New Jersey, May 2007 − Travels − Captain Tom

1 Arrival

The friends arrive in the afternoon. We do not go home imediately but dive into some sight seeing.

Suit cases are stowed away and the child's safety seat gets prepared.

Approaching the city

Liberty State Park has a lot to offer:

View to Statue of Liberty

View to Manhattan

View to Verrazano Narrows Bridge - Queen Mary 2 is leaving New York

Play ground for children

Relaxation for the whole familty too

We close the day with some grocery shopping...

...and with a visit in a pan cake house diner

2 First day of visit

We want to start slowly and allow for getting used to the environment and time zone. We intend to go to an oldtimer exhibition (which does not take place) and to a nice park on the cost (for which we were not able to find the ticket office). So it is a very calm and relaxing day.

Preparation for breakfast

Relaxed breakfast...

...followed by a visit of the pool. It has opened just this day and we are the first occupants.

The little one occupies the third row of seats

Having an ice cream in a little pictorial harbor city called Old Greenwich

Barbecue in the evening

We overestimated the portion of beef a little bit

3 Second day of visit

Today we will go into the city. We go by car, we will be there all day long and we will see a lot of things.

Approaching the city via Washington Bridge

Times Square in the morning

We take the subway to Lower Manhattan

Ground Zero is still a big construction site

We walk via Esplanade and South Cove to Battery Park.

Meeting the Squirrels in Battery Park

Staten Island Ferry is next.

Passing the Statue of Liberty

View to Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Back to Manhattan

We go by subway to Central Park and continue sight seeing there

Crazy toy shop FAO Schwarz is worth a visit

We walk to Rockefeller Center and have an ice cream

The kid is still fresh as paint

Then it gets up the building. Top of the Rock - the roof deck of the Rockefeller Center

Light show inside the elevator shaft

We were here

Great view...

...to Lower Manhattan with Empire State Building...

...and to Central Park

Then we go by cab back to Times Square...

...and into the crazy M&M store

Next is musical. Tarzan is the show we will see

The stage

We are curious what's coming up

The show begins

Afterwards we enjoy the lights on Times Square

Then we drive home. The kid is zapped.

4 Third day of visit

We go to Philadelphia today. It is just 100 miles away and easy to reach within one day.

We are at the birth place of the USA. Here was the residence of the first president. Here is the place where the declaration of independece took place and where the constituion got created.

Independence Mall is a little park behind Independence Hall

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell

We were there

We decide to join a sight seeing tour with an amphibian vehicle

The Gentlemen are ready to go

Penns Landing view from the river

We enjoy a good Philadelphia Cheese Steak

Then we go to the Phillies Stadium. The next point on the agenda is baseball

Preparations

The mascot prepares too

Presenting the colors

National anthem

The game starts

The mascot entertains the audience

The Phillies loose the game

KPMG is a sponsor

Great mood in the stadium

5 Fourth day of visit

This day is for active relaxation. We go to the Delaware river for a rafting tour. The river is calm and the water temperature is about 70 F. We have six hours and we have a picknick with us.

Waiting for the start