USA 2013 | Boeing factory, Mukilteo

I don't think I would have put a visit to the Boeing factory on my to-do list if I wasn't married to a plane nerd but I have to say I actually quite enjoyed it! It was pretty amazing to see the sheer size of the place (it's the biggest building in the world volume-wise!) and the countless steps of the let's-build-a-plane-from-scratch process. Can you imagine that 40000 people work there? The whole area pretty much lives for/from Boeing and it was a great experience to go and see the intricacies of the whole process. 

 You're not allowed to take any photos during the factory tour but I snapped a few pictures in the museum part and outside, where we saw a new 787 take off for the very first time. 

USA 2013 | MoMA and off to Seattle

We had hoped to get into the Rain Room at MoMA but that was without scheduling in the 3.5 hour wait. Since we had to go to the airport in the early afternoon we settled with wandering around the permanent collection and the current Le Corbusier one. It felt slightly strange to be so far away from home and to be looking at maps of La Chaux-de-Fonds, a city just around the corner from where my parents live in Switzerland, but it was a really cool show.
Once we landed in Seattle we picked up our rental car and drove north past the city into Boeing country (more on that tomorrow)... the evening light was beau-ti-ful.

USA 2013 | Brooklyn & DUMBO

 
While 'Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass' we stopped at Grimaldi's for a slice of pizza before going to gasp at the beautiful views of the water.


 
In the evening we went and sat in Washington Square park for a little while and then set off to a fun evening of drinks, games of shuffleboard at the Fat Cat and laughs and dinner at the Comedy Cellar.

wonderful wallpaper week 27 (2013 edition)

Springtime, by Solefield

USA 2013 | Williamsburg and the East River Ferry

It was a funny day weather-wise. It kept switching between clouds, drops of rain, and beautiful sun. It didn't keep us from going on a little exploratory walk in Williamsburg though. And we tremendously enjoyed a short ride on the East River Ferry too.

P.S. It's my mum's birthday today; Happy Birthday, Mum!!

USA 2013 | New York (day 1 & day 2)

Hello hello!
Yes, I know... it's been really quiet over here. Again!

Well, we just came back from a lovely 2,5 week stay in the States and, while I took lots and lots of photos, I didn't get remotely close to a computer during our whole time there. So this explains the lack of posts... but don't worry: I'll make up for my absence by showing you all the really cool places we went to!

The whole reason we went to the United States in the first place was that Mart was attending a conference in Seattle. On our way there we stopped in New York to see three of our very best friends who all used to live in the Netherlands and study with us at some point. They now all have very exciting jobs (and lives) in the Big Apple and we were thrilled to be able to go and see them.

 
We had no other plans but to spend as much time with all three of them as possible and it turns out we did just that. There was a lot of eating, sitting in the park enjoying the sun all together, catching up, walking, laughing, eating, discovering the really cool places they hang out at, eating some more, drinking a little, and actually... not taking that many photos at all. I realise I don't take many photos at all (if any) when we are in a social context. I wish I did as I'd love to look back at snipets of the times we were all together, but on the spot, I don't feel like going behind the camera; I want to be right there in the middle of it and not lose a minute of it.

 
These were taken during our multiple walks through central park. During a bright sunny morning and in the early evening. And there's a skyscraper from Manhattan whose top is in the clouds, and a yummy pizza from '2 Boots' which we ate in order to sustain ourselves during a super rainy day filled with pretty full on shopping.

216 days

I just thought I'd let you know that Mart and I have been married for 216 days today... pretty cool eh? 


Hehehe... yeah, I know, you don't care. But I think it's pretty sweet. 

 ♡