Night view from the top of the rock.

East Coast
USA

NEW YORK CITY

You have always a lot to After landed in Newark could enjoy the rush hour scene
Airport, I started searching Ground while I was having my breakfasts in
do in the city that never
Transportation (it was the first time Starbucks.
sleeps, no matter how that I must travel to Manhattan I´ve been told that it could be
many times of visits... alone). There I found the super extremely cold in NYC around this
It´s my third time visiting the shuttle service, comparing with the period. I doubted but then changed
mega city. I felt excited as usual yellow cab, it´s cheaper, and it can my mind immediately when I
since I got on the airplane. I had a also drive me directly to my hotel. walked on the Brooklyn Bridge. It
very good seat, 24A(for the round Therefor, I took it, sharing with was freezing, especially with the
trip), I need to mark it down, so other tourists. The shuttle made wind. However, I should be thankful
that I can have it next time again, several stops and my ride must for having sunshine almost
with luck. Strangely, 7- hour flight is have lasted more than two hours. everyday in my entire trip.
no longer so hard for me, I kind of Next time I will prefer taking the
get used to it. Just, the electronic taxi.
equipment was not working My first hotel is located on wall
Vacations in NYC
sometimes...I think Lufthansa should street. The hotel room was tiny but *July. 2007 7 Days
improve it. had everything I need, even a
*October. 2007 2 Days
microwave. The location is cool, I
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2009 Hotels:
*Eurostars Wall Street Hotel (New York, NY)
*Washington Jefferson Hotel (New York, NY)
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Top 10 Attractions

1. Empire State Buiding

Observatory & New York
Skyride
This time I chose the night time to
be up there, it was too cold to take
steady pictures... Sky ride was well
made, but not for me who can
easily get dizzy from turning
around...

2. Top of the Rock

It was my 1st time up there, I
enjoyed the sunset and night views
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Island & Immigration Museum
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I guess been there 2 times is
enough for me; but, if I could be on
the top of it, I´d love to visit it one
more time... After a day trip to Woodbury, we began our east coast 5-day bus tour,
which included Philadelphia, Washington DC, Hershey, Niagara Falls,
4. Madame Tussauds New York
I´ve visited the one in London
Buffalo, Corning, Boston & Cambridge. I will talk about them later.
before. However, this one has more
US VIPs, so it might be worth for a The day when we were back to NYC (from
visit.
Boston), everywhere turned white. We had a
snow storm here. So I could see the central
5. The Metropolitan Museum of
Art park in a different way.
It´s the best museums I´ve ever My second hotel is located on W. 51st St,
seen. very closed to Time Square and Rockefeller
Center. The location gave me an advantage to
6. MOMA meet the host from The Amazing Race in Time
Very nice design works inside. I like Square. It was a real coincidence, because I
the MOMA shop a lot...
was about to pass it, until the blue board with
7. Central Park characters „The Amazing Race“ caused my
Nice views in every season. attention. We had a small chat and of course
some nice shots.
8. SOHO/China Town It´s always excited to experience something new in the big apple:
Lots of cool shops in SOHO, very enjoying the breathtaking night views on the Top of the Rock, taking part in
good shopping location.
the Logic Pro Workshop in the Apple Store Soho, visiting the stars´ figures in
I enjoy having meals, Dim Sum in
China Town Flushing & Madame Tussaud, learning the stories and hearing the rehearsals in the
Manhattan... Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, etc.
I was deeply moved by the musical „The
9. Carnegie Hall Tours & Tour at Phantom of the Opera“, especially when it
Lincoln Center
came to the scene „All I ask of you“, I felt
It was a great experience to be
tears oozing out of my eyes. Now this song
able to visit these tours. The
histories, the stories of the famous becomes one of my favors in iTunes...
musicians are so interesting. And, I visited all the art
we heard the rehearsals which museums this time.
were quite amazing... MOMA and Solomon
R. Guggenheim
10. The Phantom of the Opera
Museum have plenty
One of the best musicals ever.
of marvelous art
collections.
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Shops
Shopping Locations
& Restaurants.
Hard Rock Cafe Havana Central SOHO
New York Time Square Once you enter Soho, you
Never thought could be (Cuban) can´t come out easily until
so tasty in Hard Rock Kind of romantic inside 7pm...
Cafe. with the latino food by One of my favors is
nights. ALESSI.
Shimizu (Japanese)
Like the green tea ice
cream.

Potter House New Wonjo Restaurant MoMA store

York (Korean) I like interior design, some
Isn´t it amazing to have ummmm...Yummy, BBQ!! of my home accessories or
the best view of furnitures are being sold
Columbus Circle while or showed in MoMa, I am
dining? happy about that.

Dinings in China Town Marimekko

Manhattan
Bakery A cute Finnish brand.

Fay Da飛達西
上海老正 (Chinese)
I wish I can have such a
65 Bayard St bakery in Stuttgart one
New York, NY 10013
day.

Even though we had New North America or Asia, I must

York Passes for 7 days, we give my stomach some
couldn´t finish visiting all the luxurious treatment.
sights. However, it was still cool Well, I wish I will spend
to pass the long queues and time in the big apple soon
step into the entrance again...
immediately. For more photos, please
New York offers lots of visit: NYC紐約Feb.+Mar.2009
stuffs to do, not only the
sightseeing, but of course also
the shopping and dining
possibilities. One of the
reasons for me to feel
enjoyable in NYC is the cuisines
from all over the world, they
made my everyday so tasty. As
a Cantonese, having breakfasts
(Dim Sum) in restaurants is
quite a tradition. Since long
period living in Germany, I
have fewer chances for such
appetizing Dim Sum, therefor
every time I am traveling to
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Route of our East Coast Trip

I always want to make an individual
round trip in the east coast USA combined
with the east of Canada, for some reasons I
couldn´t make it with Canada this time.
Eventually, we decided to join the HOTELS:
traveling group instead of driving around
by our own. Our guide is an American
Italian and a multilingual who can speak *Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn´s
even fluent Mandarin and Cantonese, that Landing (Philadelphia, PA)
surprised me... The trip took us almost a
*Marriott Gaithersburg Washington
week, a nice journey with new experiences,
though we must suffer sometimes from the Center (Gaithersburg, MD)
freezing weather and the snowstorms *Hyatt Regency Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
unexpectedly.
*Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel
One week for visiting all these places is
definitely not enough, but at least some first (Danvers, MA)
impression and magnificent hotels.
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As we all knew, a close look of it, watched a show
Philadelphia is a everyone in the about German Mints
centerpiece of early group could only on TV, so for me, the
American history. take pictures through running system and
The most the window. equipments are quite
remarkable place Anyway, I was similar as the one in
here is the pleased to visit this Germany.
Independence Hall, popular scene,
where we made a which can be
visit in the very early also seen in the
morning. Our guide film „National
told us the stories Treasure“.
about Mr. Franklin After that,
and the famous we went to see
Centennial Bell, it´s the Philadelphia
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couldn´t wait until also the largest
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in USA. I´ve

*Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn´s Landing (Philadelphia, PA)

This hotel was delightful and comfy, it was on a good location where closed to the Liberty Bell and China town.

Besides, we could see the night view from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge direct in our room.
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I´ve never thought that

Washington DC could be such a
beautiful city... It had so much to
offer, the white house, the U.S.
Capitol, the Washington Monument,
the Lincoln Memorial etc.
There´re so many historic sties
and museums in DC, I´m definitely
going to come back for an intense
visit. I remembered during the tour,
we saw at least three helicopters
heading to the white house,
President Obama must be sitting in
one of them.
We were in the Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum for
a while, it´s quite familiar to me
because I´ve visited another one in
Florida before: Kennedy Space
Center. I love Space stuffs a lot,
especially when I get the chances to The U.S. Capitol Building

experience the space journeys from

the Shuttle Launch, for example.

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument
 After visiting the Hershey chocolate world and
Corning glass museum, we had an extremely long bus
drive. Then we arrived at the famous falls late evening.
It was immensely cold, I tried to get the best shot of the
Niagara Falls, the night view was just incredible. Even
so, I was chilled to the bone, especially my fingers,
though they were supposed to be feeling warm inside
my gloves. I could hardly let my index finger press the
camera button.
You couldn´t imagine how excited I was, although
this is not the most popular part; I was glad to be here
in the winter time, since I´m going to enjoy the other
side of the Niagara Falls in summertime.

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 Boston with Snowstorm.

Harvard
University

a Town
n Chin
Bosto

BOSTON
It was a shame not to have better pictures of Boston. But, no one
expected such a snowstorm coming along. It´s one of the worst
weather I´ve ever had, normally you stay at home to avoid it,
still, we went to see the famous Harvard University and MIT,
which I longed for a visit long time ago. I guess I´ll come and
visit them again in detail, like the little tour in Stanford University,
CA in year 2008. After enjoying the Boston skyline in the harbor
cruise, we drove back to NYC safely and started our another
week in the east coast.
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