Home sweet home

New York, Amsterdam, Geneva



 After travelling for 15 hours from NYC to Bulle, I could enjoy our beautifull landscape, and the contrast between an 8mio and a 20'000 inhabitant city.
Subway, air-train, airplane, train, and I was home. Who needs a car unless the americans who are addicted.
As last post of this blog, I'd like to thank the Ray Cadwell's family and Amparo for hosting me, giving me a place where to sleep and sharing a part of their life.
I'd like to thank the one who travelled and visit with me: Byron, John, Greg, Djems, Chris, Christian, Maria...
I'd like to thank Claudia, my Dad and Mom for their tips, help and support to this trip.

Queens, biggest globe in the World

The Bronx, Saturday market

Upper East Side, Guggenheim Museum



Statue of the Liberty

 Travelling was and is for me the occasion to make several friends, to understand the other and myself, to grow and to feel simply alive.

The city were all is faster

Empire State Building at night

Statue on Time Square

A frozen Michael Jackson

The first days I arrived in NY I had the feeling to be in slow-motion, looking around me all the people hurrying up in any directions. This is how the New Yorker notice that you are a tourist: standing, slowly walking, looking around amazed by this bright city full of preciousness. I must say that Xmas time embellished the city: Shopping-windows, Xmas trees, Lights, Xmas-markets and music make the whole enchanting.

Night life in NYC

Leon, Khaleb and Anu

Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry

Duncan, me and Anu

We were passing by Chinatown, when we ear music from one of the building. We get up the stairs up to a beautifull flat. It was a private party and we still don't know what it was about, but we get free drinks served by professionnal bar keepers, and a private DJ was animating the party.
Further in the night we went to Time Square, its a really touristic area but in the Underground Village, we met mostly locals people.
Greenwich Village, a gay neighbourhoud, is also one of the most busy place in NYC for clubbing and listening to live music.

New York!!!

Broadway Shield

To day I left Philadelphia for New York. The Youth Hostelling I stay is really cool and provide good deals to visit the city... I guess New York is a little bit like our Paris in France in more exciting maybe. I'll be home in one week, from now on it has been 6 weeks that I have been travelling in the United States. I can already say that this trip was a really rewarding experience.

Empire State Building Sculpture

Philadelphia

The Liberty Bell

City Hall

Chamounix Mansion

I arrived Yesterday to the Chamounix Mansion in Philadelphia. I was surprised in good. The hostel looks much better than my two previous motel and Dave the receptionnist was nice to me. The Saturday night fever made Andy, Marius and me move to the Roxxy. A Philie nightclub.
Today I have learned again more about the American History. The declaration of Independance have been ratified in Philadelphia the 4th of July 1776. The Liberty Bell were ring to celebrate this event.

Baltimore

Red Carpet Inn in Baltimore

I write this post from a commercial center that sales laptops! Really funny.

But I'll tell you how it is for me to be in Baltimore; the city where the lyrics of the national "hymne" have been written. It is not even winter and the weather is so cold. This morning, no sun shone in the sky. All is white, exept most inhabitant. of this city.

Piece of Art: Please don't seat in!

Botanical Garden

Hard Rock Café

I fear the night and the black. But actually murder are commited mostly by daylight. This week: 3, this year: 206; is the score of the crimes (not death) in Baltimlore. Scarriing? A little bit, but Baltimore is a 651'154 inhabitants city. And this week was murdering speaking quiet. I think the cold weather keep the killers indoor.
Today I visited the Baltimore Historic society center and the Walter Art Museum.
I could reed on the Internet that my next hostelling place is not so good, but it's in  Philadelphia and hopefully due to the out of season time, the place will be calm and safe.
I drank a beer in the Hard Rock Cafe, and had a nice talk with the bar keeper: Chris. The beer cost me 6$ but the spot was really nice.

Lost in Washington

On a Xmas market in DC

I was sure once or twice to get lost in this huge city!! Leaving the subway station I my way to the hotel. It was 7p.m. so the sun was down since almost one and half hour. I could barely see the name of the streets. I spent 15 minutes in unknown streets until I ask a couple of young people if I was on the right way to reach my hotel. They tell me that I didn't and offered me to take a ride with them up to my hotel. What of course I accepted and I'm still thanksfull to Malcolm (the Scotish) and his girlfriend.

Washington DC Subway