42nd Street

Take a walk through 42nd street...


The American Airlines Theatre



Bryant Park



New York Public Library


Chrysler Building



United Nations Headquarters

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

More pictures of the Upper West Side


The world's largest (unfinished) Gothic Cathedral


Even without the spires, it's huge.

I bought my first New York hotdog by the church steps for one dollar. It was fine, but hotdogs taste the same wherever you go.

Central Parks

Harlem Meer, the little "sea" in the park


A quaint little house by the lake


Spring in New York


Purple fluff


The city (and my laundry) beckons...

Central Park has a nice mix of trees and wide open spaces, but I think that the Tiergarten in Berlin is still a better park to enjoy getting lost in :)


Tiergarten in Berlin

Welcome to my neighborhood

The place to talk about nothing...

The People You Meet on the Plane

Flying alone halfway across the world does have its moments. For one, you get to meet interesting people. The person seated beside me for the 18 hour flight was a Nepalese Sherpa mountain guide. Check out his site by clicking on the title of this post. We talked about a lot of things to pass the time. We even touched on religion (he's buddhist) and local folklore (he told me about the Yeti and, for the lack of a better monster, I told him about the Manananggal). If I ever save up enough leisure time and money, not to mention balls, maybe I'll look him up in the Himalayas for a quick trek through the mountains (usually a month long) in the near future. The thought of going to the Himalayas never crossed my mind before I met this guy. Well, maybe I did imagine it when I read this Tintin comic.

I guess traveling does open your eyes to the possibilities, even if it is just eighteen hours on the plane.