Vanessas journey

After work I picked up David and Steve at the airport. Chilling evening with lots of french talking. It's nice to speak face to face again in your own language. We went to the Market Basket, store nearby my apartment, so the guys can grab some nice food and have a first taste of the American cuisine. We went 4 days to Boston and each day saw another part of Boston. Wednesday, 13 April As it was raining all day we went to Rockingham Mall in New Hampshire and to Wal Mart. Amazing how some guys can enjoy shopping :-) In the afternoon we went to Boston. We walked through Boston Common to Newbury street, a shopping street. We went to stores that Steve and David looked up on the internet and were interested in as ... read more

Friday evening, together with American friends, Jen and Joe, Ulrike and Carme (German and Spanish Ilex), I went to a Mexican restaurant in Andover. We celebrated the end of Carme's program as she was going back home on Monday. I ate 'Taco Lobster', it was a big but really taste plate. http://casablancamexican.com... read more

I wanted to do something special for Christmas, so I decided to go to the theatre and see a nice performing. I took the train in Worcester and after 1h30, I arrived in South Station in Boston. I reserved my ticket at the Wang Theatre to see the Rockettes, a precision dance company. I had a good evening and enjoyed the spectacle. Merry Christmas to everyone!!... read more

Today I subscribed for a free walking tour in New York City. I had to be on the corner of Broad st and Wall St @ 10:00 am beside G. Washington Statue for a 6-hours visit of New York City. It's a All-in-One tour that covered following sites: •Wall Street •Financial District •World Trade Center •Greenwich Village •Washington Square Park •SoHo's Cast Iron Distric •Little Italy •Chinatown http://nycbyfoot.com/default.asp Our guide was really nice and he told us a lot of stories about history, monuments, architecture, culture,... You can follow my trip with following interesting information: Stop 1: Wall Street & Broad Street Federal Hall with G. Washington Statue New York Stock exchange on the corner of Wall St. & Broad St. 40 Wall St: Trump Building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street Stop 2: Trinity Church Trinity Church (also kno... read more

Happy Thanksgiving! American Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November. The custom of celebrating Thanksgiving, an annual celebration held after the harvest began around 1621 when the Pilgrims fulfilled a successful and bountiful harvest in the New World. The first Thanksgiving Proclamation was made in 1675. In the late 1700's a day of national Thanksgiving was proposed by the Continental Congress. In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday. American Traditions.... Home baked bread Pies: Pumpkin, A... read more