Out at Liberty Island

New York, New York

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June 9th 2010
It doesn't seem like a week since we arrived in New York after our 24 hour flight from Melbourne last Friday. We have covered most of town since we arrived and after some days it felt like we walked half of Manhattan too! We won't quite have seen every museum or every tourist sight to see but hopefully one day there will be another trip here to see what we missed as well as the new sights that ... read more

North America » United States » New York

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more