Juan (our tour guide) beginning his tour with us
On our walking tour of Rockafellar Plaza
Annika, Lena, Christine & Lena from Germany enjoying their walk
Colombia University!
We all decided we will attend for college... together :)
Without words...
Just hanging out on the steps of...
...The world-famous MET!
Welcome to TIMES SQUARE!!! We are going to Broadway!
Our bloggers got famous in Times Square before becoming authors of our blog
We left our hotel early in the morning, around 8am. Everyone
was still tired but that changed quickly when we finally saw New York’s
skyline before going through the Lincoln Tunnel...We listened to "New York" by Jay Z and Alicia Keys four times during the bus ride!
We met our tour guide, Juan (a really nice and friendly
guy), at the Public Library. He was open-minded for questions and he did the
best he could to explain New York’s lifestyle, history & geography.
The second stop was the Rockefeller Center; we took pictures
with the golden statue surrounded by the flags of every nation, walked around
and also stopped at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
After a while we got
back to our bus and we drove to Central Park. The beautiful nature compared to
the big skyscrapers all over New York was attractive for runners, families,
weddings and a lot of tourists!We walked through to see Strawberry Fields and the famous fountain that is in many movies and TV shows filmed in NY.
After driving through the Upper East Side, the next stop
was Columbia University (Our future college :P). The campus was a nice
background for a new group picture. We got back on the bus and saw lots of mansions, museums and tall buildings... And, of course, yellow taxi cabs! Then we got to the
Lunchtime – Stop at Greenwich Village! We had several
options to get food, even Joe’s Pizza, which was in the Spiderman movies. The
weather was kind of cloudy and it started to rain but luckily the sun came out
again soon after.
Now it’s time for education: the Metropolitan Art Museum,
the biggest in the U.S.- and one of the best museums in North America. We saw art from Egypt, Middle East, Africa, Ancient Greece, Andy Warhol, Prada clothes, paintings, sculptures, musical instruments, furniture... They have everything there! Of course, none of us could see everything in only a few hours, but we walked around and chose what we thought was most interesting. After looking around at the Met, we took the bus to Fifth Avenue, where they have the most expensive streets in the world... We got off the bus and took pictures, shopped a bit, and just walked the streets of this amazing city.
For dinner we walked to an Italian Restaurant, Sbarro's, which was super yummy! And after that the
group split up to go to a Broadway show, the other half had free time to
explore Times Square. Many of our group went to see the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and were very impressed with the beautiful voices, costumes and cool effects. We got so excited about the show that we forgot how long the day was and how tired we were and just enjoyed every minute! Then right after, we all were so happy to see the bus and get to rest and meet the others.
Shopping, taking a bunch of pictures, and being famous for 15
seconds on the TV screen at Times Square have made that day an unforgettable
one!
-Lina & Christine (Germany)
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