City number 5 - The BIG Apple!! 9/11 memorial

City number 5 - The BIG Apple!!

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May 11th 2017
After another very efficient rail journey of only just over an hour we arrived at Penn Street Station in New York. Finding our way to the exit was entertaining but once out on the street we were ushered into an actual Yellow Cab and on our way to our hotel. Within minutes we were walking up 7th Avenue with Times Square to one side and Central Park to the other. To say this was an exiting introduct ... read more

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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