Great experiences in New York

Thursday, 8th November

Today was a really exciting and overwhelming day. At 8:20 am we headed to the Highline and experienced a little spot of nature in New York City. A big advantage of the highline is, that you can relax and calm down there, if you are stressed by turbulences of traffic or work. Afterwards we took a  ferry to Staten Island and passed the famous Statue of Liberty. In addition we had a wonderful view of New Yorks Skyline. On Staten Island we had only 30 min to visit the 9/11 memorial, which was built for the inhabitants of Staten Island, who lost their lifes during the tragedy of the Twin Towers. So we had to hurry to the get the ferry back. Back in Manhattan we walked trough the popular Wallstreet and took nice pictures with the famous Wallstreet Bull. After that we went to the memorial, where the Twin Toweres were built. It was really emotional to be there and we all were sad about that, what happened there in 2001. Professor Baier explained us the memorial and how the USA handled this tragic und dramatic situation. For dinner we visited China Town, which is about 15 min away from Manhattan. Maxi and me had chicken fried rice and Manuel ordered Spring Rolls. We enjoyed it and with new energy we walked trough the streets of China Town for about 15 min. The last highlight of the day was the visit of Rockerfeller Center. It is an amazing Place in New York and it was definitely a perfect ending of this fanatstic day.
Unfortunately our journey is almost finished. It has been two overwhelming weeks in the USA and I will never forget these beautiful memories.