After Virginia we headed to upstate NY where I gave my first professional piano concert. It went really well and they want me to come back in January and next summer if I can. I don't have any pictures from the actual recital (sorry!) but I will eventually...I just don't know when that will be, patience is a virtue you know, or so I've heard...
The town (city?) where I gave the concert was really old with lots of history...
I took these pictures the morning we left for Indiana to head to my grandparents house. There were quite a few of these old abandoned factory buildings which I found fascinating. This particular one was across the street from a nice little Italian restaurant where we had dinner following my performance. The restaurant was one my mom had actually been to before, it was where her grandparents had celebrated one of their wedding anniversaries (I believe it was their 50th), so it was neat for her to be back there again. The town was full of giant old houses too, which I absolutely love.
On our way to Indiana, we realized that Niagara Falls was not too far out of the way (16 miles to be exact), so we decided to visit them since Laura (my sister) and I had never been...
These are the "American falls"
This one is just a pretty part of the river on the path towards the Horseshoe falls...
Looking over the railing...such a pretty site, there's even a rainbow!
And finally the Horseshoe falls...
They were ridiculously loud and the water was flowing super fast...I really don't know how anyone survived going over them in a barrel, but according to the history signs posted around the falls more than one person has done it...crazy people.
After NY came Indiana, we stayed there for a day to rest and relax a bit and then headed up to Chicago for my job interview...it went well but I won't be working there since I am now living in the city and not a suburb, as was originally planned. So from Chicago we headed home...stayed the night in Minnesota somewhere, then met up with James (my brother) in SD where he lives, ate lunch with him, and then we finished our journey that afternoon. We made it home right before a giant storm hit...here is a pic of the sweet clouds that we saw...this is about an hour southeast-ish of where I live...
Neat huh? Anyway, that was my really long trip along the East coast...
My other adventure this summer took me to the West coast. I went there to visit Alex, who happens to be my boyfriend. We hadn't seen each other for about 3 months so I was well over-due for a visit. I was there for about a week and in that time we went to an aquarium, a beach, a Bach concert, and San Francisco. I also spent a day in San Francisco with Sarah Lu, who is a friend from TU...she's great and we had a fantastic day in the city.
Here we are (behind the ferry building I think)...
This was the view as we sat by the pier eating lunch(clam chowder!)...The tall structure in the middle that sort of looks like a castle turret is called Coit Tower, I had been there the previous day with Alex.
Pier 39...
We saw a lot of other things too, including a "live" statue, which was just a man who looked like a statue but moved every couple of minutes or so...creepy.
This is from Coit tower the day before I saw Sarah Lu...
It was dang cold up there! The last full day I was there we went to the beach where we saw...
Crabs! There is actually more than one in this pic if you look closely you can find 3 others besides the big one in the crevice...
They are sort of creepy but still cool.
Here are some other pics from the beach...
I'm not really sure what I'm doing here...
I'm a fan of this one...
The following day I flew home and that was the conclusion of my summer traveling adventures. I think it was a grand way to end the summer, I left for Chicago a week later and that trip was quite an experience, but I'll leave that for another time.
Thanks for "tuning" in...
Next time: Chicago! :-)
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I approve of this post. I also approve+ of the picture of you and Lu.
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