New York with Martina, Rabba and Vasily

On Sunday morning we got up at 8am, had breakfast in Dunkin Donuts  and went to Manhattan. What to do?... Take the ferry to Staten Island, visit the WTC memorial, buy some souvenirs and walk A LOT !!...taking photos of everything 😉.

Arriving at the World Trade Center area by subway

Outside the station... This is the new World Trade Center

After a 10" walk we reached Wall Street. The building behind me is the Stock Exchange.

A symbol of the Stock Exchange, the bull. It is said that if we touch  what Vasily and me are touching in the photo, we will go back to NY in the future... And as we would love to come back to such a great city, here is the outcome 😂 

Rabba and I about to take the ferry to Staten Island

The following photos were taken during the trip on the ferry...

Manhattan

New Jersey

The Statue of Liberty

A small aquarium inside the ferry station

Approaching Manhattan

  Picture of the ferry that drove us to Staten Island, and back to Manhattan

 Leaving the ferry station, towards the World Trade Center memorial.



The next 5 pictures are about the memorial. In the memorial there are two deep wells with water flowing down into them. Each well is located in the same place where the Twin Towers used to be before they were destroyed in September 11th, 2001. The names of the people who died there are written all along the boarders of such wells...

Very original building, resembling a jenga tower (board game)

After so much walking, we ate in a Chinese restaurant in China Town... to be honest, it was the worst Chinese food I tried in my life 😛. Then we bought some souvenirs .

After a while we arrived at Washington Square. It was full of people (and squirrels). There were some street shows going on there; all at the same time.

A man making huge bubbles for children

Three men and a little boy showing their abilities, and making some jokes to make the display more appealing...

Acrobats around the trees.

Some musicians playing great music with a variety  of instruments.

And in the end...As the the time for me to take the bus was approaching, we had to say goodbye. In fact, I was the only one leaving. 😕

The photo was originally meant to depict sadness, but I guess that Rabba was the only one who succeeded... The rest of us... terrible actors, especially Martina 😂😂. 

And in this precise moment I am in the bus, close to Baltimore, one hour from Washington DC