Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 469

Ya know, seeing all of these were amazing! I noticed though, that on TV and movies they make the Statue of Liberty a lot bigger then it is. But she's beautiful! And Broadway.... amazzzzing. ... read more

Hi Folks, Today's pace didn't let up much but at least we got to really sleep for the first time since Sunday night. It really lat now so I'll put off posting more pics until tomorrow but a brief recap of the day goes like this. Rise and shine to go over to Murray and Lore's for a fabulous breakfast of bagels, lox, sable, and fresh fruit. They were headed back to Pennsylvania so we wanted to see them before they left. Then Judy drove us to Queens where we visited the cemetery. I forgot all my info on where people are buried so we just saw our own grandparents but will have to go back to locate the others we were going to look for. Then we met Jason Hecht at his mom's on 137th ... read more

Talk about amazing! So, I was a representative for Califonria at the United Nations in New York.. it was such an amazing experience. I met a lot of interesting people and heard a lot of interesting talks. The group (it was people from all over the world) attended meetings and we got to ask questions and put in our in-put. I've always been into Humanitarian Aid... so I enjoyed the meetings. There were a few stories that really stuck in my mind though... One man that talked (I believe he was from France....) was talking about children... mostly kids involved in the drug wars in third world countries. He was saying the the newest way for someone to smuggle drugs into another country is to kill a kid, empty them out, and fill their insides with ... read more

Day 8! I spent all day at The Metropolitan Museum. One could spend a whole week there though! There is so much to see and do. I started off in the Egyptian section and three hours later I realized I had been trying to read every single little info card and it was driving me crazy! So much Egyptian history! How much of it is just random crap? Still, it was nice to see. I've always had a fascination with mythology ever since I was young so it was great to see all these relics and historical crap. I also saw some armor I would fit in! Henry the VIII's armor was awesome and not that fat. I thought he'd be fatter. Still, it was cool seeing a molded belly instead of a molded six-pack one ... read more

4th juy was Independence day, i was interested to see what this day was all about. At camp each country had to do a performance of some sort which represented their country. Us kiwis (theres about 20 of us) got the groove on to Scribe, and that 'Stop, Drop and Roll' song, did the Haka, and 2 maori songs. Everyone loved it...of course! as for the aussies...well! the owner of camp said 'that for two countries so close together, how can one have so much talent, and the other none?!' yay for us! haha. After our performances we had a musical concert - very patriotic, and then a huge fire works display - very cool. Was a good night. After all this I was dragged up to the CC by Sam the aussie and Jacq the ... read more