Goodbye New York - Hello Athens, Greece
I've been making an effort to add entries to this blog for the past few days, and now, just as I'm getting into the habit, I'm going to go missing in action again.
Today I leave New York City for Athens, Greece.
New York has been a wonderful experience. Every day has been a new adventure in this amazing city. There have been new and incredible things to discover around every corner, on every subway line (above and below ground), and in some of the most unexpected places.
On Wednesday, for instance, I was heading into Grand Central Terminal and walked into the foyer of a building right next to the Terminal (but whose exact name and location I did not make a note of). On both sides of the main entrance where two massive paintings by the artist Julian Schnabel -- both 22 feet square!
I managed to snap a photograph of one of the paintings but was stopped by the consierge from taking any more. I wandered further into the building, and to my continuing amazement saw two other paintings by the same artist up on the mezzanine floor. So up I went to take a closer look. These were smaller being only 15 feet square. Imagine my surprise to see a further two 15 foot square paintings, again by Schnabel further along the mezzanine level.
This is a perfect example of what I mean by every day being a new adventure in New York. I had just stumbled upon not one, but six huge paintings by this one artist, inside this building, and god knows how many other pieces might have been scattered around the building.
You can actually catch a glimpse of these paintings in this YouTube video. They appear at about the 30 second mark.
I'm going to miss New York like crazy, but I will definately return in the next year or so.
The next leg of my extended vacation is going to take me to the tiny island of Ikaria in the Aegean.
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To say this part of my journey is going to be as different from New York City as anything you could imagine, is a complete understatement.
But as much as I am going to miss New York, I am also looking forward to my stay in Greece. So stay tuned for further updates as my travels continue.
See you online -- down the line.
Today I leave New York City for Athens, Greece.
New York has been a wonderful experience. Every day has been a new adventure in this amazing city. There have been new and incredible things to discover around every corner, on every subway line (above and below ground), and in some of the most unexpected places.
On Wednesday, for instance, I was heading into Grand Central Terminal and walked into the foyer of a building right next to the Terminal (but whose exact name and location I did not make a note of). On both sides of the main entrance where two massive paintings by the artist Julian Schnabel -- both 22 feet square!
I managed to snap a photograph of one of the paintings but was stopped by the consierge from taking any more. I wandered further into the building, and to my continuing amazement saw two other paintings by the same artist up on the mezzanine floor. So up I went to take a closer look. These were smaller being only 15 feet square. Imagine my surprise to see a further two 15 foot square paintings, again by Schnabel further along the mezzanine level.
This is a perfect example of what I mean by every day being a new adventure in New York. I had just stumbled upon not one, but six huge paintings by this one artist, inside this building, and god knows how many other pieces might have been scattered around the building.
You can actually catch a glimpse of these paintings in this YouTube video. They appear at about the 30 second mark.
I'm going to miss New York like crazy, but I will definately return in the next year or so.
The next leg of my extended vacation is going to take me to the tiny island of Ikaria in the Aegean.
View Larger Map
To say this part of my journey is going to be as different from New York City as anything you could imagine, is a complete understatement.
But as much as I am going to miss New York, I am also looking forward to my stay in Greece. So stay tuned for further updates as my travels continue.
See you online -- down the line.
posted by Jim Lesses at
12:18 AM
1 Comments:
Hope you have a good time in Ikaria, it's an amazing place. Ask the locals about the internet cafe in raches, or armenistis. I'm not sure if evdilos has one they seem to open and close each season. If you get to one visit our site and post a comment, Ikaria It has lots of information about the island, and more always being posted.
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