The third day of our trip was another amazing day in New
York City. Right after breakfast, we left for our morning program at
the Empire State Building. It is the 10th highest building in the
world and has 102 stories. We got to go up to the 86th floor and
enjoy a fantastic panorama of New York City. Even though it was a little bit
foggy today, the view was just breathtaking and we probably took a zillion
pictures.
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| Haruka (Japan), me (Germany) and Judith (Austria) on the Empire State Building! |
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| Me (Germany), Haruka (Japan), Marco (Italy), Lina (France) and Francesca (Italy) |
Our next stop was the famous Grand Central Terminal, setting
of many movies that were filmed in New York City. We had lunch at the huge food
court that offers lots of different choices from all around the world. We tried
Thai food and had some cupcakes from the famous Magnolia Bakery, known from “Sex
and the City.”
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| Magnolia Bakery |
With filled stomachs, we continued our city tour in the
Financial District, where we met our tour guide Garrett. He showed us different
important sights, for example the famous bull a lot of people like to touch (for good fortune!) and
take pictures of. The spot of the bull that people touch the most is the
shiniest. Can you guess what it is? ;-)
Afterwards, we took a walk from Manhattan over the Brooklyn
Bridge to Brooklyn, where we had a fantastic view of the Manhattan Skyline.
Even though it was drizzling and the wind was blowing, we could still take nice
pictures of the city.
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| Group shot on the bridge |
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| The New York skyline |
After all this walking, our treat was a shopping tour in
SoHo. Even the hard rain couldn’t stop us from going to all our favorite
stores. Many shopping bags later, we had earned ourselves a
dinner in Chinatown. The Asian exchange students taught some of us how to eat
with chopsticks. We could use our new skills to eat egg rolls, chicken,
vegetables, rice, beef and more delicious dishes.
This day was long and exhausting, but we’ve seen so many cool
and stunning places and we’re already looking forward to doing more exciting
stuff tomorrow.
-- Judith, Austria and Jana, Germany
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