While home for a summer visit to Saint John, I did the usual tour of my favourite places. Tired of capturing just pictures, I created a video tour of the city. Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I do. Sadly, I did not have enough time to include everything that I believe fully represents Saint John, but I hit on many of the areas that are important to me.
Enjoy!
Also check out some photos I took in a separate blog post.
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While home in Saint John for a summer visit, I took photos around town as I usually do. I also created a video which I have entered in a separate blog post.
Here are some of my favourites:
I have probably taken this shot before in Rockwood Park, but I don’t care. It always looks beautiful.
From a fairly remote area of the park, I took this photo overlooking Lily Lake with a view of Uptown.
The St. John River as seen from UNBSJ is always a beautiful site.
The clock donated by Irving is a wonderful addition to the foot of King Street. The architecture of Brunswick House behind makes it even better.
Uptown during a work day is generally a quiet place when there are no tourists. These guys are always outside, though!
This view of Saint John Harbour reminds us that this is a working port, even though the major tourist attractions are not far away.
Check out the rest of my new photos from Saint John in my gallery. Also check out my Saint John tour video in my other blog post.
An article about me has appeared on the front page of the UNB web site regarding my Robot Emotional Control project.
As you may remember, my project received a lot of attention last year. Although I have since moved onto other projects as well, I continue to work with robots that aim to act more appropriately around people.
In addition to my photo galleries, I made a video for New York City which includes video clips that I took. Mixed in are some photos that you may have already seen if you followed my previous blog posts. Enjoy!
On my last full day in New York, I went to Central Park.
When she was young, my mother had her picture taken near this Hans Christian Andersen monument. So I did the same!
A beautiful bridge spans part of the lake that I rowed in with my friend Roddy.
Many New Yorkers love to relax here, as tall buildings loom over in the distance.
Trees are everywhere and contrast sharply with the tall buildings that you can find everywhere else in New York City.
Pathways snake all through the park. Sadly, we only had time to see part of the park.
I stand in front of one of the lakes. As evening drew near, it got quite cold, and I was not wearing anything warm.
This concludes my photo highlights from my trip. Be sure to check out my gallery which contains all of my favourite photos.
Check back soon for a video I compiled from this trip as well that I am still working on.
The city is a sea of bright lights at night. This view is from the top of the Empire State Building.
Another view from the top of the Empire State Building.
Cars drive under Brooklyn Bridge. So many movies and TV shows set in New York include this bridge in some way.
We only walked across part of the bridge. Walking the entire distance takes quite a while!
That’s all for now. Be sure to check out my gallery!
I was lucky enough to capture this video on my camera which I set up just as the storm was approaching.
As a large city, New York has many stunning examples of beautiful buildings.
One of the flashiest that I was drawn to was barely a building at all. This is the 24 hour Apple Store on Fifth Avenue, the only location worldwide that never closes. It’s just a glass cube! Inside, I bought an iPad.
The New York Stock Exchange covers up its fascade with a huge banner for Mother’s Day.
I’m on Wall Street! Even though it was probably late in the day, the area was surprisingly not very busy.
More high rises of different architecture styles are shown here. One building is seemingly growing out of the tree on the left!
I don’t remember what this building is, but many similar ones exist around the city.
Many high rises are grouped here as well.
This is a huge, tall photo to highlight one building. After my trip, I saw the Sex in the City 2 movie. In one scene, this building can be seen in the background!
That’s all for now. Be sure to check out my gallery!
