Federer or not Federer
2017年9月7日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
For us the trip starts actually at 3am here in front of my tv set watching Federer's quarterfinal to see if we get to watch him live Friday vs. Nadal.
Tough match for the nerves. Even more so thanもっと詳しく
Federer will not be joining us.
2017年9月7日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
He stood us up!
We decided we will still go and check out the other players. Might have some burgers and beers while we're there as well.
Should still be decently fun. :)
Gruezi from New York
2017年9月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Uneventful flight. Seats on Swiss planes are quite confortable so those 8 hours in the air did not feel like a long journey.
Manhattan now (once we get pas security, border control, and the horde ofもっと詳しく
ESTA or not, you wait
2017年9月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Passeport, immigration form. Now right hand, 4 fingers, now the thumb. I did not even scream "that's what she said"!
70 minutes of waiting but we are through the customs!
Yellow cab time now and offもっと詳しく
That is some big city
2017年9月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
New York is huge. Nothing else to be said. Skyscrappers, too many cars, too many people, too much noise. Nothing like Zurich.
Still it feels special.
Not exactly cheap
2017年9月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
After an afternoon of walking through the dozens of parrallel streets we end up at a rooftop bar near the appartment. 1 beer and 1 gintonic. 25$. Really?
Good dunking morning!
2017年9月8日, Padmasambhava Buddhist Center ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Bagel and coffee. I'm an american yay!
Quick trip to NYSE to get some funds.
2017年9月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The 9/11 memorial is beautiful. I was not expecting that. Next to it is the occulus, part architectural show off part shopping mall. Most impressive thing seen so far. Lot of gopro footage doneもっと詳しく
US Open and stuff.
2017年9月9日, Padmasambhava Buddhist Center ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We took the line 7 from Grand Central Terminal; that is one big train station!
As soon as we arrived to the gates of the US Open it was clear the event was of epic proportions (like everything else inもっと詳しく
Just a regular saturday - part 1
2017年9月10日, Padmasambhava Buddhist Center ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Our saturday started with the exploration of Chelsea, a cool area in the southwestern part of manhattan.
It looked like a great place live but then I checked rent prices and it's craaaazy! Much moreもっと詳しく
Just a regular saturday - part 2
2017年9月10日, Padmasambhava Buddhist Center ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The ability to display negative advertisements here leads to interesting billboards.
After some quick tour at Macy's (50$ per pair of trousers?? Thats definitely not the same prices as in Switzerland)もっと詳しく
Sunday's finals
2017年9月11日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We headed early to the flushing meadows to watch the women's doubles final.
(With a breakfast pit stop at 5 guys... damn those burgers man!!).
For the first match of the day we could sit anywhere weもっと詳しく
















































