A traditional city trip due to usual and trivial case of our marriage anniversary — but the destination in any aspect trivial, not to mention, usual… New York, New York! March 2018

• Gallery (103 images) A jetlagged tourist shuttled to the hotel doorA jetlagged tourist in his (note well) spacious New York hotel room (to bed or not to bed?)The Central Station yellow cabsThe Central Station main hallThe Central Station clockBryant Park :: trafficBryant Park :: Empire State Building glimpse over the park treesAvenue of the Americas :: lost in trafficTimes Square :: crowds, crowds, crowdsTimes Square :: ads, ads, adsTimes Square :: and then ads, ads, adsTimes Square :: chaos, chaos, chaosTimes Square :: on the red Times Square :: on the red steps with a viewsteps with a viewThe excited crowds before a Broadway theaterA true-blue Broadway star giving autographs (Sara Bareilles, she has written "Waitress", music and lyrics)Times Square :: crowds, ads, chaosNo Not exactly a sky scrapert exactly a sky scraperEmpire State Building :: entering the bombastic sanctuaryEmpire State Building :: suicide-secured viewEmpire State Building :: binocularsEmpire State Building :: looking south (Manhattan)Empire State BuilEmpire State Building :: looking north (Central Park)Empire State Building :: selling kitschJetlagged plans in our (spacious!) hotel roomPolish Consulate :: Jan Karski chess bench :: how can I tell you they changed the rules?Joining a hop on / hop off partyHeading towards the Flatiron BuildingFlatiron Building detailSoHo cast iron buildingsTurn to the Brooklin Bridge?World Trade Center :: September 11 MemorialWorld Trade Center :: September 11 Museum :: note the original building steel partsOne World Trade Center BuildingOne World Trade Center BuildingTrinity Church :: by the grave of Alexander HamiltonTrinity Church :: One World Trave Center glimpseWall Street :: Selling hotdogs by the Federal HallThe southern tip of Manhattan :: The southern tip of Manhattan :: Battery ParkBattery ParkThe southern tip of Manhattan :: on the ferry to the the Statue of LibertyThe Statue of Liberty -- the buildings behind is New Jersey CityThe Ellis Island :: apThe Ellis Island :: approaching the harborproaching the harborThe Ellis Island :: The Main Building entranceThe Ellis Island :: The Registry Room (The Great Hall) tThe Ellis Island :: The Registry Room (The Great Hall) todayodayThe Ellis Island :: The Registry Room (The Great Hall) thenThe Ellis Island :: The Registry Room :: the registration desk with a copy of a ship manifestThe Ellis Island :: The Museum :: happy new citizens, only one smilingThe Ellis Island :: The Museum :: happy new citizens, only one smilingThe Ellis Island :: The Registry Room (The Great Hall) flagsThe Ellis Island :: Manhattan viewThe Ellis Island :: Manhattan viewBattery Park :: sunsetSuccess by finding a guidebook-recommended restaurant...Rockefeller Center :: Top of the Rock :: the top, looking southwestRockefeller Center :: Top of the Rock :: zooming in the direction of the Statue of LibertyRockefeller Center :: Top of the Rock :: the buldings jungleRockefeller Center :: Top of the Rock :: Central Park viewRockefeller Center :: Top of the Rock :: the classic view south :: Empire State Building in the centerRockefeller Center :: the skate rinkThe High Line :: old railway as a tourist attractionThe High Line :: Nobody cares even if you stand on your headThe Rubin MuseumThe Rubin MuseumSmith & WollenskyCentral Park SouthCentral Park SouthSouthern BroadwayChinatownBy City HallThe Wall Street BullBy WhitehallBy World Trade Center siteBy World Trade Center :: skylineMoMa, MoMa at last!Guggenheim :: architectureGuggenheim :: Cézanne applesGuggengeim :: Kandinsky Blue Mountain ridersGuggenheim :: architectureGuggenheim :: architectureThe Met :: on the stepsThe Met :: dittoThe Met :: one of these hallsThe Met :: French Painting treasuresThe Met :: The original! CourbetThe Met :: if apples, it must be CézanneVlaminck, boats on The River Seine by CHATOUThe Met :: La Grenouillère (by CHATOU) by MonetThe Met :: van Gogh smartphonedThe Met :: Klee, by surprise?The Met :: Beckman, The Old ActressThe Met :: it was once supposed to be one of Bosch's paintingsThe Met :: Persian carpets...The Met :: one of these hallsThe Met :: upstairsThe Met :: in the Japanese Art partThe Met :: a Japanese goddessThe Met :: the subtleties of Japanese artThe Met :: the subtleties of Japanese ArtCentral Park :: an over-civilised New YorkerCentral Park :: Wollman RinkMrs. Kate Wollman herself, donated $600,000 for the rinkCentral Park :: Wollman RinkCentral Park :: Wollman Rink :: preparing for skating with the skylineFrankfurt Airport :: Singapore Airlines Airbus 380 after arrival
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