": platges de sorra blanca, un ambientillo vacacional digne de disfrutar. No sorpren que sigui el lloc d'estiueig preferit dels bostonians, ni que a finals del segle XIX s'hi formes una colònia d'artistes i escriptors que buscaven la soletat i l'inspiració.
Weekend in Cape Cod on July 28th. Its name stands by the big amount of cods in their seas. The seacoast of Cape Cod consists of wide, sandy beaches, a significant portion of this coastline—already slated for housing subdivisions—was made a part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. It experiences a tourist explosion each summer which is really worth to visit. It´s not surprising that it is the favorite summer place for residents in the Boston-area, and the destination (in late XIX) for an emerging colony of artists and writters looking for loneliness and inspiration.
Vem passar per Sandwich, Falmouth, on podriem haver fet de paparazzi a la busca del famoso en su mansion, però vem preferir anar a la platja a fer un cop d'ull. Però com que teniem gana no ens hi vem estar gaire, i vem continuar el nostre cami.
We went throught Sandwich, and Falmouth, where we could pretend to be a paparazzi taking pictures on US celebrities in their mansions. But we chose to have a quick look at the beach, and keept going because we were hungry.
Anàvem conduint tot xino-xano fins que una colla de (piiiip) que circulaven en sentit contrari, es van sortir del seu carril i se'ns van tirar a sobre, per sort un itrèpid i cautelós conductor com jo, vaig fer un cop de volant i el xoc va ser entre els miralls retrovisors dels dos cotxes. Les molt (piiiiip) no van ni baixar del cotxe, i quan ho van fer va ser per tirar un escopit a terra, després a sobre vem trucar a la poli i li van dir que havia estat culpa meva que m'havia sortit del carril... no fare cap mes comentari perquè me´ls he de auto-sensurar i no em surt a compte ;-) Per sort tot es va solucionar amb una visita a Hertz i cotxe nou, ens hi va portar el GPS, i jo que renegava dels GPSs!
We were driving when suddenly a group of f... b... who were driving in the oposite direction, went out of their lane and runned over our car. Fortunatelly, a careful driver like myself turned the wheel all of a sudden, and only both rear-view mirrors crashed. The f... b... didn´t even step out of the car and when they finally did, it was to spat out! Later, we called the cops and they told them it had been my fault! Unbelievable! No more comments on that topic because I get too upset. Anyway, the GPS showed us the way to the nearest Hertz office and it was all solved.
Vem passar la nit en un motel prop de Hyannis, on ens van dir "Passport? I don´t need it! just give me 70 bugs!" Molt bona gent per això.
We spend the night in a motel near Hyannis, where they told us:...the passport? we don´t need it! just bring me 70 bucs" very nice people btw.
Al dia següent vem continuar desde fins a la punteta, a Provincetown, passant per platges pre-cio-ses, és parc natural! vem fer uns banyets, llargues passejades per les platges i per Provincetown, ciutat gay i anti-bush, molt turística i un ambientillu xulo.
Ens ho vem passar pipa
The next day we went up to Provincetown, taking long walks along the so beautiful beaches, and into Provincetown, city pro-gay and anti-bush, very lively and worthy. We had a very good time
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Our House in East Boulevard
Aqui tenim un petit video de la "petita" casa que hem llogat. El primer dia quan vem arribar de nit i vem fer una exploració, semblava que no tingués fi, obriem una porta i n'apareixia una altra, la primera impressió va ser que més aviat feia por... Després de un mes aqui, ara ja em fa patxoca i tot!
Introducing a new video showing the "little sweet home" we've rented. The first time we saw the house, it was already dark when we got here, and the first impression was that the house was endless, for every door we opeded we found out another one. It was more scary than anything else. Currenty, after one month here, I find it cool!
