The US of A 🇺🇲

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Dag 10
zaterdag 27 juli 2024 om 13:43
☀️ 29 °C
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Hudson River 40.689779, -74.03103340°41’23” N 74°1’52” W
Statue of Liberty
27 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After some chicken and chips for lunch I boarded the free Staten Island ferry! This passes close by the Statue of Liberty and again offers great views of Manhattan, particularly at the back of the boat but there was absolutely nobody there for some reason!Meer informatie
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ReizigerWOW!! You are definitely seeing all the sights Greg. Isn't it a fantastic city!! 🗽
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Dag 10
zaterdag 27 juli 2024 om 16:45
☀️ 29 °C
Hoogte: 40 m
Verenigde Staten Tudor City Historic District 40.749018, -73.97056840°44’56” N 73°58’14” W
Tudor Bridge
27 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A quick stop at Tudor Bridge was next. I believe that there is a shot in one of the Spiderman's filmed here. It looked right onto the Chrysler Building and also at the UN headquarters on the opposite side!Meer informatie
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Dag 10
zaterdag 27 juli 2024 om 17:26
☀️ 29 °C
Hoogte: 32 m
Verenigde Staten Twentyfour Sycamores Park 40.758466, -73.95715240°45’30” N 73°57’26” W
Roosevelt Island Tramway
27 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
As we headed towards the late afternoon I boarded the Roosevelt Island Tramway. These red cable car type vehicles take 7 minutes to ascend, cross the West Channel and descend into Roosevelt Island.

Fun fact: It was once an Impractical Jokers punishment that Joe had to stand on the top of one of the cable cars dressed as Fat Man whilst it crossed the river. Whilst watching the show I didn't think it was a bad punishment but now I realise how scary it must have been!Meer informatie
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Dag 10
zaterdag 27 juli 2024 om 17:43
☀️ 29 °C
Hoogte: 16 m
Verenigde Staten Sutton Place Park 40.756095, -73.9564840°45’22” N 73°57’23” W
Roosevelt Island
27 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The island itself is only small but again had great views over to both Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Dag 10
zaterdag 27 juli 2024 om 18:57
☀️ 28 °C
Hoogte: 1 m
Verenigde Staten Wallabout Bay 40.708207, -73.97779940°42’30” N 73°58’40” W
Hudson River Ferry
27 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Just heading into sunset I departed Roosevelt Island on the public ferry down the Hudson River towards Wall Street. The sunset over Manhattan was exquisite, with fantastic views of the Empire State Building, World Trade Centre and Brooklyn Bridge along the way.Meer informatie
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ReizigerBrilliant photos.
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Dag 10
zaterdag 27 juli 2024 om 19:46
☀️ 27 °C
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Clinton Cherry Playground 40.709216, -73.98841740°42’33” N 73°59’18” W
Pier 35 at Sunset
27 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After leaving the ferry at pier 11 I wandered down to pier 35 to enjoy the very last of the sunset over Manhattan, with Brooklyn to the left and their corresponding bridges down river ahead. What a way to end the day! Another busy one racking up 30,000 steps 💪Meer informatie
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ReizigerThanks for sharing all these wonderful pics with us. We are loving 🥰 NYC.
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ReizigerAmazing Greg. x
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ReizigerHave you actually slept yet in NYC as you have done so much 😆
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 09:42
☁️ 26 °C
Hoogte: 63 m
Verenigde Staten McCaffrey Playground 40.756272, -73.99084240°45’23” N 73°59’27” W
Midtown Manhattan
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Today was a day of pretty random stops all in all. First up I got off the metro outside the New York Times HQ. I then headed past the revolving doors from Elf to 29th street to take a few pics of the 29th (Wallasey) sign with the Empire State Building in the background.Meer informatie
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ReizigerIs that the new 29th HQ. Haha
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 10:32
☁️ 28 °C
Hoogte: 31 m
Verenigde Staten Madison Square Park 40.743115, -73.98841540°44’35” N 73°59’18” W
Flatiron Building & Harry Potter
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
My next stops were a Flatiron Building absolutely covered in scaffolding and then a Harry Potter shop with everything you could ever imagine. It must have sold 50+ different types of wands including those of charachters I've never heard of and a few of those I have heard of, but thought why on earth would you want the wand of Malfoy's mum or Professor Slughorn (about 1/5 of the wands are pictured here). Similarly, it had extensive ranges of Hufflepuff merchandise, equal to that of Gryffindor and still I beg who is buying Hufflepuff merch. Either way, an impressive shop.Meer informatie
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ReizigerThat's magic. 👍😀
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 11:19
☁️ 29 °C
Hoogte: 32 m
Verenigde Staten Chelsea Park 40.754531, -74.00319640°45’16” N 74°0’12” W
The Vessel and Hudson Yards
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
My next stop was to a very interesting building named 'The Vessel' and an area of skyscrapers known as Hudson Yards. It had great views over the west river and even of the Empire State Building!
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 11:35
☁️ 29 °C
Hoogte: 40 m
Verenigde Staten High Line 40.748208, -74.00452540°44’54” N 74°0’16” W
High Line
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
High Line is a disused train line raised above the ground that runs from The Vessel at 30th street all the way down to 12th street. It has some great views over the city and some nice features along the way.Meer informatie
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 12:16
☁️ 30 °C
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Meatpacking District 40.741803, -74.01134640°44’30” N 74°0’41” W
Little Island
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Just before the end of High Line is Little Island. This green artificial land provides great views over the river, down to the Financial District and as ever of the Empire State Building!
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 12:52
☁️ 30 °C
Hoogte: 42 m
Verenigde Staten Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church 40.732713, -74.00044940°43’58” N 74°0’2” W
Random Manhattan
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
From Little Island I took a walk some way down the river. It was a lovely pedestrianised area that I took no photos of.

What I can provide photos of however is:
Pic 1: Stat Wars art.
Pic 2: The Friends apartment.
3 & 4: Washington Square.
5: Me eating an apple in the Big Apple.
6: Serhant HQ from the Netflix series 'Owning Manhattan'.
7, 8 & 9: Ghostbusters HQ which is also a real working fire station!
10: The HQ of YouTuber Casey Neistat, not overly glamorous.Meer informatie
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ReizigerVery interesting. Especially the apple 😄
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 14:39
☁️ 31 °C
Hoogte: 34 m
Verenigde Staten Colombus Park 40.718181, -73.99799640°43’5” N 73°59’53” W
Little Italy
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Randomly nestled in the middle of Manhattan is Little Italy, with an appropriate level of Italian restaurants for a place with such a name.
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ReizigerDid you find a Carbonara ??
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 15:18
☁️ 30 °C
Hoogte: 49 m
Verenigde Staten American Museum of Natural History 40.78109, -73.97266840°46’52” N 73°58’22” W
Natural History Museum & Banksy
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
I was heading to see the fair ground / fire bell Banksy and just happened to get off at the metro stop of the Natural History Museum which I'd forgotten was even in New York. Of course this is where A Night at the Museum is set. I then headed on towards the Banksy.Meer informatie
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ReizigerI wonder if the CCTV camera was put up before or after the Banksy. 🤔
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Dag 11
zondag 28 juli 2024 om 19:34
☀️ 26 °C
Hoogte: 12 m
Verenigde Staten Joseph Yancey Track And Field 40.828797, -73.92626640°49’44” N 73°55’35” W
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NYCFC v Queretaro
28 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
This evenings activity was New York City FC v Queretaro. Previous representatives of NYCFC have been Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, David Villa, however I'd heard of precisely zero of their current squad.

The game took place at the Yankee Stadium, home of course of the New York Yankees, and became the 100th ground I've seen a match at. Not a bad place to mark the centenary.

The game itself was part of a tournament between at 29 MLS teams and the 18 Mexican Premier Division teams, this being the first game of the group stage. The match itself was relatively uneventful but NYC missed some very good chances. In the end it was a 0-0 draw but with a penalty shootout at the end for an extra point which NYC ended up winning.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Just like under the Kop at Prenton Park with all the banners on display, ha! 👍😀⚽️ SWA
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ReizigerANOTHER ICONIC STADIUM YOU'VE VISITED 🏟
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Dag 12
maandag 29 juli 2024 om 13:18
☀️ 27 °C
Hoogte: 46 m
Verenigde Staten Carnegie Hill Historic District 40.78748, -73.95725240°47’15” N 73°57’26” W
Rain & Central Park
29 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
In a few days I was set to leave New York using the Frontier airlines GoWild! pass. I thought I'd have a go at signing up and discovered that you needed to be a US citizen to buy one. Oh no. So, I spent last night devising a route of bookable flights through all of my desired destinations, and spent this morning booking said flights and a few of the accommodations. It was also absolutely lashing down so wasn't a bad time to do it.

Since I'd covered pretty much all of New York in my first few days I was a relatively free spirit today. So I wandered through the east side of Central Park and read my Kindle for a while at a lovely spot l by a lake. I also passed my the MET art gallery and an Alice in Wonderland monument.Meer informatie
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ReizigerWhat a shame about the pass x
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Dag 12
maandag 29 juli 2024 om 16:16
☀️ 29 °C
Hoogte: 54 m
Verenigde Staten Pulitzer Fountain 40.762992, -73.9739240°45’47” N 73°58’26” W
5th Avenue
29 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
5th avenue is arguably New York's most famous street so I wandered from Central Park all the way to the very end of it. Passing all of the major shops plus the Plaza, Trump Tower, the cathedral and of course another Ryder lorry. I treated myself to a Corn Dog at the end.Meer informatie
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Dag 12
maandag 29 juli 2024 om 18:47
☀️ 28 °C
Hoogte: 14 m
Verenigde Staten Washington Market Park 40.717411, -74.01077140°43’3” N 74°0’39” W
Final Evening in NYC
29 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
My final evening in NYC (for now) I spent around the WTC and then watched the sunset on the west shores of Manhattan. This meant I'd walked from 103rd street way past the end of 1st street. It was a lovely evening and a pleasant way to round of 4 nights in New York!Meer informatie
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ReizigerThat is some walk 😫
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Dag 13
dinsdag 30 juli 2024 om 08:34
☁️ 25 °C
Hoogte: 14 m
Verenigde Staten Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Library 42.352272, -71.05497342°21’8” N 71°3’18” W
NYC > Boston
30 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
After 4 busy days in NYC it was time for probably the first proper travel day in a while, with a 4.5 hours bus in the middle of the day to Boston!

First however it was time to wave goodbye to my bug rucksack as I leave it in storage until I return to NYC at the end of my trip! I took the smallest storage unit they had (4 ft x 4 ft) which my bag nowhere near filled up! For £40 for the month in Manhattan you could definitely sleep in this space if you curled up a bit! Follow for more bargain New York tips!

The journey to Boston was very smooth and I used some of the time to plan what I would be doing once I arrived.Meer informatie
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ReizigerWe have loved 🥰 the NYC journey, so many pics and so informative. Your big bag looks lost in that storage locker but please dont get in it yourself !!! 😳😩🤣 Safe Journey. Bring on Boston . 🇺🇸
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ReizigerLove the pic of you. You are looking well. x
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ReizigerObviously you knew I'd ask, "are you going to a tea party" while you are there? 🫖☕️
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Dag 13
dinsdag 30 juli 2024 om 17:03
☁️ 30 °C
Hoogte: 9 m
Verenigde Staten City Point 42.335498, -71.0236442°20’8” N 71°1’25” W
South Boston
30 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
My first stop this evening was a stroll around the beach stroke bay stroke fort in east Boston. One of the many places where the Americans battled the British during their war for independence. I wandered around listening to a podcast about the latest in the upcoming US election.Meer informatie
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ReizigerNice beach 🏖️
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Dag 13
dinsdag 30 juli 2024 om 18:12
☁️ 30 °C
Hoogte: 14 m
Verenigde Staten Children's Museum Resource Center 42.351992, -71.05012542°21’7” N 71°3’0” W
Fort Point Channel
30 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Next up I headed towards the centre of town to the Fort Point Channel with great views over to central Boston! This area is also home to the Boston Tea Party Museum, commemorating when the Americans hijacked a British shipment of tea and dumped it all into the river, which is what really kickstarted the war for independence.

Also close to here was of course a PwC!Meer informatie
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ReizigerAlways a PWC !!
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Dag 13
dinsdag 30 juli 2024 om 19:18
☁️ 28 °C
Hoogte: 10 m
Verenigde Staten Camp Hill 42.364924, -71.04125642°21’54” N 71°2’29” W
East Boston
30 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
To finish the evening I headed across the river to east Boston where I found this lovely food, drinks and games area with amazing views of the sunset and the city!
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ReizigerVery nice 👍
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ReizigerLooks lovely
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Dag 14
woensdag 31 juli 2024 om 11:54
☁️ 27 °C
Hoogte: 16 m
Verenigde Staten Harvard Yard 42.374674, -71.1182942°22’29” N 71°7’6” W
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Harvard University
31 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
First of all this morning I wandered into town to pick up some breakfast before jumping on the metro to Harvard University! The University is not in Boston itself but just across the river in the neighbouring town of Cambridge.

Alumni of the university include Barack Obama, JFK, Matt Damon, George Bush, Mark Zuckerberg, Al Gore and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

When I arrived it was hammering down with rain and this continued on and off for a while. Nevertheless I enjoyed wandering the red brick campus and was surprised to find a 'Lesley University' literally across the road.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Auntie Lesley will be well pleased her name is there in the famous HARVARD institution 🧑‍🎓
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Dag 14
woensdag 31 juli 2024 om 13:02
☁️ 28 °C
Hoogte: 17 m
Verenigde Staten Kendall Square 42.361406, -71.08563342°21’41” N 71°5’8” W
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
As I headed back towards Boston, but still in Cambridge, I stopped of at another world renowned university, MIT, which sits on the river overlooking Boston.

Alumni of here include Buzz Aldrin, Charles Koch and even Benjamin Netanyahu!

It was another lovely campus and this time I was able to enjoy it in the sun!Meer informatie
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woensdag 31 juli 2024 om 14:13
☁️ 29 °C
Hoogte: 14 m
Verenigde Staten Brewer Fountain 42.356362, -71.06298242°21’23” N 71°3’47” W
Boston Common
31 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
I returned to central Boston to grab some lunch and had a look around the start of the 'Freedom Trail' beginning at Boston Common, the US' oldest public park. The first few stopes were the state house, a church and a cemetary where lie 3 signers of the Declaration of Independence.Meer informatie
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