Jocelyn's blog
May. 14, 2008
Albany and Australia
Posted in USA Trip
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Well, I'm behind with the blogging again. We've been having such a great time here in Boston that I just haven't thought much about the computer (at the right time that is). As it is, this will be my last entry before returning. We leave tomorrow though it will take us until Friday to get home. I will have to write about Boston when we get back. For now, I'm going back in time somewhat to Albany, NY. We stayed there overnight on Thursday last week and then spent some time in town on Friday morning (9th) before continuing on our journey to Boston. We went and looked at some of the historical area. There's a lot of Dutch names still around, seeing as though it used to be a Dutch settlement in the 1600s. When the British took over, they changed the city's name from Beverwyck to Albany but most other names stayed the same. There was even a news item in our hotel that morning, saying that a bank robbery had taken place in a nearby town - Guilderland! The centre of the city shows some good planning and that main street (State) is wide as it has the market, church and other public buildings come off it. The streets become chaotic later on as the British took over, replaced Fort Orange and built their own structures with seemingly, no system. After looking at the State Capitol building, which was built later (1860s- 1890s), we then went up to the Tulip Festival. It was only on for the weekend (Mother's Day). It's not as bug as Floriade but it did have some lovely blooms and the boys photographed their favourite flowers. It rained late in the day but Andrew managed to get us to Boston safely, where we met up with the McCarragher's. I'm afraid it's just too late to add more entries tonight. It's just after midnight and we will have a long trip back late tomorrow. The Albany pictures are up on Facebook. It's been great to get some feedback and please feel free to leave some though we won't be able to answer you until we return. God bless and thanks for following our travels, |
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