I was immediately curious when my friend Ariela wanted to take me to a new Manhattan park she described as cool and trendy. I had never heard of the High Line Park before and it actually opened only a few weeks earlier. I was immediately envious of people who worked in the Chelsea area who were able to take advantage of the food shops and bakeries at Chelsea Market and enjoy their lunches outside at this park. The park even had lounge chaises that were movable on the railroad tracks! Brooklyn and Manhattan were the perfect places to finish off my [View Full Entry]

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Wandered down Madison Avenue after a late morning and ended up at the Sony wonder lab. The Challengers should remember this from last time (still the same, still free!) Was fun but we were the oldest ones there by about 10 years... Went to the NY public library after miles of wandering trying to locate it again, unfortunatley no winnie the poo but we did see the decleration of independence hand signed by Jefferson. Travelled back to SoHo to buy more nectarines that taste like they fell from the heavens above. Ha. Spent the afternoon just hanging out in Centeral Park, [View Full Entry]

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De tweede dag en de nu al meest uitputtende, weer indrukwekkende en vooral zere voeten dag is alweer achter de rug. De jetlag is ondertussen bijna verteerd. Gisteren zijn we tegen 23h gaan slapen om deze ochtend rond 7 uur te ontwaken. Een lekker Keloggs ontbijt en een grote kop starbucks koffie (Sabrina verkoos een smoottie) achter de kiezen en we konden er weer tegen aan. Echter de indruk van de vriendelijke mensen moeten we toch even bijsturen. Er zijn toch uitzonderingen, rustig vertrekkende van een bankautomaat kreeg Sabrina de leuke woorden naar het hoofd geslingerd: "Get the fuck out of [View Full Entry]

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Vandaag was het vroeg dag, rond 7 uur werden we spontaan wakker. Niet dat het echt erg was, want we wisten dat er na een lekkere warme douche en een goed ontbijt de eerste grote verkenningstocht zou volgen. Het ontbijt van vandaag: twee roereieren met gebakken aardappelen en toasts, het is eens iets anders. Vermits het al zo vroeg dag was en het eerste wat er op het programma stond, de transfer naar de hostel, nog niet direct hoefde te gebeuren konden we ook rustig de tijd nemen voor enkele telefoontjes naar het thuisfront. Skype is en blijft toch een wonderbaarlijk [View Full Entry]

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US Part 2 East Coast Thursday June 25 - Tuesday June 30 -You have any 8-seater vans? We asked the Caribbean, laid back, lady behind the Hertz desk… She obviously had no idea why we were asking, so we tried to explain that we might want to upgrade to a bigger one so that we would get all our bags along as well... -No sir, only 7-seaters, -but it has a navigator system? You know, the "Hertz Neverlost”, system. -You don’t have to pay for it, she added… OK, except for the navigator, it was what we had requested, so we [View Full Entry]

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We went to the zoo saw lions and tigers but no bears oh no! But we did see kangaroos and tapirs and monkeys and tutles and lizards and mice and a nun. We also sat on a bench and ate a really boring muffin. At 42nd St we saw a man playing a saw. As we waited in line for the top of the empire state a family quizzed us on the ratio of rabbits to cats in english households. Then a woman did a similar thing on the ancestory of wales. Obviously these are subjects we are both very familiar [View Full Entry]

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So here we are in the old big apple, 23 hours of travelling really wore us out but luckily we got lost on the London underground and not the New York one. With all the museums, art galleries, shows and sights its hard to decide what to do first, so were off to the zoo. having our first experience of hard core youth hostelling with 8 girls to a bathroom and 3 different sleeping patterns its an adventure. Cultural adjustment no 1: Working out which way to put your metro card in the barrier. Hope your all well, keep us posted [View Full Entry]

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When you live in the city that never sleeps, sometimes all you crave is a really good nap. But here in Manhattan? Not a chance! You need to shake the relentless energy seeping in through your pores, pulsating your very being into a frazzled lump on the brink of insanity. ESCAPE: my all-consuming theme of late. How do I flee the city? Where can I go? Who robbed my life of nature? Who swiped the trees, snatched the mountains, nabbed the beaches, pinched the lakes? And most importantly, who stole all the space in my world? I love this city, but [View Full Entry]

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Viimeinen viikko kului rattoisasti Washington DC:ssä ja New Yorkissa. DC:n ilmasto oli suorastaan trooppinen, samoin eläimistö, ja nyt koristaakin käsivarsiani komea mäkäränpuremarivistö ja paidan kainaloita hikirenkaat! Ihanaa... Museoita kiertelin ja perusnähtävyyksiä, ajelin New Yorkin mahtavalla metrolla ympäriinsä ja kävelin korttelitolkulla ihmettelemässä ison maailman meininkiä! [View Full Entry]

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