.. exploring beautiful places at home, in the Alps or far away
From Zurich we continue our journey to Lucerne. Lucerne is a great city with a really nice old town. We stayed at the ibis hotel and enjoyed a boat trip towards the sunset. The next morning we visited the city wall and enjoyed a walk through the historic city center.
Zurich is not so far away from Stuttgart, therefore we have been there quite often.
Zurich is a great city! You can walk though the historic town or enjoy a boat trip on the Lake Zurich. When you walk up the Uetliberg you have a great panorama. When the weather is nice you can see the mountains!
And if you do like climbing Zurich also has great climbing halls 🙂 To relax you can go to the Thermalbad where you can enjoy hot water and a great view from the roof of an old brewery over the city!
In March 2009 we visited friends in Dresden and had a walk through the city.
In December 2008 we spent about one week in America. We wanted to see a lot of the East Coast and visit my sister who was there as an exchange student.
We did a very interesting roundtrip:
A - New York City
B - Whippany, New Jersey
C - Long Branch, New Jersey
D - Washington D.C.
E - Philadelphia
F - New York City
New York City We started our trip in New York City. After arriving at the hotel we walked through the city. We saw the Empire State Building, but there were too many people, so we decided to take the metro to South Ferry. From there we took the Staten Island Ferry and saw the beautiful sunset behind the Statue of Liberty. On our way back we stopped at Times Square. On the next day we woke up at about 3 am and started looking for a supermarket where we could buy some food. After breakfast we went to the Empire State Building again and there were still many people, but we decided to go up anyway. We had a great view of New York from top of it. In the afternoon we went to Penn Station to catch the train to New Jersey.
In Whippany we visited my sister and her host family. It was a great experience to stay with an American family for a few days. In the evening we had ''Big Mouth Burgers'' at chili''s. They were really great! Together with my sister''s American host family, some people from Brazil and a girl from the Ukraine we went to Maggie Moos to have great ice cream.
Lena's host family lent us a car and so we decided to drive to the beach in Long Branch. Unfortunately the weather was not very good, but we still enjoyed the time there!
The next day we continue our journey to Washington. Washington is a great city. We arrived there in the evening after a 5 hours bus drive from Newark. Our hotel was amazing! In the evening we walked through the city and saw the White House. The next morning we decided to do some sightseeing, so we went to: White House, Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Pentagon, Capitol, ...
Back to the north we pass by in Philadephia for one night. Philadelphia was a stopover on our way back to New York. We spent the evening again at chili''s. In the morning after breakfast at Dunkin Donuts we went to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, passed the Hall of Indepence, Bell of Liberty and the place where George Washington lived.
Back in New York City we went to JFK airport and took the plane back to Germany.
In 2008 we spent two days in London to see some of the famous sights. London has about 250 parks, 600 galleries and more than 150 museums. So it was not so easy for us to decide where to go.
There are a couple of places which are worth seeing. We had only two days, so we decided to visit the following sights:
A cheap place to stay in London is the Piccadilly Backpackers Hostel close to Piccadilly Circus.
After arriving in London we walked along the river Thames and saw the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. Further on we saw Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.
In the evening we went to China Town to enjoy some chinese food.
The next day we took the tube to Harrods. It is the biggest posh shopping center in Europe. We were there in August and they had already opened the Christmas department. We walked through Hyde Park and saw Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guard at 11:30.
A nice place for lunch is Covent Carden which is a market and also full of small shops and street artists. There you can enjoy some English jacked potatoe with baked beans. On our way we crossed Trafalgar Square and visited the National Gallery.
