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After all that history around the founding and the early years of the US, I walked over into the old city of Philadelphia and then on to Penn’s Landing to visit the Independence Seaport Museum. It was here that many … Continue reading
I was over in North Carolina for a 1.5 week business trip. Over the weekend I decided to leave the South and head up to Philadelphia to explore US history.
I made it into Philadelphia in the early morning, made my way downtown and started exploring the sites around Independence National Historic Park straight away.I first stopped at the Liberty Bell to then continue on for Independence Square and a guided tour through Independence Hall led by an enthusiastic park ranger. After a quick lunch I continued in the National Constitution Center.
A further business trip in 2008 got me back to Boulder; also this time our hosts took well care of us – and we had an enjoyable weekend in Rocky Mountain NP. Below some impressions.
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Our last day in Boulder; all of us were bound to leave during the next day. Diane brought us up Flagstaff Road to have a last view of town and the Flatirons.
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Also on Sunday Cliff took care of us and made sure we saw another Colorado attraction … Breckenridge. Breckenridge, situated in the middle of the Rocky Mountain, is one of Colorado’s prime skiing locations; we came just in time for … Continue reading
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The next Saturday Denver was our destination. Cliff took the time to get us to Denver and show us around.
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A business workshop brought me and colleagues from around the world to the town of Boulder, Colorado. Christian (one of my colleagues) and myself already arrived on Saturday and thus had Sunday for acclimatisation (eight hours time difference…) – we … Continue reading
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During a business trip I had the chance for a Saturday to make a quick, one-day visit of New York – I left my hotel around 05:30 in the morning, went to the local bus station and arrived in NYC … Continue reading
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On the 8th we arrived in San Francisco, Wendy drove us around and showed us the main attractions, finally we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge, walked back to be picked up by Wendy and be transferred to the gateway … Continue reading
Our last stop on the trek (before San Francisco) was the Yosemite NP. The first day mostly consisted of driving to Yosemite, passing Mono Lake and the Tioga Pass.
The second day was another hiking day – I did what is probably the most strenuous day hike around – the Halfdome hike, a 17 mile or 27 km hike with an 1 mile or 1600m height gain on the way up and the same number in height loss for the way down – a hard, but really rewarding hike.
After coming back from the hike we joined the group for pizza – our last official tour dinner.
