Damn Parking

Well...the end of day #1 of our vacation...
After all Daniel and I arrived to the parking garage where we left the car...But it was closed...Haha...We spent like half an hour just running around the building and looking for a clerk to open it for us.
But that was not it...Then we spent another half hour driving all around the garage (pretty much doing circle after circle) looking for the right open exit...
It was damn fun!


Here Daniel is figuring out how to open the locked door...

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Big city life...Night city life...

After riding horses we were just wandering around the night city for a while. Without Daniel's guidance my trip to Denver wouldn't be so interesting and funny...and organized.
Franca, Daniel and me In a T-Shirt Shop.


Interesting book...


Crazy t-shirts shop


Chocolate Shop


There are around 80,000 Russians living in Denver. So obviously they have to have places like this...Red Square...what is funny though, is that they claim it to be euro bistro...not russian bistro...


Daniel, Franca and Chocolate Factory


Probably it was my first time seeing TV set in a place like restroom...Especially in this part of restroom...

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Horse Riding through night Denver streets

After the culinary fest Daniel, Franca and me decided to hang around the city for a while. But riding the horse is obviously more fun than just walking...Especially when the horse is going right among all cars!






Night street


Daniel!


Me and Franca!




All three of us in one picture


When we were passing this hotel, the horse lady told us a story. Right opposite to the hotel there used to be a brothel. A secret passway was digged right under the street, so that in the night time men could secretly leave their wives in the hotel and visit the brothel.
Well, these days another corridor between two buildings is built as it may be seen on the picture...Maybe they just decided to make it all official?...haha...

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Culinary festival "Taste of Colorado"

Me, Daniel and Franca

As we parked in the downtown and met Daniel's sister Franca (who is working in environment care field), we decided to go to Holiday Culinary Festival and get some dinner there.
Actually it is almost like a fest. You buy tickets (8 for 5$) and then there are a lot of different spots where you can taste different meals or beverages for a certain amount of tickets and then, if you like it, buy a full portion for more tickets.
So this evening I tried a lot of yummy food, including fried alligator and buttered corn, and, of course, some sweet deserts.




This lady is actually not just a chef cook. She is a TV star from FoodNetwork Channel. As soon as Americans really love this channel, she gathered quite a large audience.


Huge variety of food was offered


This picture with panda turned out to be a great shot


Stage entertainment


Banana feat. Strawberry

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Hello, Denver!

I was really looking forward to visiting Denver, as I was a little tired of living in a small city like Glenwood Springs and really missed big city life.
So as we were entering Denver, I felt somewhat nervous because I was not sure how I will feel. I just remembered how I felt in NYC...stressed out...because NYC is so dusty, hot and all those tall buildings...you never really see the sky...
Well...from the very first sight of Denver I fell in love with it. It is sooo beautiful, clean and everything is so balanced. There are some tall buildings, but the city is not all about them, there are a lot of parks, walking areas, ponds, etc., etc. The air is fresh, people are friendly and all look educated, beautiful and stylish (not as in Glenwood Springs), and again...it is really excellently balanced. Yes...that's the right word.
I am impressed! Really impressed!


Denver Capitolium - one of the main government buildings


Another government building...

...and more city views:

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Vail

On the way to Denver we passed Vail. Vail is actually the biggest skiing resort in the United States. So it attracts sportsmen from all over the world and is a location for a lot of international competitions. That's why Vail is probably the most expensive city in Colorado.
One year Vail was actually an olympiad-candidate city.


International trail with all countries' flags: Finland, etc.




Some skiing trails

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Our Vacation Starts!!

I was originally planning to go to Denver in the middle of September, but then we decided that we better organize our vacation during the Labor Day holiday as Daniel got all these days off, and I as well got Friday and Saturday and then Monday and Tuesday off. The only day I am supposed to work is Sunday, but I'll just call adventure park from Denver and tell them I am sick.
Well, anyway...we packed, took Daniel's Mazda roadster and left to Denver to spend some great time and relax a little as well.
We have the whole 4 days ahead!!


Our Mazda roadster. The greatest thing about it is that we can take the top off and get all the wind drive.






Eisenhower/Johnson tunnel


Silverthorne - one of small towns on our way


Me and Daniel in funny Tommy Hilfiger sweaters, store in Silverthorne

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