06/08/2008 NEW YORK CITY

Hi everybody, Salut tout le monde,

Bon, vous allez me poser la question "pourquoi pas la Statue de la Liberté en premier?" ben parce que il y avait quelque chose comme 3 heures d'attente pour prendre le bateau! donc on a acheter nos billets hier, et du coup, on y va aujourd'hui... :) Seulement, ce matin, surpriiise! Il pleut! Donc pour les photos ben ca n'allait pas etre super. Donc direction Grand Central Station pour voir son beau Hall et sa superbe fresque au plafond representant les signes du zodiaque, ainsi que pour suivre la suite du programme. Mais, bonne surprise à la sortie de Grand Central Station, le soleil était là! Ayant nos tickets en main, nous sommes donc partis directement voir la Statue de la Liberté et Ellis Island qui abritait le centre de quarantaine des immigrants.
Suite du programme de la journée, l'Empire State Building qui est le plus haut building de NYC à l'heure actuelle (450m), le Flatiron Building qui est l'un des premiers building de NYC et haut de 30 étages, et l'incroyable Times Square aux enseignes imposantes et où tout est possible.

Well, you'll ask me "why not the Statue of Liberty first?" Because there were something like 3h00 to wait to pick a ferry! So we bought our tickets yesterday and we went today... :) But this morning, surprise surpriiiiise! It was rainy! Was not very good for the pictures actually. So we took the decision to go to Grand Central Station to see its beautiful hall and its superb painted roof representing the zodiacal signs, and then continues the program of the day. But once we went out of Grand Central Station, surprise again! there were a beautiful sunny day! Lucky we are! ;) So, having our tickets already, we decided finally to go to The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island which were the quarantine place for immigrants, before going NYC for good.
Program of the rest of the day, the Empire State Building which is the highest of NYC at the moment (450m), the Flatiron building which is one of the first building of NYC with 30 storeys, and to finish, the incredible Times Square. 

PIERRE

THE PAINTED ROOF OF GRAND CENTRAL STATION / LA FRESQUE DE GRAND CENTRAL STATION



GRAND CENTRAL STATION



STATUE OF LIBERTY / LA STATUE DE LA LIBERTE



ELLIS ISLAND IMMIGRATION CENTER / LE CENTRE D'IMMIGRATION D'ELLIS ISLAND







THE BIG APPLE FROM ELLIS ISLAND / NY DEPUIS ELLIS ISLAND



WWII MEMORIAL / MEMORIAL DE LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE

EMPIRE STATE BUIDING

UPPER MANHATTAN FROM EMPIRE STATE BUILDING / MANHATTAN NORD DEPUIS L'EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

LOWER MANHATTAN FROM EMPIRE STATE BUILDING / MANHATTAN SUD DEPUIS L'EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

MANHATTAN CABS / TAXIS

FLATIRON BUILDING

FLATIRON BUILDING

CHRYSLER BUILDING BY NIGHT

PARAMOUNT BUILDING

TIMES-SQUARE FORREST GUMP'S BUBBA GUMP CO. RESTAURANT

THIS IS TIMES SQUARE / TIMES SQUARE, C'EST CA!

UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE! FOX NEWS IN ACTION / COMME A LA TV! FOX NEWS A L' ACTION

TIMES SQUARE - I'M NOT SURE BUT I GUESS IT'S MC DONALD'S :) / HMMM