23.06.09

23.06.2009

New York City?

Today school was very good. We learned a lot and had much fun. There are some new students in our class from Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and South Korea.
After school, David went to the National Museum of Natural History, and I went (with Corina) to the Columbus Circle, a nice place with a new big shopping mall and after that to Central Park, to an area where I have not been yet. It was a great place because it was like a wild forest, there were huge rocks, small waterfalls and many animals. It did not seem to be in Manhattan. We could not see any skyscrapers, could not hear the noise from traffic but smell the nature, which was a very rare experience during the last weeks. After that I (Corina went home) went to the Cathedral of John the Divine, which is the world's largest Cathedral and Anglican church and the fourth largest Christian church. It was enormous, especially from the inside. After this I took a bus, which goes through Harlem to the Cloisters. Harlem was very interesting, but very different from the rest of Manhattan. I really liked the trip. The Cloisters is a museum in the North of Manhattan for middle-age art. The building itself seems to be very old, but it is actually from the 1930s. It is built as a copy of many cloisters and other buildings from all over Europe. The museum was already closed, when I arrived, but it was nice to see just the buildings. Around the Cloisters there are many trees and you can see a lot nature and the Hudson River, which was really nice. After that I went to Battery Park in the South of Manhattan, to see the sunset, do my homework, read more in "Rising Sun" and meet David at 10:00 p.m. to go to the Staten Island Ferry. We wanted to see the Skyline of New York at night. We really enjoyed the view, it was very impressive. Finally I was home at 12:00 p.m.