Saturday, May 06, 2006

Me, standing in front of Independence Hall...

... well, it was 10:00 PM by the time we got to downtown Phily - mostly because we couldn't find our hotel (they rented us a car that was about 2 miles from the airport - and we had directions to the hotel from the airport, but not from the car rental place)...

... so this actually IS a picture of me next to Independence Hall - only it is dark, and you can't see the ME part of the picture.



Cheers!
Basil

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Hi everyone! I'm back from Philly.

It was a quick trip, and I'm still recovering from the quickness.

I had the opportunity to spend one evening in Philadelphia (the most patriotic city in the U.S.A.) and it was quite an amazing place.

The happening place is CHESTNUT street. You start with the Independence Hall between 4th and 5th on Chestnut, with the Liberty Bell on display across the street (they have it all lined up so when you are on the other side of the Independence Hall and looking at it from the perfect distance, you can see the Liberty Bell through one of the arched walkways of the Independence Hall). Going both North and South on Chestnut are a ton of great restaurants, bars, clubs, bistros, and so on... you name it. There's a Ben Franklin sort of museum across the street from Indendence Square, and the block and block of buidlings are all from that vintage - the homes of our founding fathers. A very popular tourist attraction is the home of Betsy Ross.

Well, it was a cool place, I must say. I wish I could actually go there on a vacation-like trip and SEE THINGS. But, alas, I was there on business and only had but the one evening to visit DT Phily.

I did get the opportunity to eat an official Phily Chessesteak - although I didn't get the opportunity to eat it in one of the great, famous, and historic "joints" where they were invented in Philadelphia, but across the river (Deleware) in New Jersy where I was working.

Cheers!
Basil

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

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Well, so what do you know.

Blogger actually supports moblogging. It is a little bit of work to set it up, but Here's the proof:



Tomorrow, I'll be in Philladelphia, and I hope to post a pix of myself in front of the famous Independence Hall!

Regards,
Basil

Monday, May 01, 2006

My new moblog!

Hey Everyone,

Check out my new moblog:
http://moblog.co.uk/blogs.php?show=7734

A "moblog" for those of you who don't know is a moble phone blog. You take pictures on your camera-phone and upload them directly from your phone, with or without text.

That makes it much easier to post something than actually having to log on somewhere, and upload your image to a web site and all that.

Well, anyway, when I'm going through periods and times of [{<(SILENCE)>}] on this blog here, perhaps I can post photos...

after all, sometimes a pictures is worth a thousand words.

Regards,
Basil