vendredi 31 août 2007

7 months...and a little bit more...flashback on holidays

hello,

coucou la french connection, ayant quelques lecteurs anglophones...(enfin prochainement jespere) je fais un essai en anglais...en esperant que ca passe pour vous:)

after a first message looking like a trailer...and many complain from international reader ( i know who you are), here comes the true message on my vacation:) as i have now more english talking friends who should read this...i hope my family and friends will understand hehe

1 The travel

after a last hard overtimed working week, i finally get home at 3am, prepare my stuff, wait driver an go to airport, plane at 9am...no need tosay that i went directly to my place, fastened seat belt, and felt asleep directly...i didnt even hear the safety rules, saw the appetizer or the main course...sometimes waking up to sleep again int he next 5minutes...then a first step in london, heathrow airport is very awful...anyway it was just 3 hours, looking at the rain outside, then second flight and good surprise i have been upgraded to business class, one huge armchair, good food, service, very niceeeeeee. after a long journey i finally arrived in Washington in the evening, a few problem at the custom...i forgot the adress of my friend for the visa....so we run after her in the airport and finally everything is ok...Candice was waiting for me, and holidays can begin:)

2 Washington

On the first day, i simply took it quiet, visiting georgetown, the national cathedral, walking down the streets , seeing Tudor house, a nice cemetery, and finally met Candice at the Ambassy for lunch, discovering the hard working life in an embassy on a friday afternoon in august (sorry for this Candice hehe:P), after lunch, keep on walking through Georgetown University, a real typical american style campus with sports and cultural installation, old building, residence etc... then going down the stairs where the thriller movie "exorcist" has been turned...when you see them and their environment , you understand that you too you dont want to be there on a late night of autumn. Then going along the Channel, joining the Potomac and finally walk on main street(?), shopping a bit to succeed in my mission;) whil egoing out of a shop, it was raining, and i dont why, but i was the only one happy to walk under the rain, maybe because i didnt say any water from the sky since 6 months...just feel good under a good summer rain. then back by bus, having a rest before going to a BBQ at night...

On the second day, the real tourist stuff begin...taking the bus to the Mall (the area where all the monuments and memorial are), first stop at the White House, from backside to front side...walking down the Mall to Washington monument (obelisque), and different memorial (WW2, corean war, vietnam war ...) here is where they build their history...then we went to the old post, on the top you have a nice view of the city, then walking down the streets, finding the FBI building for Ben (ugly building 70s and UTC style)...back o the Mall walking along the many many museums (history, civilisation, air, etc) but it was not the day for getting enclosed...and finally we reached the Capitole and spent sundown there. one last walk and stop to union square station and back to home by metro...simple but so dark metro. finish the day with a restaurant...

on the thir day, rainy day...just took the car to a park, seen the Watergate on the road, get out , took the rain, get in, go further and finally finished in Alexandria a nice fisher city close to Washington...see the harbour, walk around the streets, enter some shops. end of weekend is coming and the rainy day avoids us to do anything more.

last day in Washington...just say good bye Candice as she gave me up again alone at home...packed my stuff and get to the bus...yes yes a greyhound...14hours 3buses, 2 stops in NY and Albany later, and almost 1 problem at custom , i m finally in Montreal.

3 Montreal "home sweet home"

Montreal, i have not visited anything...strange isnt it? i even didnt manage to try to visit what i didnt do in 3 years even if i have been to the Tourist Office to help me find what to do...so just spend a few days there, going back to school, walking a little bit on St Laurent street, quartier Latin, park avenue. get shopping, meeting friends, having a drink, cinema restaurant, having an ice cream at Bilboquet (still the best one) living as if i was still living there. i forgot ...there was also the francofolie, festival of frnch music, the one i prefer, and also some activities on crescent street as usual before a mecanical event ...such as Nascar...a show of motocross jumps, quite impressive.

4 Getting back

as everything has an end, i have to get back to Dubai, i spent my lt night without sleeping as my plane was early, so that once again i can sleep all along the first flight...so i came to the airport at 5am, look after british airways,didnt find it...finally information told me "next flight tonight for London" , results: one phone call to British to change the plane, one day lost in airport and finally back to dubai 24h late, hopefully i had planned a day off at dubai when i got back, it has bentaken by this...

5 conclusion

i looove holidays...no seriously, thanks to Candic my host and guide in washington, thanks to maxime my host in Montreal, thnaks to all the friends i manage to see;) these hlidays wre good, taking care of me, seeing people i do appreciate, having rest, enjoying and relaxing...come back plenty of energy wih a few good resolution.

i know you waitd this message for a while but now it s done...see you next time after ramadan...and nightshift i think

bye la

here are the pictures

7 commentaires:

Anonyme a dit…

It's not with a poor update like this that you'll keep your readers coming back.......you better upgrade the quality of your text man...quality is all that matters...I guesse you already know that erection quality is the most important no ?

Anonyme a dit…

Show some skin!!!

Anonyme a dit…

hum hum ... nono ! je crois que la chaleur te monte au cerveau !? j'attends comme Maxime de voir tes photos de vacance en nord amérique !

Anonyme a dit…

aaaaah c'est super ! Merci Nono et bon ramadan !
Candice

Anonyme a dit…

Hey Nono!
Pas mal le english blog! I would have apreciated a little bit more detailed story about you not being in the right airport when you had to to back it Dubai...

anyway, nice having you as a guest...I hope you'll be as glad when 5 of us get in Dubai :-P

Anonyme a dit…

Hey! actually you had done loads of things on your ahh..can say quite short vacation!

But great job!;-)Kan!

Anonyme a dit…

Hwp Qué passa...est-ce que le ramadan exige un jeûne de mise à jour du blog aussi??!!

heheehhe