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The most beautiful neighborhoods in Manhattan and an evening of jazz at Lincoln Center

Finally this morning a bright sun shines ..... no more than we hoped!
It 's the perfect day to enjoy a walk among the most beautiful neighborhoods in Manhattan.

start with three quarters of the East Side: Union Square , Flatiron District and Gramercy .

are poorly pretentious, but far more quiet, with many public spaces, bars and restaurants.

Union Square has experienced a rich history of political and trade union disputes.
Our itinerary starts from Union Square Park, a pleasant park surrounded by elegant buildings and inhabited by many squirrels do not fear anything!
We take a good cappuccino from Petite Abeille and along the Broadway to the intersection with 20th Street where we turn towards Gramercy Park . At number 28 is the Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace , rebuilding what was once the home where he was born the twenty-eighth president of the United States. The building site is of national interest, is managed by the National Guard and is home to relics that testify to the life of this president.

Gramercy Park is a small and exclusive island of greenery in the heart of the homonymous district. It 's a private park (you must have access to the key) is surrounded by beautiful brownstone houses protected by wrought-iron railings and overlooked by the famous Gramercy Park Hotel .
We ride around the park and back on Broadway where, after a while, we meet the handsome profile of the Flatiron Building . The building is extraordinary, both for the style for the unusual triangular shape. We are also well come to
Madison Square Park, another area of \u200b\u200bpublic green areas populated by several statues.

Flatiron Building

Take the subway and we move to the discovery of two other districts: Greenwich Village and Soho .

Greenwich Village stands out for its cultural, social and artistic. It 's a residential area and, apparently, bohemian, even though we realized we did not. It also houses the headquarters of the New York University and for this reason it is populated by many young people.

not visit the university, but we let ourselves be groped by one of his store where we buy some shirts and sweatshirts. We go up Broadway to Grace Church , a neo-Gothic style church with beautiful stained glass windows and a high internal Giglia. E 'usual host organ and there is one right tonight, but we already have other plans.

Interior of Grace Church

knob in the 'east 11th street to see two famous case, that of Oscar Wilde and the Weatherman House. The number should be 18:48 but the buildings that are leave us a little bit at doubtful.
retrace our steps and, shortly after Grace Church, see a shoe store, Zacky's , with several strange Featured Converse. We decided to go inside to see as we take a couple for Mara. It 'just another kind of store we visit .... but it is also the right one! Did not Dr. Seuss collection, but there are other versions Plaid and different textures.
The interior of the first floor bright thanks to large windows and is very technology with LCD screens hanging from the ceiling and loud music, but the goods are placed on tables in a very orderly wood. There are different brands of clothing including the U.S. 'inevitable Lewis. Conversations are downstairs, almost half involved local! At the end we choose a pair Lo-Top Plaid and another Hi-Top Pop Art . Even Marco
it fascinated and finally takes a couple of One Star Lo-Top . We're fine, we finally exempted from visiting the next shoe shops that meet, but the three pairs of shoes in addition to the mesh of NYU are quite a burden to carry for the rest of the day!

Satisfied shopping we head towards our next destination along the Bowery Street to the height of Houston Street. From here we return to the Broadway and enter into Soho, the shopping district par excellence, and fashion stores that are trendy. Here there is plenty of choice, and well-known chain of boutiques, shops and street vendors of vintage items. Traders will follow one after the other, housed in beautiful brick buildings built in the second half of 1800. One of these is the
Cable Building, right at the intersection of Broadway and Houston, made beaux-arts and characterized by the presence of ogival windows and two caryatids placed on the lintel input.
Once the site of a power station is now home to a chain store Crate & Barrel.

Cable Building

proceed in turning over Prince Street to go see the St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, as indicated by our guide. This church was once an important religious center for Irish immigrants. The building has impressed there and we do not go inside, while in front there is a small red brick building that attracts most of our attention.
on Broadway and come back a little further, meet the wonderful Little Singer Building , another made of cast iron and brick building once the home of the factory's sewing machines.

Little Singer Building

This part of Broadway is very beautiful from the architectural point of view and every meter reveals some interesting details. There is a lot of movement and many tourists come and go shopping.
Many businesses have set very specific, like that of All Saints, across from the Little Singer Building, the walls with several sewing machines.
will also be the last sunny day, but here everything is beautiful.
It would take more time to explore the side streets, walking calmly, without a clear destination. But the day is long (and weighing parcels of purchases) and we must continue if we want to visit as much as possible.

All Saints in SoHo

intersection with the Broome, we still see the ' Haughwout Building , What was the first building to house a steam elevator. It has beautiful facades with arched windows supported by columns and an antique iron clock. It is considered the most beautiful building in New York cast of and, in fact, has a fine line very clean and elegant.

little further on is the store Yellow Rat Bastard , one that we had marked for the purchase of Converse. Despite the resolution not to get more in a shoe store, Mark leaves me with a backpack and packages entering and entering to see.
After a quarter of an hour of waiting began to worry about .... who knows what'll be buying ....
At the end when it leaves me reassured that there are no special Converse, but instead, there are a lot of strange and original T-shirts (take a trip on the site to realize this). He is all proud to have bought a Hello Kitty t-shirt for Jade. I note that the design is Christmas, but that did not upset!

return back along the Broadway and turn east Houston at the height of entering a new district: the Lower East Side . The urban landscape changes, there are more beautiful palaces in cast iron, but red sandstone buildings up to ten stories high. Tourists also have declined, the only ones we see are in queue to Katz's Deli , the restaurant made famous by Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally film.
would be the ideal place for our lunch, but there is too much to expect, so get along seeing from afar the white outline, regular and squared New Museum of Contemporary Art .


Our next destination and, perhaps, the place for lunch is the ' Essex Street Market, a beautiful covered market with fruit and vegetable shops, grocery stores, butcher shops and small local food businesses selling ethnic and special products. There are all good things ... Italian pasta, French bread .... practically no food from all over the world!
counted down to eat ' Essex Restaurant is open only for dinner but it folded on a nearby McDonald's around because there is nothing that inspires us and is already late!

A shop in Essex Street Market

finished our burgers in the U.S. We go underground, then the first line B to F Columbus Circle where we take the train that leads to a Harlem . We
came all this way to come and take a look at St. John the Divine Cathedral , the largest religious building in the United States (not yet fully completed). It 'made according to different architectural styles, although the neo-Gothic to prevail.
If everything is big in America, St. John the Divine is an example.
Immense is an understatement and you know it just comes dentro.La high nave is endless and it is facing seven chapels. On the one hand there is also the Poets Corner to commemorate the most famous American writers.

St. John the Divine

After visiting the various rooms we go out with a visit to the Riverside Church . We are in the Morningside Heights neighborhood , territory Columbia University, which has its headquarters here.
We will cross the College Walk along the main courtyard where you could see the statue of Alma Mater, which was not in front of Low Library, there are several large white gazebo. Despite being a quiet place from the outside world of the neighborhood, there are many students who wander through the buildings, they read a book or participate in groups sitting on the grass ... propio as seen in American TV series!

We leave behind what is one of the most respected universities in the world and we come to the Riverside Church . What we are facing is a beautiful Gothic tower with a high of 115 meters. Unfortunately, it was shut ... sin, in this wonderful day would have been nice to go up its platform to see the view from that part of Manhattan !

The last leg of our journey is the S. Grant National Memorial , known as Grant's Tomb, the tomb of General Grant, the hero of the War of Secession and president of the United States. This is a great mausoleum built in white granite. The entrance is preceded by a large scale and a portico with columns. The building, a square is topped by a tall dome.
or visit the interior, in addition to containing the remains of Grant and his wife, has some memorabilia of this historic figure.

Grant's Tomb

The route is now completed and we should return to the hotel to prepare for the evening.
Rather than retrace our steps to reach the previous subway station decides to return to later. at the intersection of 125th St. and Broadway, and ..... surprise to discover that it is raised!
initially ran in the New York metropolitan area and this is one of the traits that remained active. It has a certain effect
reached by climbing up rather than go underground.
At this point we can think of the article I read just before leaving that he spoke of the realization is a park, the ' Hight Line , on the old path to the meter in the Lower East Side . Most likely we will not have time to go see it, but it is definitely suitable for those looking for something unusual.

Half an hour to travel through Manhattan and we're in Tribeca. A quick shower and we are ready for the evening program that viewers will see a jazz concert at Lincoln Center .
But we must be there at least an hour before because there are very few places available.
.... Then again ride with the subway that settles in Columbus Circle.
We buy a bagel with cheese (Philadelphia!) And the cold and walk to the Josie Robertson Plaza, the center of this great cultural complex that includes dozens of rooms for shows, the Metropolitan Opera House and the New York State Theatre. In the rush to
since we have forgotten the name of the hall where the concert will be held, so we request information to usher who tells us that there are no jazz events for that day.
We are a little confused ... may have been canceled at the last minute?
try again to contact police (grande!) now gives us all the informations we need.

We go through so the threshold of David Rubenstein Atrium time to book a table just vacated by an Italian couple, who, later, share with two Americans. We order a drink and expect the show to start looking a little around. The room is not very big, there are a thirty or so tables occupied mostly by elderly people, an area where day tickets can be booked for the tour will view Lincoln Center, and a modest bar counter. The walls are white and are characterized by the presence of two vertical gardens, the first we see inside a house. At the center of the room, behind a wall and under a big screen, has already prepared a piano. Beyond the shows that home is still a nice logo to rest and drink and surf the web for free as our neighbor is doing to "kill" time.

finally are coming the beginning of the show, the lights go down, the voices are silent and the artist is announced star of the evening: Judi Carmichael, pianist and jazz vocalist.
The evening promises to be exciting from the first intervention. Judi is a lovely artist who manages to entertain the public as well as its excellent quality music, with jokes about his life, his experiences abroad, the New Yorkers and the musicians who accompany him in the evening.
The New York Times called it "astounding, flawless and engaging" ... And he's wrong
as' exceptional ... much more than we had imagined.
Too bad the show ends soon, too soon. It 'so good and nice to hear that you'd be the hour!

Judi Carmichael at David Rubenstein Atrium

We leave the David Rubenstein Atrium drunk and go back to the hotel we stop to take a slice of pizza from one room next to ours Duane Street Hotel Tribeca and eat while we organize the next day, the last, oh, us!, before returning home.

Creative X-fi Organizer

Discovering the Met and night landscape on Top of the Rock

Today we wake up with a gray and gloomy time, perhaps the last, according to weather forecast that signal good weather from tomorrow.
We take the opportunity, then, to visit another museum, among those who had already planned to see why included in the CityPass. This is the
Metropolitan Museum of Art , better known as Met.
This museum is one of the important museums of the world, with a collection of huge objects and works of art.
Its main office is located in the Upper East Side , next to Central Park , in a majestic building along what is called the Museum Mile, Museum Mile or the .
Not all tourists know, however, that the Met also a branch called Cloister, located quite far from downtown, in the Inwood neighborhood near all'estremitù north of Manhattan .

Our tickets include free admission to both the Met that the Cloister for visits on the same day and we intend to exploit to the full.
So at 8.30 we take the express subway line and in about forty minutes we are at the intersection of Fort Washington Avenue and 190mA streets, nearly opposite the Fort Tryon Park , A beautiful flower park that houses inside the museum building.
The reason why we chose to visit this branch of the Met and not simply, as many tourists see only the headquarters, is its location and the atypical nature of the place. The name
Cloisters , cloisters in Italian, is in fact to indicate the building that houses the museum, a reconstruction of the '30s that recalls the typical European convent buildings and incorporating within it the original old pieces French and English monasteries.
The place is surprisingly charming, on a small hill in the center of the park overlooking the banks of the Hudson River.

A Cloister

a shame that the rain started again in late fall, it would be nice to take a walk around.
arrive almost an hour of opening, we are the first visitors and we have rooms for us all! At the ticket
we are given a badge which will be useful later to enter without queuing at the Met . Exposures of
Cloisters concern, of course, the medieval art. In the various rooms we can see tapestries, paintings, works mostly in character religious. The
ambientzione is great, arched passages, tunnels of stone, a Roman chapel and five different chostri, including one that we already know: that of Saint-Michel de Cuxa .
It 's amazing how did we carried about with whole pieces of churches and we have to ask "For what? They were not better where they were?".
meantime, however, the effect is beautiful and seems to be somewhere in France rather than in the chaotic Manhattan !
part of the museum is also a garden where you can see different varieties of flowers and herbs. Despite
works of art in itself, does not awaken in us especially interest (perhaps coming from Europe because we're used to something else) the set is still very attractive, suitable for those looking for something different to visit.

out of there, cross the park, stopping occasionally to photograph the ever-squirrels, and we take the subway down the height of ' American Museum of Natural History .
And 'We want to cross Central Park to get to the Metropolitan Museum from behind.
We do not know if it is simple imbranataggine ours, but we note that direct us in this great new park Yorker is not for nothing easier! There are no maps on the trails (or at least we have not seen) and even signs, hinting at the East Side.
eventually managed to reach the Met, just when we were afraid of going around in circles.
just eat hot dogs at a banquet in front of the building and then we throw ourselves into the throng of tourists who flock to the museum. Let
the usual strict control of backpacks (which we place in the wardrobe) and, thanks to our badge, we go without even a second of waiting.
The museum is huge, impossible, therefore, entirely one-day visit without risking an overdose of art.

Temple Dendur

spread, in fact, on two floors and comprises about twenty-eight and ten temporary permanti collections and exhibits works of different historical periods and from many different cultures.
To fully enjoy and see it is better to select some good ones. We
, map in hand, we have chosen, first of all, see the section on the ninth-century European painting on the second floor.
The collection is vast and includes many pictures, mainly French painters of the Romanticism and Impressionism. Entire rooms are devoted to our favorite artists: Degas, Monet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gaugin. As usual, it's exciting to review works that live up to that time had seen only on art books. Tourists ggirano between the rooms are many, but the museum is so vast that you can be quietly alone with the "Iris" by Van Gogh for a few minutes.
After this we go to admire the collection European painting, including, among others, paintings by Mantegna, Rubens, Tiepolo and Rembrandt.
On the second floor, visit the gallery devoted to 'Asian Art works, mainly sculptures, coming from India, Nepal, Tibet and Indonesia and enter the' unusual and special room dedicated to Tools music. Here, in a small room, houses a number of ancient and rare instruments from different regions of the world.
We complete our visit on the second floor through the hall of 'Chinese Art to admire the' Astor Court, modeled on a garden re-created a garden in the city of Suzhou. Everything is very well maintained, clean and quiet. The accuracy of reproduction is amazing.
At this point we descend to the ground floor where, among the many collections there, we want to see one devoted to Egyptians.
At that time the area is even more crowded because it is just past the entrance and the first place where visitors go.
The section was set up in high style with many statues and artefacts.
It 's definitely a very interesting collection, but, in our opinion, does not beat that of' American Museum of Natural History , where the atmosphere is very special.
great, however, is the rebuilding of the Temple of Dendur placed in a bright room whose window looks out onto Central Park .
At this point, the fatigue starts to bite, but it is a sin leaving it without looking at other collections. We decided to walk around the halls dwelling on the parts that attract our attention more.
The museum is really amazing, the spaces are wider than when we had imagined and the setting of the various collections is cured in every detail.
does have a downside. The hike along the salt is not so immediate and of a collection and the other is not always easy to go back to the main room. Moreover, the map that is provided is not very explanatory, shows the sections, but the numbers of single rooms (unlike MoMa ) so ... you can get lost easily. Fortunately, there is always someone in the security service ready to help the poor lost! Leaving the

Met around 15.30 ..... incredible peeps are a little sun!
We decide to spend the remaining hours of the morning on 5th Avenue to do some shopping.
Our first goal is FAO Schwarz, toy store as well as the immense dream for every child.
E 'literally a wonderland with giant stuffed animals, cars, clothes to become Princess, Spiderman, Harry Potter ....
There's even a corner dedicated to the Muppets, where Mark goes into raptures!
Wonderful! It 'full of sound and color! Luckily there are girls .... We left my heart!
Unfortunately, all this multitude of toys can not find what I'm looking for: a poor model of American trucks. The smallest size is 50 x 30 that I can not even try and fit in your suitcase!

FAO Schwarz

Let's get out of there and enter the Apple Store near undisputed realm of electronics.
Its entry is recognized from afar because they are accessed from a square glass and metal that bears the famous logo of the apple. Obviously there's a
great coming and going. The shop is a large open space furnished with long tables, where Apple products are on display fully available to customers that they can try before you buy. Approaching is not easy, given the crowds, but in the end we feel un'iphone, more for curiosity than genuine interest.

After the Apple Store is the time of Bloomingdale's the historic New York shopping destination.
As you enter you are immediately struck by a strong mix of fragrances and dozens of contracts that you trying to prove the ultimate essence and the cream of the revolutionary moment. The dribbling and head departments of clothing where you can find also designer clothes at reduced prices compared to Italy.
We would have expected more confusion, however, the store, great, is pretty quiet.
Marco, however, it considers it too posh to shop and so we allow ourselves to resume 5th Avenue we travel a short distance and then we move into the underground cn Times Square.
We are always looking for some Converse collection of Doctor Seuss why we come in virtually all sporting goods stores or shoes that we encounter on our path until you come to our next destination Macy's .
This is another of the legendary New York department stores. Bit of everything in there in twenty: clothing, footwear, housewares, beauty products ...
Here, unlike Bloomingdale's is running a lot of people and shops.
Again the thousand notes of perfumes stun us, as we try to ignore the many jobs that try to make us try their products.
As we have seen in the shop in Boston, from Macy's merchandise is on display in a very confusing and not easy to find what you want. Eventually, however, buy some Polo Ralph Laurent, several pieces of Hilfinger and Lewis, all brands are sold here at very affordable prices.
The contract we need the cash, un'afroamericana a little crazy, we recommend that you leave the goods there and go to the information desk to get to the Visitors Card, a card that entitles you to 10% discount on purchases . Back over half warehouse, we get over the department in apnea perfumes and after requesting information we can find the bench. Unlike the card we have in Boston and that lasted only three seasons, this is valid for months.
return to pay for our purchases and then leave.
Not far from there is a Foot Locker that we have not yet visited. We are always looking for Converse, maybe this is the right shop.
In fact ... we do not find the collection Dr.Seuss, but there are those "I love" Jade had included in his wishlist. Take them immediately, even if a larger number. In the ward next door, then tracked down the ones shaped like a ladybug perfect for little Matilda who will be born soon .... perfect! After all this we turn finally found something!
now too late to go to Pier83 and make a sunset cruise, so we look for a place to eat dinner before going to the Duane Street to put our packages.
propose a Deli on 6th Avenue, the place seems clean and there are no tables to eat. Marco agrees and we enter. E 'run by Chinese dishes and have a very oriental impression. We pay a flat fee that includes a can and six different dishes. But we limit ourselves to two, mostly because the vegetables do not inspire us and make chicken and rice cooked in different ways it seems a little ridiculous. We look funny, tell us that we have too little food, and although he assures them, whispering and giggling in their own language. Already the Chinese are very nice to me, even if they do so .... We add a sweet (U.S.), which is charged separately and then quickly eat our dinner.

Back at the hotel we rest a bit and then we take the metro to go to Rockefeller Center and go to Top of the Rock .
When at home we planned to see the sights in New York, had discarded the idea of \u200b\u200bgetting on this famous terrace, preferring those of the Empire State Building. Then, after hearing the views of different travelers returning from New York, we decided that we would have gone if we had found the time and if there was a time there came also want to make this experience.
What has changed your mind?
First of all, the fact that he had so many bad days and gray. We needed to see something that we pulled a little on the morale and the sight of of New York and night lit skyscrapers is what it takes!
The price of tickets ($ 21) is a bit expensive, but in the end it's worth it.

Upon entering we immediately accepted and addressed to the speakers.
The environment is spacious and elegant. At the entrance we are struck first of all the amazing chandelier made from Svarovsky.

Panorama from Top of the Rock

The route is marked by a red carpet and is closed by cordons. There is no queue at that time. Let us tickets, then we follow a new path Which brings us before a big screen where they project a video that tells the story of the skyscraper, do the usual ritual photos to immortalize the event and finally take us to the elevator that will take us right up to the seventieth floor.
10.30 and there are many many people.
The elevator is already in itself a spectacle, both the rate at which salt, both for sound and lights that are projected inside. The roof, then, is trasperente and looking up you see the goal that is fast approaching. Well ... a true American!
The view is wonderful, everything you see around the skyscrapers of Manhattan illuminated between which stands proud, the 'Empire State Building . The terrace of Top of the Rock is not completely linear and is composed of two layers. The first has two large balconies protected by tall glass and separated from each other by an internal lounge where you can still get a good view. Obviously the presence of the glass does not make it very easy to shoot the photographs in spite of one or the other there is a small space. It 'definitely better go to the next level only protected by railings.
Watching this city from the top is really exciting. It 's amazing to know how to transform every moment, as appia different depending on the angle from which to observe.
we pause for a long time, enjoying the view and making a lot of photos. The air is cool, but pleasant. We decide to get off when it comes a rather noisy party.
I almost repent for not having bought the house from Sunrise Sunset Combo Ticket which entitles you to go up two times, day and evening.
go down again using the incredible speed elevator accompanied by the ubiquitous controllers.
Our tour ends in the shop where there are the usual souvenir theme.
do not take anything, we have already made the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
We go out, leaving behind the pomp of the Rockefeller Center and head towards the subway, passing along the 47th street, the heart of Diamond District. Here there is almost an endless line of shops and stores that only sell diamonds. Unfortunately, the windows are closed and darkened. Mark, of course, is breathing a sigh of relief and mentally if the marks as a place to avoid in the coming days ...
now we got to the metro, take the first train that takes us tired, but satisfied with the hotel.

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In the face of Miss Liberty, a tour in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn still

This morning we woke up early because we booked the tickets online for some time to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island . We booked with the agency Statue Cruises and priced at $ 15 each, we have secured the connection by ferry, visiting the Museum of the Statue, climb not only to the pedestal, but also to the crown and visit to the island-museum at Ellis Island.
The climb to the crown provides an additional $ 3 and must be booked well in advance (we did six months earlier).
The departure of the ferry is Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan.
we get on the subway and easily, as determined by the reservation, at 8.30 we present ourselves in the imprest Castle Clinton to change our travel tickets.
There is hardly a queue at this time and, after passing the strict controls of passports, backpacks and metal detector we embark on the second ferry.
Unfortunately the weather is not as good as we hoped, it's gray and cloudy, but at least it does not rain as the day before!

The crossing is short. In fifteen minutes we are in the presence of Miss Liberty , a symbol not only of New York, but of America.
see her up close is really exciting. The building is impressive, proud, beautiful.
Too bad for bad weather ... The photos do not do it justice.
In short landings and losses a bit of time to make a walk around to admire it from all sides.
In fact we were told to take advantage of arriving early morning on the statue to go up immediately to avoid the long lines that form normally, but we forget it.
is to be noted that the island there is no indication on what to do to enter the statue and everything is based on their intuition as a tourist. To this end
to do a bit of confusion and forgetting to go get the bracelets for the climb to the crown, the first rent deposit lockers for backpacks ($ 1 for two hours) and we put in the queue (fortunately non-existent) for access. From here we refer back to ' Information Center where rangers provide us with colored bracelets, one pass for climbing.
with those on his left wrist as a priority and we all jump the queue, passing briefly through security and finally ritrovadoci inside the base of the statue where we are recognized and accepted by another guard who gives us our time to climb crown.

The Statue of Liberty

missing twenty minutes and take the opportunity to visit the museum with documents and photographs on the statue and its implementation. Then
fixed point we find ourselves in indicatoci and we join the other visitors (plus or minus fifteen people). We listen to information that gives us the ranger and then off .... begin our climb!
The path you follow to visit the crown is different and detached from one used by visitors who stop at the stand. Before you climb 335 steps to the foot of the statue and then 168 more steps of a spiral staircase that winds steeply into the belly of the statue.
At the end we thought it was more difficult and requires more time, but shortly you arrive at the crown to admire the panorama windows that offer restricted.

The Spiral Staircase

Admittedly, with the gray do not see much, but it is surprising to see the statue from inside its cavity, as it is held together by bars that 'and go through the set of scales that have allowed us to climb. It 'awesome! Unfortunately
the crown space is minimal and therefore we can not stand that much why you should leave the space to other members of the group.
down we stopped to admire the view from the pedestal, that they have access to the normal visitors.
Given the small price difference ticket would definitely recommend the climb to the crown that adds something extra to visit this beautiful monument.
But keep in mind that you should book well in advance because we passed the tickets from the month of November!

resumed our packs before the end of two hours we still turn around the statue.
Now tourists are very numerous and there is a tremendous tail just to take the ferry that will take us to Ellis Island, our next destination.

Ellis Island is a small island situated at the mouth of the Hudson River, not far from Manhattan and near of Liberty Island . This island is famous because since 1892 and until 1954 was the first federal center to accommodate the immigrants who landed in America. It is important that in those years there was a daily influx of 12,000 people, mostly from Ireland, England, Germany and Italy. Here
just landed immigrants were checked to verify that the requirements were, even from the medical point of view, to remain in the United States.
Now the center closed for some time now, has been transformed into a museum, the Immigration Museum, where you can get a very clear idea of \u200b\u200bwhat was the experience of a newly arrived immigrant the new continent.
Landing at Ellis Island, after all, puts a bit of sadness. You can still experience what were the anxieties and fears of those people who saw in America a starting point and often came here without money, without knowing the language, but only loads of hope.
often here, then, were carried out little dramas, families were divided, the sick were sent home and the expectations were long and the paperwork seemed strange in the eyes of those who came from a really poor and completely different.
A sentence written on a wall of the building identified as Ellis Island "Island of Hope, Island of Tears" (island of hope, island of tears).

Immigration Museum

piogginare When we arrive on the island begins to end, so we go inside the main building and start immediately to visit the museum. Like the Statue of Liberty, here you can rent audio guides for a fee (in Italian) that allow you to learn more about the museum.
decide to do without it and feel free to wander from room to room dwelling on what strikes us most, but we take the free tickets to attend the screening of a documentary film on the island. The film is only
in English, but it is subtitled and understandable. It 's very interesting as well as the introduction is made by the ranger that provides general information on the history of immigration center.

After his visit the rooms that vision through multimedia galleries illustrate step by step as was the immigration procedures and how was the life of an immigrant who approdatava at Ellis Island.
With phones, you can also listen to the testimonies of some immigrants who tell their experiences.
have lunch in the cafe, offers a good sandwiches at quite reasonable prices and then we continue our visit until about 16:00 when we take the ferry to return to Battery Park .

we reach a dinuovo Manhattan choose to visit the lower part (Lower) that we have not seen in depth despite our hotel is in the area.

Arrive at Battery Park

First visit the National Museum of American Indian housed in a majestic building at the entrance facing the Bowling Green , the smallest and oldest park New York .
This is a very impressive museum that houses textiles, clothing, hats, tools, and original artifacts of many tribes of Native Americans.
It 's the first time we meet as directed by the culture of these peoples and the beauty of their objects leaves us speechless.
rooms which are housed in collections, then, are wonderful, full of frescoes and statues of sailors.
Inside the museum are also organized shows, dances and workshops, but unfortunately during the period of our permenenza none are planned.

National Museum of American Indian

The museum entrance is free, but must pass a security check (rather than usual here in New York) with a metal detector. For enthusiasts there is also the opportunity to buy at the shop crafts, music CDs and books about the Indians.
Unfortunately our visit some of the rooms were under construction and the museum does not focus so much on history as on the culture, but remains an interesting and beautiful experience that we recommend to do.

out of there we cross the Bowling Green, where legend says that here a Dutch settler bought Native Americans from the island of Manhattan for only $ 24, and go to the next photograph Charging Bull, the famous bronze sculpture depicting a bull charge.
We had already tried unsuccessfully to photograph the first day, but the horde of tourists at any time around it is unbelievable. This time we're lucky, a girl peremptorily ordered to vacate the statue to allow it to do a photo shoot and is incredibly played!
and here I take advantage

Charging Bull

At this point we go down along the Exchange Place and arrive at Wall Street, the headquarters of the world's most famous stock market, bustling place of trade and finance which are often shake the economies around the world.

Leaving Wall Street at that time the most populated from tourists to businessmen, we head Trinity Church, a building reserved for Anglican worship built in Gothic style.
Certainly the churches here in the new continent will not achieve the beauty of our cathedrals of Europe, but some interesting details of the traits that deserve to be seen.
course it is always a little in doubt about what the artifacts and antiques such as .... are so good to redo everything!
The Trinity Church was designed in the mid 1800s and is caratterizzzata by a high spire, fine and slender, probably a time when it was still surrounded by skyscrapers, stood out dramatically.
The interior is dark, neo-Gothic nave is adorned with decorations and stands out among all the beautiful stained glass window above the altar.


leave what was once the richest church in the country, continue along the Broadway until you reach the St. Paul's Chapel . This simple chapel, housed in a brownstone building, formerly known as the place where George Wshington prayed after his election as president, after the tragic events of 11 September has taken on new importance. Because of its proximity to the World Trade Center , this is where the volunteers worked to provide support to survivors, relatives and rescue workers.

A uniform in St.Paul 's Chapel

Visit this Chapel truly touches the heart. Its walls are exposed to a permanent exhibition which commemorates the tragedy. Photographs of the missing teddy soft toys, equipment for firefighters make us go down memory lane to that day in September and we reproduce the questions to which we are unfortunately still not able to respond.
What touches most is the great strength they had in that time the volunteers, the willingness of people to do more to help others and cohesion of the nation.


The chapel interior is very bright, with pale walls and thin white columns under a ceiling sky blue.
Above you can see a huge chandelier and a side of the bench where he used to pray to George Washington.


sadly leave this place and go from Century 21, the popular department store for deep discounts on clothing, shoes and accessories.
seems a bit counterintuitive to go after the experience of St. Paul's Chapel but I absolutely need a pair of running shoes because mine are too narrow and I can no longer walk my feet hurt so much!
There's nothing and everything and I finally got confirmation that they are not made for shopping!
As for me, also the eye wants its part, I like the stores ordered, in which the goods are well exposed and where you can find just what you need.
Here is a mayhem! I glance to clothing, but let's just lose .... Made in Italy "is a different story.
Probably if you look good, maybe you can also find tasteful clothes at bargain prices, but we have neither the time nor the desire.
n.39 Find a pair of shoes in all the confusion is quite a feat, but finally we make it!
With these I can probably survive the long walk ahead of us in the following days!


out of there to have dinner Arome Deli II Already experienced our first night in New York, and then we go to refresh ourselves for a moment at the hotel the first night of our tour.


Since the weather has been gray all day and begin to wonder if we ever see some sun, we decided to pick ourselves up by taking a stroll in the evening with the lights on Brooklyn Bridge .
Fortunately, not rain, the air is warm and it's really nice to cross the ' East River and Brooklyn get In this way a little unusual.
The Brooklyn Bridge is without doubt one of the best known symbol of the city of New York. It was opened in 1883 after twenty years of work costelalti many misfortunes. But the result is magnificent and quite rightly, is regarded by many as the most beautiful bridge in the world.
The trek begins near the City Hall and spread to the next level is central to the lanes to cars.
careful because it is divided into two parts: one reserved for pedestrians and cyclists who are not very tolerant against those who littered their lane!

Brooklyn Bridge

Along the way Where you can find benches to rest, vendors selling ice cold drinks and viewpoints close of the pillars with brass plaques showing the history of the bridge.
The view of Lower Manhattan is magnificent and the illuminated bridge is a marvel.
cross it in about half an hour and then take the subway from Brooklyn which leads us, as the night before, up in the vicinity of the hotel are pleased to have concluded this long day in a way so beautiful.

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storm in New York: Chinatown, Little Italy Moma and

begin this new day in New York visiting the district Chinatown and Little Italy . The tour starts in
niostro Chatman Square where the statue of a bow and Lin Ze Xu mark the beginning the Chinese quarter. We follow the
Doyers Street, a typical L-shaped alley onto which different barber shops. There is a lot spocizia around, much more than in other parts, but the neighborhood is quiet. It is perhaps a little too soon for a visit. There are many stalls and it all seems a little off. Continuing along the
Bowery Street, where he teaches Chinese and shops lie one behind the other. Also appear on the first stalls that mostly dried food.

stalls in Chinatown

will be for the gray or the fact that they are only about 9.00 am, but nothing draws us in particular.
Perhaps the neighborhood comes alive later in the afternoon. At the height of
Canal Street, the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, is the Mahayana Temple Buddish , a small red building in the chaotic traffic whose entrance is guarded by two lions.
Within this place of prayer is a huge golden Buddha.
Let's go and ask if you can see the room. No problem, permission granted! To remain faithful
than at the end of the corridor that leads to it, where you can see everything without disturbing others.
respect the ban on taking photographs, though with sorrow, seeing the beauty of the place.
It 's a simple and rich environment at the same time. The floors are wooden, while the walls are red and lit by lanterns. Simple benches are placed in line for prayer.
The Buddha is great. Before him and to the sides of the room there are several offerings of fruit (oranges, apples) and flowers. The faithful come here to pray, leave these offers light and long wooden sticks.
It 's a very special place.

out of there in turn Mulberry Street, the main street of Little Italy . The signs have been replaced by Chinese ones, sometimes improbable, the Italian restaurants. Here, everything is red, white and green ... even an entire building! Too bad that they look inside the Chinese restaurants do not see that .... but then it is true that Chinatown is absorbing Little Italy?

A house in Little Italy

Eventually we find ourselves in Canal Street where we take the subway to Central Park .
Our idea is to take a ride in the park after lunch and go to visit the MoMA ... but the day is gray and does not promise anything good.
We have just enough time to make a turn around The Pond strong that it begins to rain.
Here, because of the wind, we learned that umbrellas are very little, unless it has a size of a beach umbrella.
Within two minutes we were soaking wet, despite kway and umbrella. Can we rifugiargi under the canopy of the Jumeirah Essex Hotel but after fifteen minutes the downpour shows no signs of ending.

Since wetter than this it is impossible to be so we decided to head directly to the MoMa . Here
we find that a large number of tourists have had our own idea. Admission is packed!
With our CityPass go over the counter called "Will Call" where we break off tickets and send us to put down your luggage. Finally we
dry, but, due to air conditioning, makes a terrible cold!
This morning, we forgot to take the stitches, which are essential to visit any museum in New York! At 12:30 we pass to visit a new exhibition devoted to Matisse that we begin our visit from the fifth floor, so you can quickly climb to sixth. The MoMa
is a museum of contemporary art. In addition to recent productions very creative and artistic ideas, is also home to artists such as Picasso, Cezanne, Monet. On the fifth floor houses the majority of the paintings of these painters.

The entrance to the MoMA

not love the very modern contemporary art, we appreciate this first part of the visit, including the Matisse exhibition, while we were a little disappointed by the gallery devoted to photography.
Some shots were brilliant and interesting, others, however, left us perplexed .... probably do not have the knowledge to appreciate them.
Fabulous, however, the building that houses the museum with a large central atrium and five floors interconnected by escalators and elevators and in which the dominant color is white alternating windows. Today
probably not the right one for a museum of this kind. We are tired and cold. We go out and have lunch in
' 810 Deli Inc, a deli with great food, not self service, but a rather high price.
After lunch we go to the hotel to change clothes and wet shoes and then get back in Midtown West to search for B & H the electronics store audio video and photos. We knew we ra huge, but so right thought we were not there! There is everything and is very organized with lots of clerks. To buy a product must go in its area, to place an order with a salesperson and then go to collect in an appropriate period after the speakers. At the end we buy what we were looking for. It was not so difficult and the staff seem quite competent. Resume

the metro and for the second time we have dinner at Aroma Deli II, we hold the purchases to the hotel and go by subway to Brooklyn to try and monopod just taken goal.
stroll along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade that offers a magnificent view not only on the Brooklyn Bridge, but also on Manhattan and its skyscrapers.

Panorama of Brooklyn Bridge

Very nice and cute even around the neighborhood with nice houses and brownstone Delicious restaurants.
This latest trip has raised the average of the day that was mostly bad.

are now 11.00 am when we get tired at the hotel.

Mineral Foundation Swatch

A day at the Museum and an evening in Times Square

Today is our first day in New York and, even if by design it's raining!
We really wanted to!
We had planned to walk Central Park and go to visit the Guggenheim Museum , but not really the case.
Poltri a little more and then take the subway and head to American Museum of Natural History . It opens at 10:00 and we arrived a few minutes in advance.
We jump the queue here for tickets because we bought the house from NYCityPass which takes visitors to six attractions at $ 79 total.

Solar System

The museum is huge and beautiful. Let's start with the wing dedicated for the creation of the Earth and seeing within the global projection of a 360-degree movie dedicated to the sun and the creation of the solar system. Fantastic! That alone is worth the visit without a doubt. We then
spostimo from room to room visiting them all. In the end we were five hours, eating at the bar (great food, but expensive), and not bored at all.
The settings are perfect and I do not know when we'll even see a museum so complete and interesting.

Skeleton dinosaur

out of there, obviously it is still raining. We are a little doubt about where to go and finally decided to go in the Midtown East neighborhood . We visit the St. Patrick's Cathedral and then walk the luxurious 5th Avenue to Grand Central Terminal .
The lobby of this resort is beautiful and there are lots of restaurants that deserve a visit.

But we go back out into the torrential rain and we went to Times Square . This square, The most famous of New York , is just like you see on TV: bright and chaotic. Given the rain from time to time we ran into a few shops: the 'Hard Rock Cafe to buy a shirt to Mara, the fun of M & Ms store, where Footloocker still can not find the converse we were asked!).

are now 20.00, we look for a place to eat and enter the 'Olive Tree Deli ( 1420 Broadway) where we get some meat and vegetables at an affordable price ($ 15 in two). Excellent price / quality.


At this point we take the subway and go back to the hotel tired.

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Bye Bye Boston .... Hi New York City!

E 'with great sadness that this morning we leave the beautiful city of Boston who hosted us for these five days.
It 'been a wonderful experience, we met nice people and very helpful and we hope one day able to return.
We leave with regret the elegant hotel where we stayed .... I wonder if we can prove such a high comfort level around the world.

After checking out, very fast, since we had already paid when booking online, we take a taxi in ten minutes brings us to the station South Station, where we train at 9.00 's Amtrak to New York .
arrives on time and when we get there it's impossible not to compare with our rail services.
Although not a fast train, the Polton are very comfortable, there is a gap between fine and the other seats and no room even for the more bulky suitcases.
The trip lasts more than four hours and so we have time to rest, read, but also to see the landscape from the window ... The coast looks very nice, too bad not having enough time to go in the car! At about 14:00 we

Penn Station to Station New York. The first impression is very positive. We are not used to all this movement, people moving quickly. New England was all over ... take it easy!

We subscribe to the meter with a duration of seven days and then take the first train on Line 2 that leads up to the Chamber Street a short distance from our hotel: the Duane Street Tribeca .
We have a moment of perplexity, as the window is covered with newspapers and apparently under renovation, but when we enter the hall (more like a corridor) we find they're just rearranging the restaurant.
We checked in very quickly and then take possession of the room.

Once settled we go out our way to Rockefeller Park where, along the Hudson, go down to Battery Park . The day is gray, but the heat is unbearable!
return back through the Broadway Avenue stopping to dine at a Deli .
are about 18.30 and we are content with a slice of pizza, then back to the hotel to rest in anticipation of tomorrow