Life in Motion

I am not an American nor do I live in the United States either, but I work for an American company, so I get to celebrate the American Thanksgiving instead of the Canadian one. This is actually a very good thing for me. I get to enjoy an extra long weekend, not only do we get the Thanksgiving day off, we get the day after Thanksgiving as well which is really awesome (for shopaholics like me) because this day is the BIGGEST holiday shopping day in the U.S. and most stores give as much as 80% discount on stuffs.

So anyway, the hubby and I decided to drive to Albany, NY on Thursday. It is a good
3-hour drive from Montreal. Of course, it took us almost 4 hours to get there because the roads were a little bit slippery from the flurries we had the night before. The main purpose of the trip was to do some Christmas shopping for the kids, we have a bunch of nieces and nephews and godchildren too. We spent the entire Friday driving around from one mall to the next, looking for the best (read: cheapest) gifts we can find which we thought the kids will enjoy, and which the mommies and daddies will approve of. I guess we were in luck as most of the toys we got were at 70% discount because of their Black Friday deals. We didn't finish until 6PM, so you can imagine how exhausting that was. I love shopping and all, but man, that was more than what I could handle in one day. At the end, I was begging to go home as my feet were very sore and they just couldn't walk anymore. So we settled at the hotel for the night, shared a can of Canadian Beer and some Buffalo Wings!

We were scheduled to drive back to Montreal on the Saturday, but there was no way I was leaving without seeing some of the State's local attractions. So on our way home, we did a detour at the city center where I took these photos:
The Egg|Center for the Performing ArtsI love the architecture, it is designed with virtually no straight lines or harsh corners. It is funny because a friend of mine thinks it really is not shaped like an Egg, but is shaped like a bowl for Lucky Charm cereals instead!

New York State Museum
We had a chance to go in and marvel at some of the arts and historical artifacts housed in the museum, unfortunately cameras weren't allowed so I couldn't take any pictures inside. I saw some people who were ignoring the "No Photos Allowed" sign but I was too good of a citizen to disobey it...hahahaha!

It was late when we found ourselves driving back on the I-87. My eyes were tired and I was ready to curl up and sleep in the passenger side but I couldn't resist taking some pictures of the snow covered hills and mountain along the way.

Labels: Life in General, Places I've Been, Shopping