After two weeks of (some) processing and uploading, here they are: http://cristianradu.smugmug.com/Vacation/Trip-to-Europe. For some reason SmugMug lists them in the reverse chronological order, so you might want to start from the bottom. Enjoy!
Tomorrow I’m starting my 17-days-long vacation in Europe. I’ll be visiting Paris, Libourne (in the south of France), then Barcelona and Valencia in Spain and finally stop by for two days in Bucharest. See you all soon!
We left on Saturday, at noon, not without incidents. The cab company I called to send us a car somehow misplaced our reservation so we ended up hailing cabs outside on 31st street. At least we had just a few small luggage to carry around so it wasn’t that bad. At the airport we had to wait for the slowest attendant that works at AA – our self check-in kiosk timed out twice before she came to verify our papers. Alas, after an hour flight and another cab ride we were finally at our hotel.
We spent the first evening browsing the nearby streets, at least until we found a clothing store – Zara, in case you’re curious – where my girl got lost amid the sales. Until they closed the shop 
Afterward she felt bad and vowed not to binge-shop until the end of summer, vow that lasted about… 2 days 
On Sunday we met up with two of my friends from Canada – Cristi and Otilia – and they drove us to Niagara Falls. We watched the World Cup Final while having lunch at a nearby restaurant and we took lots of pictures around the area. We even had a double rainbow!
Monday at noon we went up in CN Tower and had lunch at the rotating restaurant up top. Expensive, as you can imagine, but the view was worth it. After that we mingled with the rest of the tourists visiting the tower and snapped pictures like everyone else.
Coming down, we went to the bay and took one of the ferries to the nearby islands. Toronto has three small islands right below it, one with a small amusement park and one with a tiny airport. We strolled the park for some time and then we got back to the hotel to take advantage of the swimming pool.
Tuesday we were supposed to return to NY, but because of a delay at the embassy we had to postpone it for one day. So we spent it shopping and visiting another parts of the city – Chinatown among them. Should go without saying that I stopped at the first bubble tea place and got some.
At night we took one last stroll around the hotel area, took some night pics and had a nice romantic dinner: hot dogs from a street cart, next to a water fountain. On the following day we returned to New York.
Here are the pictures from the trip:
Trip to Toronto
