15 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
The walk to Wallstreet started from the battery park passing the “flagpole” monument by which the Dutch excuse themselves for having cheated the Indian tribes when they “bought” the area ofMeer informatie
15 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Squeezed in between skyscrapers one finds the Trinity Church, one of the best Gothic revival churches in the US. The church’s graveyard holds among others the remains of Alexander Hamilton, theMeer informatie
15 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
A must for any NYC visitor is the 9/11 monument where the names of all victims of the terrorist attacks are inscribed.
We met some Germans from the voluntary firearms department of Cologne who wereMeer informatie
15 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
After getting a glance of the Brooklyn Bridge, we walked through Chinatown and Little Italy and then all the way on Broadway back to the hotel, passing the famous “flatiron “ building.
16 september 2023, Verenigde Staten
The parade celebrates the German Baron v. Steuben who worked for General George Washington during the revolutionary war. Thanks to his training in Prussian military tactics he became instrumental inMeer informatie
17 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
After breakfast we left NYC taking a bus to Bethesda where we were picked up by our friends Cliff and Kerstin. We settled in in their gorgeous house in Kensington, having a calm afternoon and meetingMeer informatie
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18 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Thanks to our hosts we were invited to a sailing trip by some other friends, Leo and Dana. Starting from the harbor of Annapolis we took out to the Chesapeake bay and back.
19 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Cliff took us to the falls of the Potomac river that separates Maryland from Virginia. However, the river carried very little water!
Parallel to the river are the remnants of a canal which was builtMeer informatie
19 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After dinner with the grandchildren we sat around a fire, “grilled” some marshmallows and chilled with some folk music…
20 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
After breakfast we took the bikes of our hosts and went to the center of Kensington. We took a sandwich for lunch and enjoyed a fresh beer at the Banycat Brewery. Although he opened only at 5pm, theMeer informatie
