New York is one of the cities we have always wanted to get
to know, since it is one of the most famous in the world.
We were really excited when we started our trip to the
airport, very early on Friday morning.
When we finally arrived in New York we checked-in to the hotel very early , so
that we still had the whole day to explore the huge city and all it had to
offer.
Our hotel was in a nice neighborhood and really close to many
famous places. This gave us the possibility to walk almost everywhere all
weekend long. That was also how we started that Friday morning, getting to know
probably one of the most famous spots in all of New York we took the 10
minutes’ walk to ‘Times Square’.
Fascinated by that amazing place, we got even more excited getting
to know the City a lot more to offer.
Eating some chocolate in the famous M&M’s and Hersey’s
stores we had new energy to become acquainted with the ice skating rink at
Bryant Park and to visit the theaters on Broadway as well.
But the real highlight of that day was seeing one of the
biggest Christmas trees in the world located next to the Rockefeller Center. Not only is that tree is a must see in the
winter time, but also the wonderful ice skating rink in front of the Rockefeller
Center is a wonderful attraction as well.
With all those memories we started the next day with a nice
American breakfast before taking the Metro and Staten Island Ferry to the
statue of Liberty.
The financial district is very close to the statue so we
could take advantage of that and walked through that area in the direction of
Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center stood and nowadays a large memorial
can be found.
After that nice winter walk, there was still some time left
to get to know Chinatown and Little Italy, where of course we needed to try and
snack on some typical food. It was amazing to see how much Christmas seemed to
be literarily around everywhere in this amazing city…
The next morning was reserved for Central Park. We thought
we were aware of the enormous park’s size, but after already spending the
entire morning walking through Central Park, we were more and more impressed
than we expected to be regarding the
nature and the size of the park. It finally took us more than a couple of hours
to explore a little part of the park and there are still so many places we
didn’t see at all. A nice winter market gave us the opportunity to grab
something to eat.
Our next goal was to see was the Brooklyn Bridge which we
couldn’t leave off of our list of things to see. Seeing the sunset with New
York’s skyline in the background was an amazing and unexpected view, and a nice
ending to a wonderful Sunday.
The next day, which was our last, we didn’t want to miss the
opportunity to buy some souvenirs of course and pass by Times Square once more
in the morning.
After that we really wanted to see Grand Central Station,
which with more than 44 platforms is the largest train station in the world and
really impressive.
The Cathedral of St. Patrick was, as well as Radio City Hall,
a place we wanted to see before we had to say goodbye to an amazing weekend in
New York City!
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