Big Apple
A three-day trip broght me back to Big Apple. I had been to New York City on another occassion for just one day, giving me time to enjoy the view from Empire State Building and taking a very quick tour through the city. TO be honest, I was not really excited about New York City. Manhattan is of course an impressive place to be but it is also way too crowded and smelly for my personal taste. Maybe it's because I originate from a rural area - yes, a village with about 25,000 people. I didn't like the way I could only see the sky when looking directly upward (causing considerable pain in the neck if applied for a long time).
This time however, we had two afternoons off plus half the Sunday. This gave me a chance to make my peace with NYC: we saw real NYC comedy, enjoyed a German Kölsch beer in a restaurant / bar and visited Planet Hollywood on Time Square. We also enjoyed a steak in Michael Jordan's Steakhouse in Grand Central Station. But the biggest highlights for me was a vist to the MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was able to see several paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and many many more and I would have loved to stay a little bit longer.
As some of you might know, I am a big fan of bridges. Therefore, most of the pictures were taken when crossing the Brooklyn Bridge (yet another personal highlight).
New York City stereotype
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge (detail)
Brooklyn Bridge (close up)
The two OO taken from Metro station High St - Brooklyn Bridge
NYC police
The Millenium Hotel at Ground Zero
Ground Zero
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center Garden View (yes, there is some green outside of Central Park)
Sculpture in MoMA
Radio City Music Hall
Warning - Better play it safe!