No, I have not been lazing in the sun around Laguna Beach. I have actually been very busy at work the last week or so! Unfortunately, the memory card on my camera has failed me, but thanks to the trusty camera phone, not a moment of my travels have gone undocument. I can't say much for the quality of some of the photos from Zurich, but they will have to do...
The last few weeks I've been in Alaska, Malaga, Zurich and New York City. I've had quite a time and have really learned to function well under little or no sleep. I believe my record for this rotation was close to 48 hours... I lost track when I left Alaska on Wednesday and didn't sleep until Friday (You'll notice me in the photo below relaxing on the way to Zurich after a 20 hour day with a much needed mimosa!). Also below in one of the images is a photo of Mont Blanc in the Alps! Who knew they named a mountain after a pen?!?!
Flying into Juneau was incredible. The visibility wasn't very good, but it just added to the ominious feeling as the sun was setting behind the mountains. As we flew in, we could see little log cabins sitting on the side of cliffs, beautiful green grass, evergreen trees and white glaciers. It was everything I thought Alaska would look like. One thing that struck me was just how much space people are afforded there compared to San Francisco, NY or LA! My hotel room must have been 1000 square feet, and included a full kitchen, living room, bedroom and full bathroom. Oh and it was Salmon season, so all of the tourists who were at our hotel were there to catch all of the Salmon that are jumping by the thousands out of the streams practically into your hands!
We had a fairly short stay in Zurich, but it was such a beautiful city! This was about the time that my camera broke, but I still managed to get a few photos of downtown before it got dark. We had dinner at on the sidewalk of a little Italian restaurant. The pizza was amazing - I still can't figure out why they can't make it like that in California.
We also traveled back to NYC for the day. I took my crew to the Dinosaur BBQ restaurant in Harlem. The food (as usual) is amazing, the live band was fun and I even met someone I knew there from back home. We spent the rest of the day exploring Central Park and the Upper East Side. Below is a photo of the cute little French restaurant where we had some lunch. (Pssst thanks Andy for showing us around!)
Anyway, enjoy some of the photos below of Juneau, Malaga, Zurich and New York City. You'll have to figure out which photo is of which particular city, until I can figure out how to add captions! Until then, I'm heading off to Italy with a new memory card!
