| the 2008 International Wayfarer Rally * Hermit Island, Maine Getting There Was Half The Fun - 2 by Ton & Connie Jaspers ... |
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| Another reason why I wanted to
go to New York. ... |
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| Typical Brooklyn
Arcitecture? Brooklyn, another classic Dutch name: Breukelen,
where our Dutch Proctor spar dealer lives. And here is typical Dutch first name for you: Jan-Kees (Eng: John-Cornelius), pronounced: Yankees. Note that this "Yankees" is a not plural. ... |
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| The mother of all roller
coasters, today it is an official National Landmark - and about the
only thing worth visiting! The rest of the world famous Coney Island fairground is in dire need of a total overhaul. ... |
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| The boardwalk. Venue of many
famous movies and songs. Remember Clark Gable? ... |
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| A good thing I saw this after I
had my hotdog. Think of it... 59.... Yuck! Only in America. ... |
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Here is the reason why we went
to Coney Island in the first place: Lunch! There are two once in a
lifetime things a man has to do in New York: 1. Have New York Pizza on
Broadway and 2. have a real New York hotdog. The best are made by
Nathans on Coney Island. And it is true, I never had a hotdog like this
one before, it was worth the long wait. It was even better than the
"Franske Hotdogs" from Denmark (my favourite before this one).
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Stillwell Terminal, the worlds
largest terminal facility and recently beautifully restored. Covered
with thousands of terracotta tiles. The roof
of the new train shed, in
clasic European style, is covered with 76,000 square feet of thin-film
photo voltaic cells, delivereing a whopping 210 kW (nominal) or 250,000
kWh anually. The station does not need external power, it even feeds
back in to the grid despite the enormous amount of train movements. I
should know who the archtect was ... Just a sec ...
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