Ground Zero and tributes left on 9/11

New York, New York so good they named it twice!

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September 12th 2015
Well this is the last blog of our 2015 trot round the globe and what a year it has been but before I go into meltdown it's a new destination, The Big Apple. We arrived in one piece, just a short 1hr 2 min flight from Toronto but when we landed at JFK it looked more like Manchester airport, thick cloud and pouring with rain!! Anyway we jumped on an airport bus which took us for half the price of a ... 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