New York

(sara & chrisch) As promised we continue with our blog from now on in English during the next eight weeks and we’ll inform you about the highlights of our trip to the USA.

Last Saturday we arrived in New York JFK, where Susanne, a grand cousin of Christoph, picked us up from the airport. We could stay at her house in Brewster about one hour north of Manhattan. The house is surrounded by trees and in the morning we could hear birds and watch squirrels from the dining room – such a contrast to the busy city.
One night we stayed in Harlem and visited Jennifer Hao and her family and got a feeling of living in the middle of the city.

NY Skyline from the Staten Island Ferry (aus USA Rundreise: New York)

Our visits to the city focused of course mainly on the tourist highlights, such as Wall Street, Greenwich Village, Time Square, Central Park and so on. Unfortunately, it started raining on Monday and never really stopped till we left NY. Therefore we decided to skip a visit to the Empire State Building or Top of the Rock. That was a disappointment but 50$ are too much to see just clouds and fog.

The highlights of our visit in NY were the trip on the Staten Island Ferry on Sunday with awesome view to the sky line and statue of liberty (Dave, thank you for this tip) and the walk through the whole Central Park. Even outside of the park we walked about 50 blocks a day, a healthy and interesting way to explore the city by the way…

Freedom Tower (aus USA Rundreise: New York)

On Wednesday we went with Susanne further northwest and walked over “The Walkway over the Hudson”, a former railroad bridge now turned into a state park. Afterwards we went to Woodstock and had a look at the remaining hippie community and some of the tourist shops.

Walkway over the Hudson (aus USA Rundreise: New York)

Aus USA Rundreise: New York

Now our time in NY has already come to an end. Currently we are sitting in a train with Wi-Fi access to Coatesville – able to communicate with friends and family – this way travelling is fun.