#reis #reisverslag United States of AmericaUSA 1995 PART 1: New York City

4 July 1995 - 9 July 1995: New York City
It was purely a coincidence that I set foot on American soil for the first time in my life.
The 4th of July is independence day in the United States of America and the festivities were clearly visible even though we didn't get much of this. Because it was eight hours earlier than in the Netherlands, we had not taken into account here, afterwards unwise, and we ran right according to the American time zone. The New York time zone, better put it, because the United States is of course so large that we also had to deal with different time zones because of our extensive itinerary. Unfortunately, the time in which this took place didn't have any smartphones with which you could quickly capture the most beautiful photo and send it wherever you wanted. Also, I never digitized the physical photos, so unfortunately I can only describe the beautiful pictures that were shot at that time. Anyway, New York City. Our first stop. What an impressive city that is. We had a hotel near Times Square and I fell from one surprise to the other. We had a few days, four if I'm not mistaken, so it was a tight schedule. The first day was more of an orientation day. After all, it was such a big city. We looked around Times Square and had a tour of the United Nations building. That made a lot of impression. What a huge building that was. The beauty of this story was that each Member State has donated a gift to the United Nations. The Netherlands donated the pendule that hangs in the hall of the building.We also made a cruise on the Hudson River. And sailed past the Statue of Liberty to finally dock at Ellis Island. Where the flow of migrants first set foot on shore and their registrations were carried out. Furthermore we have seen the Guggenheim museum, and literally only seen, because it was closed that day and it was the last day in New York City so we could unfortunately no longer visit the museum the next day. But the most impressive were the Twin Towers. Because it was 1995 and then these imposing towers were still there. What a view you had on that tower. I could see all over New York City. It was really impressive. It was a shock, but for many in the world I assume that on that sad September 11, 2001 these characteristic twin towers were suddenly gone by a terrorist attack.
In short: a city far too big to see everything properly, but given the number of days we were there, we managed to get the maximum out of it in my opinion. Because the train was ready to take us to the next destination...