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- Day 1
- Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 3:42 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 396 m
SwitzerlandHardturm47°23’30” N 8°30’29” E
Federer or not Federer
September 7, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 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 thanRead more
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- Day 1
- Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 8:50 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 432 m
- SwitzerlandZurich airport47°27’39” N 8°33’27” E
Federer will not be joining us.
September 7, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 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. :)
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- Day 1
- Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 1:21 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
United StatesShort Beach40°34’8” N 73°32’51” W
Gruezi from New York
September 7, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofRead more
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- Day 1
- Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 3:25 PM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- United StatesSouth Ozone Park40°39’44” N 73°48’10” W
ESTA or not, you wait
September 7, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 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 offRead more
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- Day 1
- Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 6:39 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- United StatesElgin Botanic Garden (historical)40°45’30” N 73°58’50” W
That is some big city
September 7, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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.
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 8, 2017 at 8:59 AM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- United StatesPadmasambhava Buddhist Center40°44’34” N 73°59’0” W
Not exactly cheap
September 8, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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?
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 8, 2017 at 9:01 AM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center40°44’34” N 73°58’60” W
Good dunking morning!
September 8, 2017, Padmasambhava Buddhist Center ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Bagel and coffee. I'm an american yay!
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 8, 2017 at 11:14 AM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- United StatesBowling Green40°42’23” N 74°0’47” W
Quick trip to NYSE to get some funds.
September 8, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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 doneRead more
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 10:02 AM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- Padmasambhava Buddhist Center40°44’33” N 73°58’59” W
US Open and stuff.
September 9, 2017, 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 inRead more
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 10:03 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Padmasambhava Buddhist Center40°44’34” N 73°58’59” W
Just a regular saturday - part 1
September 10, 2017, 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 moreRead more
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 10:11 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Padmasambhava Buddhist Center40°44’34” N 73°58’59” W
Just a regular saturday - part 2
September 10, 2017, 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)Read more
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- Day 5
- Monday, September 11, 2017 at 10:21 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- United StatesStern College Yeshiva University40°44’42” N 73°58’58” W
Sunday's finals
September 11, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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 weRead more
