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Asher's Current Activities
Last updated: April 17, 2012 First day of seventh grade!
A weekend at Santa Cruz and the Monterey Aquarium.
Heading out for his second Nuit Blanche in Toronto: erratic (rolling a boulder down Yonge St); Feast of Tiepolo; airships at Hart House; performance t-shirt art; reading and hanging at the Gladstone (cool!); the Drake hotel; heart machine.
A hike down Laguna Trail to the Coast Trail at Pt. Reyes.
A weekend in NYC included Central Park with leaves.
Thanksgiving in Central Europe: Salzburg castle; Schonbrunn Palace, the Riding School and the Hofburg in Vienna; awesome ruined Devin castle near Bratislava; Melk abbey; beautiful Cesky Krumlov.
Off to Hong Kong to: visit HK Park, hike around the peak, visit the fantastic Science museum, HK Discovery museum, and Coastal Defenses. Much consumption: dim-sum, drinks in SoHo near the mid-level escalators (a nightly event). A side trip to Macau. Bar-Mitzvah practice with a view. On to Hanoi: bamboo market; Wild Lotus (try the peanut shrimp!); tube house museum. Six Senses in Ninh Van bay offered room to read; a big wooden tub; vodka tasting in a fine bar; football on the beach; and biking.
MLK weekend in Carmel: contemplation at L'Auberge Carmel; sculpting at Bird Rock; sharing a secret; enjoying Carmel mission; hike on Spanish Bay.
Back to Quebec City for Winter Break; first igloo; Auberge St. Antoine; rue Petit Champlain; many views with cannon; big trompe l'oeil; icy St. Lawrence; tobogganing down to the Dufferin Terrace; drinks at the ice hotel; fresh snow; across the river to Levis; dog-sledding!
The Dodo bird in Alice in Wonderland.
Urban hike in Forest Hills.
A surprise trip to Naples and Southern Italy for Spring break. Palazzo Reale, San Chiara, and Venus Callipyge in Naples; many ruins in stunning Pompeii (archaeological focus of the trip; very cool and even cooler); better ruins in Herculaneum; Antica Pizzeria da Michele (too wet!); a meal with a view in Capri before a hike to Tiberias' Villa Jovi. Hanging with Team New Zealand (America's cup). Rome for a day; 4(!) trips to Della Palma after the sights.
Check out
the list of countries and World Heritage Sites that Asher has visited.
It’s
also available as a map (his
dad’s is available too).
More soon!
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