Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tarek, sounds like you did quite well for daughter. As for the long queue for the Statue of Liberty ferry, you should taken the Staten Island Ferry which would have taken you quite close to the Statue and a spectacular view of New York harbor and it's free. It's too bad the Concorde is no longer flying, you could have longer day trip in the city. -- John On 11/26/07, Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@pix-that-stimulate.com> wrote: > :?) > > It was absolutely fantastic! I kept the destination a secret untill > the last possible moment and then I witnessed my daughter just losing > 12 years in about 1/100th of a second! She was just like the 7 year > old kid who discovered a marvelous surprise... I guess that I missed > a very special photo moment there! Those sparks in her eyes, just > marvelous. > Then we had a 7 hour trip to JFK and by the time we passed the > passport control and took the taxi to Battery park it was about noon > local time. We did not visit any of the monuments, the queues where > just too long! The queue for the statue of Liberty went right through > Battery Park i.e 2 hours, the one for the Empire State Building was > about 3 hours long! So we spent 8 hours in New York looking at the > buildings, going into shops (Macy's, FAO Schwarz, Apple Store...) and > as to the culinary experience, hum, my daughter wanted something > typical from New York so it was Hot dog, Bretzel, Bagels in the > streets for lunch. Cheese cake in the afternoon. Dinner was also > "typical american": Hamburger! > My daughter was delighted and so was I! > At 11pm we took our flight back, Air France upgraded our tickets to > business class and we duly celebrated with champagne before sleeping > through to Paris. > > Oh, I did manage to take a few pictures. Less than 36! I didn't even > finish my roll... Amazing! > > Thank's to all of you for your advice, I've kept all the addresses > and will make sure I visit those restaurants next time in NYC! > > All the best from the south of France! > > Tarek > > ------------------------------------------------- > Tarek Charara > <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com> > > NO ARCHIVE > > > Le 26 nov. 07 ? 06:42, Brian Reid a ?crit : > > > Well? How did it go? I hope you didn't waste any time taking pictures. > > > > > >> Dear group, > >> > >> having f***ed-up my daughter's 18th birthday last year, I want to > >> repair things this year. I decided to take her for lunch-shopping- > >> dinner next friday. In New-York. I guess that's going to meke-up > >> for last year's disaster <grin>. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >