Madison Concourse

... I'm also getting more familiar with my new camera. It has a "food" setting I used today during our lunch at Madison's Maharani Indian Restaurant (delicious!). And on my way back from the drug store tonight I was lucky enough to find a ...

... of July fireworks lakeside on the University of Wisconsin campus- had to try out the "fireworks" setting on my new camera! Madison is beautiful, and the weather is lovely DC spring. All the Fulbrighters met today, enjoyed 45 minutes of Hindi 101, ...

And so it begins!  I've been in magnificent Madison, Wisconsin for the past few days.  It's lovely  here...warm, green and filled with student life.  I hear that it gets mighty cold here all winter, but sitting at the student union and ...

I'm reporting from the hotel business center at 1:15 a.m.- we leave tomorrow at noon and I'm too excited to sleep! A couple of us keyed up teachers hung out in the jacuzzi a while after dinner, which was extremely relaxing, but I'm still not ready for ...

... with 44 platforms and 67 tracks over two levels. The highlight of Grand Central Terminal is the enormous and cavernous main concourse, a mostly unoccupied area, with only a relatively tiny ticket information booth located in the direct centre of the ...

... so many platforms and lines running into the 42nd street location. The roof is a starry sky with astrology signs and the main concourse is a very wide open meeting point with people moving in all directions. It was also a great refuge from the rain! We ...

... a look at the Chrysler Building's motor car motifs from ground level and then on to Grand Central Station to look at the vaulted main concourse and the 'God's Eye' image on the ceiling. Most of the day was then taken up in a 2 hour queue, sorry, 'line', ...

... the doors into the massive hall and shook themselves off. We stood watching rush hour unfold as people darted across the concourse, hurriedly looking at watches while trying to find their platform. The only people standing still were a group of police ...

... seemed more organized and less sketchy than in other cities).  We watched most of the game from the standing room area in the concourse behind home plate, so the $10 tickets turned out to be a great deal.  Target Field is well-designed, clean, ...

... and took some pics, then off to Grand Central Station, very impressive and then down to the Oyster Bar for lunch in the dining concourse of the station, they had 23 oysters varieties to choose from!! We had a tasting plate of oysters followed by some deep ...

... . We got really lucky - when we arrived in Detroit, with only minutes to spare, our connecting gate was immediately across the concourse. The flight over was fine - it was a newer plane and while we were fairly comfortable I didn't sleep. Landing in ...