Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 409

What can I say...New York certainly does not dissapoint! New York was definitely our favourite city in the whole of the States! There are so many things to do, and every different part we saw is just so different - and that's without leaving Manhattan Island! We arrived at La Guardia airport and caught a bus to Harlem and had our first experience of the New York Subway into Chelsea where we were staying. The Subway is just great...so easy to use and you can go everywhere. And the whole time we were there, we only got on one train that was like a sardine can. The rest were just like catching a train in Melbourne. So we arrived in Chelsea and didn't think all that much of it, but once we got walking around ... read more

As I have now nearly come to the end of my adventure I thought I would try and just add more pics and less verbals so what have attempted to do is post a site where you can view the pictures I have taken on my last stop before I leave for the UK and view as you wish. Let’s hope it comes off. I have now been away for 6 months, yes hard to believe .it was an amazing experience, covered 60,000klms via air some 24 flights. 17,500 klms by car I have some wonderful memories and I have my blog with 5,000 photos to look back on in future years. I still find it difficult to accept it’s nearly over and I will be back in Tenerife shortly and back to reality. It ... read more

The last weekend I joined one more time a LSC activity to a famous American city. On the schedule was New York. Like to Chicago we spent our first time in the bus to New York and arrived at Saturday morning tired in Manhattan. After a breakfast we started our walking tour at time square. It's a very impressive place, but I expected a little bit more... But it's incredible that they don't have to rent the building on the south side of the square, because they can pay it only with advertisement! We continued our walking tour along the famous Broadway to the South-End of Central Park. Broadway is one of the only streets in NY which doesn’t go direct from North to South or East to West. We took a right turn, and arrived ... read more

HISTORY The Two Sisters America probably could not have won its freedom from the British during the American Revolution without the help of the French. France provided arms, ships, money and men to the American colonies. Some Frenchmen - most notably the Marquis de Lafayette, a close friend of George Washington - even became high-ranking officers in the American army. It was an alliance of respect and friendship that the French would not forget. Almost 100 years later, in 1865, after the end of the American Civil War, several French intellectuals, who were opposed to the oppressive regime of Napoleon III, were at a small dinner party. They discussed their admiration for America's success in establishing a democratic government and abolishing slavery at the end of the civil war. The dinner was hosted by Edouard ... read more

New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. New York is the third most populous state of the United States of America, and is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. It also shares an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The state's five largest cities are New York City (also the largest city in the United States), Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse. The state has 62 counties. New York City is known for its history as a gateway for immigration to the United States and its status as a transportation and manufacturing center. New York was inhabited by Lenape, Algonquian and Iroquois indigenous people at the time Dutch and French settlers arrived in the 16th century. New York was forted ... read more