Category New York, USA
Monday Morning Blues – The Chrysler Building in New York City
I took this shot in January 2018. One of many iconic buildings in the city, it evokes the special buzz you only get when visiting the Big Apple.
My Top Ten Big Cities Outside Europe #4 – New York, USA
New York City Rather like Paris, Rome & London, you instantly feel as if you on a film set when you arrive in the Big Apple, such are the number of great films set in the city over the years. The biggest joy for me in being there is just living like a New Yorker […]
Monday Morning Blues – Ellis Island, New York
Today’s photo to beat the Monday morning blues comes from my January 2018 trip to New York City. Ellis Island was of course the entry point for thousands of immigrants who left their homes in Europe to start a new life in USA. From 1892 to 1954, it processed approximately 12 million immigrants. Initially the […]
My Top Ten Big Cities Outside Europe #4 – New York, USA
New York City Rather like Paris, Rome & London, you instantly feel as if you on a film set when you arrive in the Big Apple, such are the number of great films set in the city over the years. The biggest joy for me in being there is just living like a New Yorker […]
2018 Gone, 2019 Beckons
Travels in Europe, Asia & The Americas It is the time of the year to reflect back on the year’s adventures and look forward to what 2019 may bring. There is something different for me this year however. A recent nine-day hospitalisation has given me time to think about what the privilege of travel really […]
Sunday Photos – The Black & White Photo Challenge
Fellow train travel author Matthew Woodward set me the Twitter challenge over the past week to post a black and white photo every day. I decided to use photographs from my January visit to New York when the wintry conditions made for the perfect black and white atmospheric conditions. Add that to the iconic, photogenic […]
It’s Up To You, New York – Day Three
After breakfast at 8, I set off for Central Park. I had a loose plan to visit Bloomingdales department store along the way for a present for Mrs Wilbur and to take a look at the Roosevelt Island Tramway. After being delayed by watching the antics of some entertainingly zealous NYPD traffic cops, my first […]
It’s Up To You, New York – Day Two
Day Two – Monday I awoke on Martin Luther King day early once more, still not fully acclimatised to the 5-hour time difference. Today was a special day as not only was it a public holiday in honour of MLK on his birthdate, but it was also to be my first visit to the Statue […]
