One Rainy Day (New York, New York, Part 3 )

On Sunday, the second and last day of our short trip to New York City, we decided to have a less touristy program and to take things as they came. We had to take our luggage with us, so it was obvious that we would not be able to move as flexible and fast as the day before. We started the day with coffee and bagels, which we picked up at a regular dehli and consumed on a park bench in the Madison Square Park.

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Park

Art in the Madison Square Park

Art in the Madison Square Park

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Sky High and Down Below (New York, New York, Part 1)

A little belated (as always) I’m going to tell you about my not so very much adventurous adventures in New York City. This lack of adventure was actually on purpose. Still suffering a little from jet lag, we decided to take it slow. After all, we were on holiday, and I wanted to enjoy the break between my seemingly endless work on term papers and the start of my internship.

Union Station Washington, DC

Union Station Washington, DC

We had taken a coach from D.C.’s Union Station to New York City. It was a comparatively short trip considering distances between American metropolitan areas.

Luckily, we had booked the express route that did not stop in Baltimore, although we saw the skyline of the city as we drove by on the Interstate 95.

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