New York was in 2011 hit by both hurricane Irene and my birthday party. Birthday party I invited my relatives to celebrate my 40th birthday in New York. Manhattanhenge Twice a year, the setting sun aligns with the east–west streets…
Pennsylvania is just a short bus or train ride from NYC, so a good place for a weekend trip. Lancaster Lancaster was the capital of the United States for one day, September 27, 1777. The Second Continental Congress met here…
Photos from New York City. Downtown Downtown is the area on the southern tip of Manhattan. Wall Street, Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown and World Trade Center are some of the attractions. Central Park A chilly, but sunny, December day in Central…
From my new base in New York City, I made several trips around the country. Chicago, Illinois I spent the 4th of July weekend in Chicago, birthplace of the skyscraper. Fire Island, New YorkFire Island is a long and narrow…
I moved to New York in August 2008. Harbor New York has one of the busiest harbors in the USA. The Olivia In august 2008, I moved into an apartment in the building called Olivia, next to Madison Square…
I lived in New York from April to August 2005. Bronx Zoo Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan zoo in the USA. Liberty and Ellis Islands Bridges As New York City is spread over several islands, Manhattan, Long Island (Brooklyn…
Since we moved to New York, USA, in April 2005, we have made trips to Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the national parks Yosemite, Death Valley and Grand Canyon. Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is only an 80 minutes…
While I lived in New York from August to November, 2004, I made photo albums from Times Square, Staten Island Ferry and the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Times Square Most of Manhattan has a grid system of strictly parallell…
I visited New York in June, 2003. I walked over Brooklyn Bridge and explored Downtown Manhattan, including Ground Zero almost two years after the terrorist attacks.
I visited New York again in July, 2001. During this trip I went to the top of both the World Trade Center and the Empire State Building.