be a tourist in my own town

Two weeks ago I visited ellis island and the statue of liberty. i feel that ive done all the traditional tourist things in nyc. to think ive lived here for 27 years lol.

Indianapolis is no laughing matter, and its a lot bigger than a day can do justice. Luckily, I live here, and I know this place, I LOVE this place. I’m not the type that is going to live in the same place forever, but if you asked me where I’m from I’m rather ok with telling you I’m a Hoosier…cause I am.

That being said, I wandered around Fountain Square today as I made my almost daily walk to the library. I took pics of the famous places, got weird looks from ppl, stopped traffic, and wore my travel hat…which would explain the weird looks form ppl…anyway, I’ll post the pics, but I feel this goal is done.

and good at that…I may wait ti out, I need to walk to the library any way, if it lets up to a gentle rain I might go tour Fountain Square….stay tuned for more.

Assuming the Temp agency doesn’t call me back, I will take a self Guided Tour of Indianapolis on Monday. I’ll take lots of pictures of all kinds of stuff and post them up on Flickr. I plan to walk a good deal of it, so expect me to be dog ass tired. I think I’ll park down on the Canal and then work from, the Canal is the pettiest part of Indy and links to almost every where…wish I could ride a bike, that would make that a whole lot easier….

i would travel to the hotel of my choice in a taxi with a suitcase and handbag. Stay in the best room and eat whatever i want in the dineing room looking at the sea and have room service whenever i want. I would talk about my life in Helsinki or Liverpool. I would go to town and ask someone, where is ASDA? but i know where it is of course. And do all the touristy things here that i have done a hundred times before.

Today I walked to the station to pick up my bike that was left there (don’t ask) and I walked through the nice area called Jordaan. I was on sneakers with a backpack and taking pictures of the Westertoren and the Noordermarkt (will post later) – if that is not touristy I don’t know what is!

There actually is an S-Mart in Ellicott City, on Rt. 40.

“That’s right…shop smart! Shop S-Mart!”

After work today I shopped a little but bought nothing except a card for a friend. I didn’t feel like going home afterwards (had a crap day and felt sorry for myself). So I went to Starbucks in Borders and had a caramel macchiato and a cinnamon swirl. I sat and flicked through a couple of cookery books – Mexican and Turkish – and felt very much like a tourist but I’m glad I did this for myself..

Next time I’m downtown, I want to have lunch at The Berghoff. So I don’t have to make a special trip to do it later in life.

my office is on the 7th floor, should I choose to work there.