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We're back... alive.

We're back on the right side of the ocean... We flew with two different airlines, Gustav had some troubles with Air India (apparently they wanted him to go to London for some reason). He'll fly tomorrow to the mooses' country... By then, we are sorting some pictures, and will try to make a selection small enough not to bore our most careful readers.
The jet lag is not too bad so far, but I guess the most difficult part is yet to come.

The Big Apple - Part 2...

We are following your advices, so you can keep suggesting visits!!!


These two pictures were taken at the UN... (It adds an extra country to this trip, the land are not the property of the USA).

I went today to Brooklyn Heights, while Gustav went to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (I went there ages ago...).



Oh, and yesterday we went to another jazz concert (this time in a place way cheaper than the Blue Note...). As you can see, I could not have a better se

The Big Apple - Part 1...

We've been in New York for almost a week now... The weather has been very bad for the first three days. Here is the best shot I got from the Statue of Liberty during this period of time.

We walked a lot this week, believe me Manhattan is way bigger than it looks like. The weather got much better this weekend, so we walked even more... We went on the ferry to Staten Island at sunset time (or should I say right after sunset).


Here is a picture of Gustav on the top of the Rock (the Rockefeller center), which gives a good view on the Empire State building, and the financial district in the background.

We also went to Central Park yesterday with Vincent, before going to see the last movie of Clint Eastwood "Gran Torino" on Times Square - we highly recommend this movie.

Some more pictures of Central Park...



I obviously had to go to the Blue Note once, so we did that too, for the 70th birthday of McCoy (check that out...). For these who dont know, most of the jazz you can hear at my place have been recorded live in this bar :-).

Hum.... During the rainy days, we went to the Museum Of Modern Art (MoMA). Here are some of our favorite masterpieces.


We also saw Little Italy, ChinaTown, Greenwich village,Times Square, the 5th avenue (and the apple store). We are waiting for your suggestions for this week. On the next rainy day, we'll try to visit the Met, and eventually do the christmas shopping.

The Everglades

Yesterday we went to the everglades. It is a national park only an hour-drive away from Miami. We went there with two other French met at the hostel. The park is basically a very large swamp infested with alligators (not to be approached, Gustav...).
We rented bikes for an hour to get a closer look of the incredible fauna.
I really felt like swimming, because it was a good warm day, but I had to reconsider when I saw this.

Tomorrow morning, we'll be flying to NYC. We'll try to enjoy the last day at the beach as much as possible!!!