Trip to the US - October 2019

oktober 2019

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Reiziger Trip to the US - October 2019
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- 15 okt 2019 16:05
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 54 m
- Verenigde Staten New York New York County Midtown Manhattan Pulitzer Fountain 40.763603, -73.97360340°45’49” N 73°58’25” W
Dag 6
Fifth Avenue
15 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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- 15 okt 2019 17:09
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 55 m
- Verenigde Staten New York New York County Times Square 40.7569, -73.98616240°45’25” N 73°59’10” W
Dag 6
Times Square
15 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
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- 15 okt 2019 22:06
- 🌙 12 °C
- Hoogte: 51 m
- Verenigde Staten New York New York County Hell's Kitchen Port Authority Bus Terminal 40.756205, -73.99152540°45’22” N 73°59’29” W
Dag 6
New York Day #2
15 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
My first full day in New York City. Well, I've been to NYC a number of times before. This is probably my tenth visit or so. It's one of my favorite places to visit, so it's great to be back :)

I didn't really have any specific plans for this day, so I ended up going to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum not too far from my hotel. This is a fascinating place, hosting a submarine, a retired Concorde plane, and a huge aircraft carrier/navy ship that has a number of exhibits, including a retired Space Shuttle!

I've obviously never flown a Concorde (tickets used to cost as much as ten grand for a roundtrip flight between NYC and London) so it was fun to see one of them inside, and get a tour of the cockpit as well.

I also saw the inside of a submarine used during the cold war, and of course the massive aircraft carrier Intrepid.

There was also a number of aircraft on display, and an exhibition featuring an actual NASA Space Shuttle - the Enterprise (yes, named after Star Trek).

Definitely an interesting experience - and one I haven't visited in NYC before.

Later in the day, I went for a walk around Midtown New York, including a walk through the beautiful Central Park, and visiting some of the popular locations in Manhattan, such as 5th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Times Square and Columbus Circle. While I've visited all those places a number of times before, it's always a great time.

I had lunch from the infamous "soup nazi" of Seinfeld fame. In reality, the service is great and the soup is delicious.

After walking some 20,000 steps around central Manhattan, I went back to my hotel briefly, and then visited a nearby Broadway theatre to see a play called Betrayal. Starring Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Cox (both of Marvel fame) the play was a very bare-bones experience with a basic set, and just the actors on stage. It was not a bad play by any means, but not super impressive either.

Following my time on Broadway, I had dinner at a lovely restaurant close to the hotel.Meer informatie
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- 16 okt 2019 10:30
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 37 m
- Verenigde Staten New York New York County Koreatown Herald Square 40.751955, -73.99301240°45’7” N 73°59’35” W
Dag 7
Empire State Building
16 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
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- 16 okt 2019 11:35
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 34 m
- Verenigde Staten New York NoMad Madison Square Park 40.742458, -73.98767240°44’33” N 73°59’16” W
Dag 7
Downtown
16 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
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- 16 okt 2019 12:00
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 15 m
- Verenigde Staten New York Battery Park City Oculus 40.712322, -74.01156740°42’44” N 74°0’42” W
Dag 7
One World Trade Center
16 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
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- 16 okt 2019 13:09
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 8 m
- Verenigde Staten New York Battery Park City National 9/11 Memorial 40.711655, -74.01301740°42’42” N 74°0’47” W
Dag 7
9/11 Memorial & Museum
16 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
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- 16 okt 2019 23:00
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 52 m
- Verenigde Staten New York New York County Times Square Ripley's Believe It or Not!40.756763, -73.98844940°45’24” N 73°59’18” W
Dag 7
New York Day #3
16 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Another exciting day in the Big Apple! (And another 20,000 steps walked).

This morning I decided to go for a long walk, from the Times Square West area on 42nd street all the way Downtown to Ground Zero.

It was quite a nice walk where I passed by a number of attractions, such as Macy’s, The Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building and several of the smaller parks, like Washington Square Park with the famous arch.

Eventually I arrived at Ground Zero where the new Freedom Tower stands (One World Trade Center), the tallest building in the US. Now known as The World Trade Center site, this is of course the place where the twin towers once stood.

On the same site, they have opened the National September 11 Museum which I visited for the first time. It was very interesting, and fascinating to see debris, and a number of things recovered from the site. There was a huge exhibit inside that told the story of what happened on 9/11, second by second. And all of the aftermath.

Definitely a sobering and interesting experience.

After visiting the museum, I stopped by “The Oculus”, or rather the Westfield shopping center that is the centerpiece of it.

I then took the subway back uptown and found an Olive Garden restaurant where I had some lovely Italian food.

After the food, I went to see New York’s version of the Tussaud’s wax museum. I’ve been before, but they do rotate the exhibits so it’s never the same. It was definitely fun to see that museum again 👍

It has been raining pretty heavily in the city today so I went back to the hotel to spend a little time before heading back out again.

I eventually boarded a bus headed for a concert in Englewood, New Jersey of all places where I went to see Toto live once again! Funnily I think it was also in the New York area I saw them last time.

It’s been over 20 years since I first saw Toto live, but it’s still a great experience, and the setlist offers selections from a career spanning more than four decades. Great live show!

After Toto, I went back to Manhattan and finished my day in the hotel.Meer informatie
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- 17 okt 2019 11:28
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 58 m
- Verenigde Staten New York New York County Midtown Manhattan Channel Gardens 40.758645, -73.97857840°45’31” N 73°58’43” W
Dag 8
Rockefeller Center
17 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
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- 17 okt 2019 16:13
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 23 m
- Verenigde Staten New York New York County Phipps Houses DeWitt Clinton Park 40.766968, -73.99785640°46’1” N 73°59’52” W
Dag 8
New York Day #4
17 oktober 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Last day in New York!

After leaving my hotel this morning, and checking into a different one for my final day, I went for another walk around the Midtown area primarily.

Some of the stops I made along the way include: Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, Grand Central Station and other places nearby.

Over the afternoon I went on a movie and TV location tour where we drove around for a couple of hours (from Midtown to Uptown and back), to see a bunch of different locations used on the screen. When we were stopped in a specific location, a TV on the bus would show clips from a show or movie filmed right there.

While I had seen most of the locations before, the tour guide was very entertaining and made it a fun tour.

Following the tour, I visited a museum with a James Bond exhibit. They had some props, one of the iconic Bond cars, and some storyboards and stuff.

I then went back to the infamous soup place for, well, more soup! They have a lot of different ones so it’s fun to try different flavors.

In the evening I caught another Broadway show: this time the show “Secret” by the British illusionist Derren Brown. He’s done a number of shows over the past 20 years or so, both for the stage and TV.

Among other things he’s done is predict the lottery numbers (allegedly), convincing an innocent man to confess a (made up) murder, and another where he had students tricked into committing a robbery.

Tonight’s show was less dramatic, but very impressive. He would pick random members of the audience and be able to tell their names, for example, or a word they would be thinking of. It’s hard to explain the show but it was really impressive and interesting to see it live.

From the official description: “Derren Brown: Secret transports audiences into the startling world of mind-reading, suggestion and psychological illusion. This theatrical experience challenges audiences to take a closer look at the stories and beliefs that guide their lives.”

That wraps up my last evening in NYC!Meer informatie
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