Dani and I stayed at The New Yorker Hotel for one night with a beautiful view of the Empire State Building [/uploads/5a40bff0-92f0-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/5930fda0-92f0-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] Ride on the Staten Island Ferry [/uploads/c36e8fc0-92f0-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/c51d5130-92f0-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/c4495f60-92f0-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/c5f588c0-92f0-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/c6d4c530-92f0-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/c7a88ff0-92f0-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/c87b9760-92f0-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/c953cef0-92f0-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/492e8570-92f1-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] Visiting the Ground Zero Memorial was very impressive [/uploads/13a9bcb0-92f3-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/4a21e620-92f1-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/4b2af1b0-92f1-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] All 11 firefighters in this vehicle lost their lives [/uploads/4c696520-92f1-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/4d7a11d0-92f1-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] I was deeply impressed by the wall with 2983 squares. Not a single shade of blue appears twice and each leaf represents one of the victims [/uploads/12b08fa0-92f3-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/4e940d50-92f1-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] The joy was huge when I was able to hug Tara and Eva again after almost two months 🥰 Unfortunately, Julia is missing, but soon we will be back in Switzerland 😊Here in front of our accommodation in Brooklyn[/uploads/8cb86b90-92f5-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/73c899c0-92f5-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/74a0aa40-92f5-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/816daf10-92f6-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] The 6th Avenue pedestrian zone on Father's Day 😊 [/uploads/7c705ee0-92f6-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/759347a0-92f5-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/76759150-92f5-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/7f677ed0-92f6-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/807433e0-92f6-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/73a0f0b0-92f9-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/7492cac0-92f9-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/71de8030-92f9-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/d5280290-92f6-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/d6279840-92f6-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/d724e400-92f6-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/d80e59a0-92f6-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/d8e3f920-92f6-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/01a85fe0-92f7-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/02b22ec0-92f7-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] The High Line is a former railway track that has been converted into a park. [/uploads/03d41980-92f7-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/04b32ee0-92f7-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/05929260-92f7-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] The subway in New York, not as beautiful as we saw in Russia [/uploads/88389de0-92f7-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/89103930-92f7-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/8a0a9ec0-92f7-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] The Central Park, the green lung of N.Y. [/uploads/8b107600-92f7-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/8c9c4620-92f7-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/8da68a30-92f7-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/fc642530-9302-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] The days in N.Y. went by so quickly and it's time to say goodbye once again. Tara, Eva, and Claire are flying back to Switzerland in a different plane 😔. But this time the separation is only for a short time 😊 [/uploads/0be96d30-92f9-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/1b078360-92f9-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg]