Thursday, July 31, 2008

2008年夏美东10日游(7完):康州小沙滩,纽约

最后这几天,一直是在小蕾的哥哥朱培家住,不属于旅游,只算探亲。把几天的照片一起搬上来。
In the last few days of our vacation, we stayed at Xiaolei's brother's home.

28号出去到海边玩了下。康州的海边都是小小的沙滩,巨多的石子,踩得脚生疼,不得不穿鞋下水。天气奇热无比。
7/28, we went to a beach at Starford. A small community beach, a lot of stones in the sand. We got to wear shoe to prevent cuts in our feet. It was extremely hot!



小蕾给三个小女孩涂防晒霜,后面的是我们的外甥女彤彤,Claudia。英文名字跟某名模相同。
Claudia, named after one of the supermodels, is our niece.



这可不像名模呀。
This does not look like a supermodel at all :)


不得不承认,Catie对小桶的喜爱是有点偏执了。。。
Catie is obssessed to her pail...



游泳没有意思,小朋友们在海滩上挖到了许多的活的贝壳,螃蟹,螺丝等小动物。
They dug out a lot of shells, crabs, and snails.



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7月29日,我们去纽约城玩。嗯,具体地说,是小蕾去参加某广交会,我们三个剩下的去玩。说实在的,我非常痛恨纽约市,毫无乐趣可言。要不是有朋友自费城老远来看我们,约好纽约碰头,我才不要去呢。

July 29, we went to the New York city. Actually, we hate the city. The good thing was, our old friend Wang Guixia came from Pheladephia to meet us in NYC.


在6街见面,在街头走走,然后分手。
We met at the 6th, took a walk.


王桂霞三个孩子,老大是个男孩,一出地铁就自己玩去了,压根儿我就没见到。老二老三是女孩子,王桂霞还带了她朋友的孩子来玩,穿红衣服的。从左数起:Jean(时珍妮),Rebecca,Chris Tucker,Sarah,Annie(时安妮)。什么,你不知道Chris Tucker是谁?就是那谁谁,跟成龙演尖峰时刻的,Rush Hour,像吧?

From the left: Jeane, Rebecca, Chris Tucker, Sarah, and Annie. What? You don't know who Christ Tucker is? The big-mouth cop in Rush Hour movie with Jackie Chan, remember?



我们离开肯塔基的时候,Jeane 和Annie还是小女孩呢,现在都这么大了。贴张2005年的照片。左起:Annie, Jeane, Rebecca。

Annie, Jeane, and Rebecca back in 2005



为了打发时间,我和王桂霞带小孩上了一条环曼哈顿岛的旅游船。百无聊赖的Catie.
We got on a tour ship around the Manhatan Island.



路过冰淇淋女神像,照一个。
Ice Cream Statue.



丹麦艺术家奥拉维尔·埃利亚松为纽约市设计了4座巨型人工瀑布于08年6月26日正式亮相,为人们提供一场颇具震撼力的视觉盛宴。由于没有天然生成的悬崖供瀑布下泻,埃利亚松采用巨型金属支架代替悬崖,利用抽水系统把水抽送到金属支架顶端的水槽,从而形成瀑布。每分钟抽送水量超过13万升。

这张是布鲁克林大桥下的人工瀑布。我不得不说,跟我前两天看过的尼亚加拉瀑布相比,这怎么也不能算作“巨型”。呵呵,人造的东东是无法跟神造的东东比呀!

One of the four man-made huge waterfalls in NYC. This one is under Brooklyn Bridge. Compared with Niagara Falls we saw a couple days ago, this one cannot claim the word "huge".



在船上聊了三个小时,小孩子几乎无聊至死,又加上天气闷热,一个个都烦躁不安。下了船,旁边有个小公园,她们一见喷水池,就冲进去了。

Kids rushed into the water fountain park.



弄得浑身透湿。
All wet.


坐在路边把衣服晒干。
Waiting for drying up.


Jeane在逗Catie玩。


终于等到貌似女企业家的小蕾从show场回来。


大家都发出了欣慰的微笑。


一起去逛逛商场。In a shopping mall.


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7月30日和31日,在家呆着。照些家居照。
Home.

彤彤和Catie吃早饭。
Claudia and Catie having breakfast.


三姐妹。
Three cousins.


Catie喜欢彤彤的许多玩具。
Catie likes a lot of Claudia's toys.


一起看动画片。
Watching movies together.




朱培没什么变化。
Looks the same from age 18 to 80.


这次的假期就这么结束啦,玩得很开心,景色很美,吃得不错,也见到了好久不见的朋友和亲人,而且一路平安,没出任何意外。感谢主。
A very happy vacation, nice scene, good food, long-time-no-see friends and families, no accident, safe all the way. Thank God!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

2008年夏美东10日游(6):Acadia Park

27号,在公园呆最后一天了。舍不得美景,决定再玩半天,下午赶路去康州。天气特别的晴朗,我们上山顶再看看。真是美啊,海边的小港,海中星罗棋布的小岛。
July 27, our last day of staying in Acadia Park. We first went to the mountain top again. What a beautiful view of the harbor!


夫妻也甜蜜一下。
Sweet couple.


姐妹也亲热亲热。
Sweet sisters.


这是海港方向。
Viewing toward the harbor.


这是远眺大西洋。
Viewing Atlantic Ocean.


来到妹妹最喜欢的沙滩。这才有点夏日海滩的感觉,不过水还是很冷。
Then we went to Sand Beach, Cady's favorite.


不过她们对下水游泳毫无兴趣。
They are not interested in swimming at all.


额滴神啊,咋这么胖涅。放两把椅子在沙滩上,坐着休息休息,养养膘。
Hey, Fatso, you should do some seriou work out.


看着两个可爱的女儿,心满意足。
Girls on the beach.


再来姐姐最喜欢的岩石。
Then the thunder hole again, Rebecca's favorite.


许多人在攀爬。
Nice rock to climb.


大海啊,你都是水。。。。。。
I just feel like singing......


妹妹看到了什么?
What scary thing did Cady see?


整个明星的pose。
Just like a movie star.


不能再耽搁了,还有6个小时的路要赶呢。最后拍照留念,这个地方太好了。
The last picture of the park. We definitely need to leave. There will be 6-hour driving in front.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

2008年夏美东10日游(5):Acadia Park

中午出去吃了顿龙虾。这次是开了20分钟车到公园外面吃的,虽然也不便宜,但是比公园内还是便宜不少,一只龙虾11块,吃了三只,在加上姐姐喜欢吃的Clam Chowder和蒸的Clam。此完两顿龙虾后,我们都觉得吃够了,龙虾的肉太多,老美又只有清蒸一种做法,实在不宜多吃。我们决定晚上去吃点中餐,葱姜龙虾还是免了,改葱姜螃蟹吧。
We ate our lunch out side of the park. The lobster is $11 each, much cheaper than that in the park. But we decided no more lobster. Its taste is just too rich.

吃完饭回到Bar Harbor港上,给小朋友们买了桶和小铲子。然后先来到Jordan Pond转转。
After purchasing some pails and showels, we went to Jordan Pond.


军号已吹响,钢枪已擦亮,小桶也拿好,妹妹要出发。从此就桶不离手了。
Cady just hold on to her pail, no matter what.


爸爸晒得冒油,女儿赶快摆个芙蓉姐姐的S型。
Too hot, dad is sizzling.


妈妈也留个影。
Mom.


全家都到此一游吧,以后不来了。
She really looks like a movie star.


架不住妹妹的不停催促,我们开回了Sand Beach。挖沙就挖沙吧,还有闲心管个鸟。
Sand Beach again. Look, a bird.


此鸟胜似闲庭信步也。
I just need some walk. Mind your own business....


我挖我挖我挖挖挖。
OK, I dig, dig, dig......


天不早了,大概7点钟了,落日照在雾上有很奇特的颜色。
7pm, the setting sunlight on the fog.


海上凉风嗖嗖地吹,干脆山上还热得冒汗呢。
Kind of chilly.


深挖洞,广集粮,炒原材料股,放空金融股。
What a hole!


还是很帅滴一个胖子。


这么冷的水也敢下,天下还是有猛人的,这咱得承认。
Brave boy.


咱只敢在水边湿个脚。
We just wet our feet...


这位连脚都不敢湿,瞧她吓得。
Mommy, I don't want to swimming...


太阳落山了。 Sunset.


由于公园里的路是单向的,又路过Thunder Hole。涨潮了,白天的石头许多都被淹了。
High tide at Thunder Hole.


姐姐坚决要去爬一下石头。
Just cannot miss the rock.


兴奋。So excited.


逐浪的小孩。Wow, almost got me.

浪打在Thunder Hole 里,反溅出白浪来。
Splash out of the hole.


回到小镇吃饭。妹妹搞不清路边的鸭子是真是假。
Are these ducks going to bite me? I don't believe they are fake.


晚上在唯一一家中餐馆吃饭,除了螃蟹外,还点了炒鸡蛋等家常菜,味道做得中规中矩,比较地道的广式菜。老板娘说她们孤独寂寞得很,没有中国人呀。