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Tales of GranGajna
05/10/2009


Here I am! Finally. I returned to my family, my friends, and my bikes. Well, finally resume my life with my passions. Basically there are no bad state , my fellow workers in place of Ithaca NY, have done everything to make me feel at ease, starting with Dan M, with him we had a very good agreement, foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca22.jpg here with me and Paolo, at the last evening spent together. At work not often you find people with such a spirit of collaboration. And I must also thank Dennis B, D Pat, Shawn B, Randy M, DJ H, Russ E, F Doug, Dean R, Brian A, George S, and Sean K, with a "very welcome" gesture, has made available a machine for espresso, which is practically impossible to find in U.S. And even the ladies of the canteen, foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca1.jpg , which glaze over his eyes when I asked her to fill my sandwich with the stupendous hot chilly pepper, the green one, the mythical jalapeņo. Anyway! The thing that bothered me most was that it could not continue to use my bike, especially in the morning going to work in. I do not want to stop the healthy habits I have. Then talking with Dan of my passions and what I like to do, told me he had something in mind, something I could not see large photos, but the big surprise for me was when coming to the hotel I found a GT front bicicle, in my room.
foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca30.jpg It did not seem real, do not know if you would make me a joke, or if you wanted to see if I would have used, but I do, every good day I used to ride, just two kilometres were OK, but how nice to reach the plant in bike .
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From there, to try to organize an evening ride with the local bikers, it took very little. Around it, nature is so great, and the forests are composed of a fairly dense vegetation, and in that season also quite wet,
foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca24.jpg I must say that I struggled a bit to stay with the best, but the fact of being there in the woods , riding with those guys, that made me feel one of them, for me, it was all very special, I must thank them all, starting from Brian A,
foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca13.jpg which is the most debonair biker that led me to the woods to him much family, "THANKS TO EVERYBODY"

Always seeking to combine business with pleasure, given the geographical proximity, it would be a shame not to visit one of the most admired natural spectacles in the world, I'm talking about the Niagara Falls. So in the morning, with Paolo and Guido, after a copious breakfast, we take the car, and so at a time in the north, going up the territories of the Finger Lakes, to reach the most comfortable and flowing freeways. The trip was very relaxing, the radio played country and blues songs, which in those landscapes, gave different feelings than usual.
foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca19.jpg That season, the colors of nature are very beautiful , green, yellow and deep red delight our curiosity,
foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca20.jpg and out of the little house of wood along the route symbols that are clearly exposed the nature offers after this season. And so it did not take much tofoto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca26.jpg get to the park off the Niagara Falls.

I did not know what to expect, hence the show could being guaranteed . foto_sito_gg/foto%20Ithaca%20150%20X%20112/Ithaca4.jpg
In fact, from the U.S. side view of the falls has not a good perspective , and once walked through the bridge, linking the two states, we could not even get us on the boat that goes up under the falls. Although there has been given something to protect us from the water, we took a good wash, but the experience I liked. The performance seen from below, amid the majestic falls, leaves you speechless for a moment, amid the turbulence of water jets, people seemed crazy.But did not last long.
View the video from the boat.

Before returning to the United States, we stopped to visit the village before the falls, which is a bustling town where people seem to think more fun than anything else.
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We had a good weekend and it was a beautiful experience.



MY BEST WISHES FOR A MARRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR