JETBLUE AYCJ 2010 - ALL YOU CAN JET, BABY

All AYCJ 2010 - Gateway AUSTIN / HOUSTON

JETBLUE AYCJ-7 PASS = any flight where JETBLUE goes from Sept 7th - October 6th.

My adventure starts FRIDAY September 10th.

First flight Austin (AUS) to Portland (PDX) via Long Beach (LGB).
PORTLAND MEETUP i created:
WEEKEND ACTIVITIES:
MUSICFEST NW all weekend
Warrior Dash Saturday
Pints to Pasta 10K on Sunday
Enjoy this downhill start to the famous Widmer Brothers Brewery, across the Willamette River, along the river front pathway finishing at The Old Spaghetti Factory. After your hard work treat yourself to complimentary pasta, salad, and bread, but don't forget the delicious Widmer Beer. Enjoy live entertainment on the shores of the Willamette River with your fellow runners and walkers. Pints to Pasta donates a portion of it's proceeds to The Raphael House of Portland and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's TEAM IN TRAINING. A huge thanks to adidas, Widmer, The Old Spaghetti Factory and Portland Running Company for making this event happen.

My favorite ZURICH experience = Grossmünster

GREETINGS FROM SWITZERLAND!

My favorite Zurich experience has to be the spontenous encounter with Grossmunster Church. I embarked on my Zurich exploration solo mid-week, with only my MTV EUROPE book as my sightseeing guide.


After capturing photos of the exterior, i proceeded to explore the inside while ignoring the NO PHOTOs sign because it only had an X(no) on the flash part of camera. The interior was very majestic. You can go to my EUROPE 2008 (nov) Album to reference. I'm a little lazy and dont feel like hyperlinking shots. Ok, I take that back. Here's the view from both outside and inside:

READY FOR A LOOK-SEE??

OUTSIDE:


Ok, lets go inside the door...

INSIDE:
Thats the pulpit on the right. Pretty nice, eh?
Once inside i wander around taking photos. Then it suddenly occured to me from my reading of the MTV EUROPE book that it was possible to pay small fee (2 francs) to climb up some part of church. I was about to exit when i had a quick change of course to go investigate where one could experience the climb. This is where our adventure begins. I pay the attendant the two francs and before entering the small doorway to climb, I figure this could be a great experience to roll video. INDEED, IT WAS!!

Let's relive the climb one more time, shall we?
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Pardon the video breaks. This was originally one video and i had to break it into three peices so photobucket would host it.
PART 1






PART 2






PART 3






That was fun, eh? I was awe-struck and my day was made. Travel euphoria in full effect. Here's a few more photos from that extremely high ledge i was standing and breathing the fresh air of Zurich high atop GrossMunster Church:
Ledge i was on....

PHOTOS FROM LEDGE ATOP TOWER




So there you have it....a shared piece of my favorite ZURICH experience. I'm off now to go find a rival experience. Here are some facts about the church as i bid you farewell..


The Grossmünster ("great minster") is a Romanesque-style church that played an important role in the history of the Protestant Reformation. It is one of the three major churches of Zürich (the others being the Fraumünster and St. Peterskirche). The twin towers of the Grossmünster are regarded as perhaps the most recognized landmark in Zurich. [6] Architecturally, the church is considered Romanesque in style and thus a part of the first pan-European architectural trend since Imperial Roman architecture. In keeping with the Romanesque architectural style, Grossmünster offers a great carved portal featuring medieval columns with grotesques adorning the capitals. A Romanesque crypt dates to the 11th and 13th centuries. The two towers were first erected between 1487 and 1492..