Do you want to know one of the most romantic places in the world? Of course you do and so did I, though that’s not what I was looking for exactly when I discovered that it was true. It turns out that my husband and I accepted an invitation by his former co-worker to spend a weekend in Ogunquit, Maine and we accepted thinking it would be a nice chance to get away from it all. We had both had an extremely busy and stressful couple of months so we were just looking to get out of Boston, we weren’t expecting anything else and had no idea what to expect from Ogunquit or the area.

However, from the moment we arrived, which was in the late evening so we pretty much just settled into the comfort of our fireplace warmed room accommodations. However, the next morning we were all up at sunrise and enjoyed a great coffee and pastry breakfast with an incredible view of the water and surrounding trees. There was just enough of a breeze to remind us that we were free and my husband and I looked at each other with a familiar, yet estranged knowing smile. We suddenly laughed at an odd realization we couldn’t quite yet vocalize and our friends wondered what was the joke.

We had a beautiful, quiet day and walked along the water’s edge and found out information on the Playhouse, which is the town’s theatre and is reported to put on some quality productions as well as the museum, which we decided we would visit the following day. That night the four of us enjoyed some delicious hot cocoa and felt almost like kids who were on our own for the first time. We had such an amazing time there that my husband and I agreed it would be our regular preferred escape location and we’ve even begun talking about buying a summer home there.

Weekend Escape in Ogunquit, Maine is a post from: Truck Rest

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I will never forget the feeling of walking into Grand Central Station for the first time.  New York to me, presents a lot of excitement mixed with a bit of eeriness.  I have only visited the city twice, and so I am not familiar with the city in real life, but growing up and watching old movies, new movies, and various television shows or music videos, the city has been a standard backdrop for years, and so many of the buildings in the financial district, some of the famous and finest restaurants in New York, the skyline, and Grand Central Station are all very recognizable.

So many films have had scenes in this building, so when I walked in for the first time, I was blown away with first, just how big it really is and just how many people there were, then I felt a bit odd as it felt a little like coming home.  Not that I had ever thought that I “belonged” in the city, not in that way of coming home, but just coming to the familiar.  It is a strange feeling that is kind of deja-vu in a sense.

The station was constructed a ten year period beginning in 1903 and lasting through 1913.  There are sixty seven sets of tracks taking up two floors.  This is mind boggling.  This is the second incarnation of the station, as the first one constructed in 1869 was built for steam engine trains.  The smoke caused an accident in the Park Avenue Tunnel, as the visibility was greatly reduced by all this smoke.  They built the Grand Central Station of today, with electric trains, and by 1910, no steam engines at all were allowed within the city limits.

The art and the architecture of this building is just as impressive as it is breathtaking.  The ceiling mural was painted by Paul Helleu, who was inspired to paint the zodiac by a manuscript from the medieval time period.  The building and the design, is Beaux-Arts Design at it finest.  This is one of the icons of the city, and should you find yourself standing in the middle of it some day, you will understand the immense feelings that Grand Central Station evokes.

A First Walk Through New York City’s Grand Central Station is a post from: Truck Rest

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