Travel to California and New York

Last year we travelled to New York to see our daughter. On our way to New York we stopped over in California for a few days. The weather was warm and beautiful, similar to Sydney weather.

Places visited Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Time Square and Freedom Square to name a few.

Statue of Liberty:

• Most visited tourist destination in NY.
• A gift from France, standing at a height of 305 feet and 6 inches tall and weight of 225 tons
• Broken chains at the feet represent freedom from oppression

We travelled on a 60-minute sightseeing cruise around the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and under the Brooklyn Bridge. The tour guide who accompanied us,said that because of the sheer weight and height of the statue, it was brought in parts by ship to New York from France and reassembled to make the statue as it stands to-day. The carpenter who was given the task of creating the design in France, couldn’t find a suitable face and was compelled to sketch his mother’s face for this remarkable statue.

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Ellis Island

• Gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the US between 1892 and 1954
• It was the processing centre for immigrants
• Immigrants with health issues or diseases detained and deported from NY
• Immigrants who had between $ 18 and $ 25 were allowed into the country.

Times Square

Located in the Midtown area of Manhattan in New York City

• Its famous for brightly lit billboards
• Its famous for brightly lit billboards
• Home to many theatres
• Place for nice restaurants and flagship stores for major brands
• Place for massive annual New Year’s eve celebration

Abraham Lincoln Memorial

A memorable place visited in Washington was Abraham Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln attended a performance at Ford’s Theatre in Washington on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 and was shot on his head at the theatre. The surgeons believed that he wouldn’t survive a carriage ride back to the Executive Mansion and not wanting him to die in a theatre, carried his limp body across the street to a boarding house where he died later. Both the theatre and the boarding house attract visitors daily.

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