Times Square Dream Hostel New York City

... park, wall street & the brooklyn bridge. it was really good way to see everything (even if it was a little misty) and gave me a chance to sit down for a while! since it had cleared up a bit i decided walk to the empire state building. the views from the top were really good, it must be fantastic on a clear day! i was able to see some more of the sights without walking to each of them! i walked back along 5th avenue, went into a few of ...

... Bridge' which had a stunning classic design and was immaculately maintained (check out the piccys - it's lovely). Visited my long lost cousin, Cushla, who lives in downtown Soho and I was suitably impressed by her loft apartment - simply stunning. Haven't set foot in a place that fancy for a long time (if ever??). Well, when you hang out with the likes of Richard Gere etc. you have to keep up appearances!

... will never forget it. I walked back to Chinatown because it was about 5pm, and found the location of the Ghostbusters Headquarters. So that was pretty cool. There were real firefighters in the fire station and i kinda hid from them as i took the picture in case they thought i was taking it of them :) I ended up getting really lost in Chinatown though, and finally after an hour found where i had to go, but it was so stressful, especially because everything is in Chinese and i was ...

... concentration camp in Germany had a different effect on me then many others), We also walked a lot... I think those were our big tourist attractions. I then spent a lot of the weekend after sister left working on a paper... equally as enjoyable of course. Well that was spring break! I will post pictures and you will be getting another great blog later today with what I have been doing for the two weeks sinc ethen :-P Tootles!

... it did remind us of being back in work, not just because of the 2 afternoon drinks....(only joking employer types.) Our final stop before dropping the car back in Chicago was Normal, Illinois, which was well, normal! It probably matched our ideal of the traditional American family most accurately, and it was a lovely town of white picket fences and lots of parks and playgrounds., and massive houses with huge gardens on sale for about $250,000. Normal was decorated ...

... full, we headed right out the door and took the subway to downtown, where we viewed what was left of the Twin Towers. We all know what happened on 9/11, 2001. I was surprised at the number of people who died that day, whose names were being honorably shown to the public. The wreck of the World Trade Center wasn't entirely still there, however, because they were building a new building there that is supposed to be ...