Monday, December 19, 2011

Complicated pose

after sitting in the bus for several hours, we walked from chinatown to washington square park in greenwich village. when getting out of the bus, i realized it was a little colder than i expected and dressed for. brrrr. but still, i was defenitely wearing more clothes than the lady above!! i think they were taking pictures for some yoga-advertisement or so... altough to me it did not look that natural...
i just went to my beloved wikipedia for some more info on this park. its very big, and has quite a history! there used to be a native american village nearby, and they also owned this land. until the dutch (bad dutch!) attacked and drove them out. they did more bad stuff, as you can see here. until 1797 it was farmland, and then it became a burial ground (it was not yet part of new york at that time). in 1826 it became the washington military parade ground; a public space where volunteer militia companies responsible for the nation's defense were training. only in 1849 it became a park.... the remains of around 20,000 bodies still below ground....

4 comments:

biebkriebels said...

Brrrr, sitting like this on a cold pavement must be terrible (and also on 20.000 bodies!) Funny picture.

Nellies said...

interesting story about the burial ground (and the bodies that are still below ground)
and what exactly is that lady doing???? looks like it hurts.

Gunn said...

That looks COLD!:)
Thanks for sharing from your trip yo NYC too here on your blog.
GoD JuL / Merry Christmas!

Manon said...

a new trend: yoga in peeptoe heels?