Category: travel
Panorama at Chaumont: Part 1
First, this is my 100th post. I was going to create a special post to commemorate this surprising event – but too busy in the last few days. Frankly, I did not expect myself to keep up with posting on the blog so semi-regularly (once every 2 or so days) and for such a long…
La Coudre – Chaumont Funicular Railway
Funicular railways are common in Switzerland due to its hilly terrain. I believe it is one of their favorite civil engineering activities beside building tunnels. There are at least three funicular railways in Neuchâtel. Two of them were used mainly for commuting to a higher part of town from the town center – nothing to write…
I ♥ NY: High Above Bryant Park
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNvgpJdc8R8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Before I left NYC, I visited an ex-colleague who works in an office that overlooks Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan. His office, facing east on the 31st floor has floor-to-ceiling glass window. Chrysler building, NYC Library, Empire State building, and Bryant Park’s ice-rink in Christmas are all in full view. The vista is breathtaking.
Lakeside Restaurant at Hotel Beaulac
While I was staying at Hotel Beaulac, I ate quite a few meals at the hotel restaurant – Lakeside. It has a modern dining room with some traditional-looking cabinets with desserts inside, a bar with fluorescent liquors, and a sushi bar. The sushi was surprising fresh and of very high quality considering Switzerland is land-locked. Sushi…