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05-11-06:
Julia putters about our hotel room at Country Inn & Suites the evening
before our flight. |
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05-12-06:
Julia on the airplane to New York City! |
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05-12-06:
The nice, sunny view out the plane window. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas gives a
thumbs-up to the Pop-Up Hot Dog Cooker found in the in-flight catalog. |
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05-12-06:
Details on the Pop-Up Hot Dog Cooker. How does anyone manage without
one of these handy inventions? |
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05-12-06:
Jonas enjoying the view from the cab from JFK to our hotel downtown. |
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05-12-06:
Of course, it was just a matter of time before he got out his laptop. |
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05-12-06:
This is the view of Ground Zero from our hotel window. Yes, we were
right next door! |
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05-12-06:
Another view from our hotel room window. We were on the 44th floor! |
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05-12-06:
Another view of some
buildings out our hotel room window. |
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05-12-06:
This New Yorker looked really happy to see us! |
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05-12-06:
A cute pigeon in Central Park. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas strolling through Central Park. |
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05-12-06:
This carriage driver wanted to give us a ride, but we suspected he was
part of the notorious Irish horse-drawn carriage mafia. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas finding a geocache in Central Park. |
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05-12-06:
Julia in Central Park. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas climbing the stairs of Belvedere Castle in Central Park. |
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05-12-06:
Looking down from the top of Belvedere Castle, we spotted some turtles
sunning themselves on a rock. |
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05-12-06:
A little further away,
some posts were sticking up out of the water. Closer observation
reveals that there was a single turtle sitting on each of almost all
of the posts. Cute! |
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05-12-06:
Here we are on top of Belvedere Castle! |
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05-12-06:
Another shot from Belvedere Castle with some skyline in the
background. |
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05-12-06:
Another view from Belvedere Castle. |
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05-12-06:
Belvedere Castle from across the lawn. We were standing up there! |
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05-12-06:
Part of the New York skyline across The Reservoir. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas looking super-cool as we were walking around The Reservoir. |
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05-12-06:
Julia and the view across The Reservoir in Central Park. |
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05-12-06:
Julia enjoying a refreshing beverage while some baseball is played in
the background. |
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05-12-06:
Cleopatra's Needle, an
obelisk dating from Egypt 1500 BC. |
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05-12-06:
One of the many carriage roads and bridges in Central Park. |
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05-12-06:
The stairs outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a popular gathering
and eating place. |
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05-12-06:
You wouldn't know it by looking at the picture, but Julia was very
excited to eat this chocolate tort in the Met cafeteria. |
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05-12-06:
The Temple of Dendur,
inside The Met. |
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05-12-06:
Here we are in Times Square at night. Can you say sensory overload? |
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05-12-06:
Julia proudly displays her assortment of desserts at Virgil's Real
BBQ. |
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05-12-06:
After a long, exciting day it's time to take the subway back to our
hotel. |
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05-13-06:
Julia and the view from our hotel room window. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas and the view from our hotel room window. |
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05-12-06:
A mosaic eye found in the subway station. Public art? |
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05-13-06:
Jonas on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn bridge. We're getting ready
to walk across. |
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05-12-06:
The view of part of downtown Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge. |
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05-12-06:
One of the columns on the Brooklyn Bridge. |
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05-13-06:
Julia reading some interpretive signs about how the bridge was built.
Amazing! |
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05-12-06:
Another view from the bridge. This is of the East River. |
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05-12-06:
Here's another view of downtown Manhattan. |
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05-13-06:
Julia heading back into Manhattan after walking across the Brooklyn
Bridge. |
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05-12-06:
The Municipal Building in Lower Manhattan. |
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05-12-06:
The Surrogate's Courthouse in Lower Manhattan. |
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05-13-06:
The Woolworth Building in Lower Manhattan. |
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05-12-06:
Julia poring over the NYC guidebook, deciding what we're going to do
next, while having lunch at Financier Patisserie. |
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05-12-06:
Part of the Manhattan skyline from aboard the ferry to Ellis Island. |
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05-13-06:
The other half of the Manhattan skyline from aboard the ferry to Ellis
Island. |
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05-12-06:
View of the Lower Manhattan skyline from the ferry. |
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05-12-06:
Here we are on the ferry! |
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05-13-06:
We rode by, but opted not to stop at, the Statue of Liberty. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas and the Statue of Liberty. |
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05-12-06:
The Statue of Liberty and the Lower Manhattan skyline. |
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05-13-06:
A closer view of the Statue of Liberty. |
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05-12-06:
The view of Ellis Island as we're approaching on the ferry. |
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05-12-06:
Jonas at Ellis Island. |
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05-13-06:
One of the interior halls of Ellis Island. Back in the day, this
entire room would be filled with immigrants waiting for processing. |
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