New York
EAST COAST(USA)美國東岸
12/Mär/09 15:28 Gespeichert in:NORTH AMERICA北美洲
Flights✈: Lufthansa (Frankfurt⇔NYC), duration: 7 hrs.
Hotels:
*Eurostars Wall Street Hotel (New York, NY)
*Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn´s Landing (Philadelphia, PA)
*Marriott Gaithersburg Washington Center (Gaithersburg, MD)
*Hyatt Regency Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
*Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel (Danvers, MA)
*Washington Jefferson Hotel (New York, NY)
Hotels:
*Eurostars Wall Street Hotel (New York, NY)
*Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn´s Landing (Philadelphia, PA)
*Marriott Gaithersburg Washington Center (Gaithersburg, MD)
*Hyatt Regency Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
*Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel (Danvers, MA)
*Washington Jefferson Hotel (New York, NY)
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NEW YORK(USA)美國紐約
31/Jul/07 22:50 Gespeichert in:NORTH AMERICA北美洲
Flights✈: Swiss Air (Stuttgart⇔Zurich), duration: 40 mins.
Flights✈: Lufthansa (Zurich⇔NYC), duration: 8 hrs.
Hotels:
*Park79 Hotel (New York, NY)
*Courtyard by Marriott Montvale (Montvale, NJ)
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Flights✈: Lufthansa (Zurich⇔NYC), duration: 8 hrs.
Hotels:
*Park79 Hotel (New York, NY)
*Courtyard by Marriott Montvale (Montvale, NJ)
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NYC紐約-MIAMI邁阿密-ORLANDO奧蘭多(USA美國)☼
18/Okt/07 08:07 Gespeichert in:NORTH AMERICA北美洲
Flights✈: Swiss Air (Stuttgart⇔Zurich), duration: 40 mins.
Flights✈: Lufthansa (Zurich⇔NYC), duration: 8 hrs.
Flights✈: Continental (NYC⇔Miami), duration: 4 hrs.
Rental Car: Miami⇔Orlando, duration: 3 hrs 40 mins.
Hotels:
*Courtyard by Marriott Montvale (Montvale, NJ)
*BuenaVista Palace Hotel & Spa (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
*The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club (Miami Beach, FL)--NOT recommended.
5.October
Today got really bad weather in Stuttgart, it was a bit freezing.
The food on the 2nd flight from Zurich to NY JFK was delicious, it was really a long flight maybe because no talkable person like last time besides...
After sticking into the 2 hours-traffic jam and eating something in Panera Bread, I went to bed around half past 10.
6.October
Again in Panera Bread (it's the closest spot to reach with car from my hotel in Woodcliff) for breakfast, though I do prefer Starbucks more; in PB I got the huge cup of cappuccino which I've never had before, with it, I could spend the whole day there.
At noon, I went to the Macy's for some shopping, then lunch in the Lebanon restaurant, it´s quite interesting, the food style is similar as Greek and Turkish, or even can say it's the combination from both. After having some sport, it's time to pack my belongings for the upcoming journey to Miami. The flight will be at 7am tomorrow, so I must get up at 3am and the Limo will arrive at 4.15am, it's really tough...
7.October
This early morning I was forced to be awake at 2am because of the noisy argument from the neighboring room. It was not expecting but somehow it helped me to get ready for the trip in time.
After check-out from Marriott, we got inside the Limo and head to the Newark airport. One thing I can easily remember from this airport is, no mailbox exists.
Now I'm on board and typing what's in my mind on the iPhone, it's really practical.
It's nice to enjoy the sunrise, especially during the flight, the reflection on the ocean Atlantic looks so warm and bloody, you can hardly find where the end is. With such beautiful view, I guess I'm totally awake and start getting more and more excited of the exotic spot, I'm always exited and happy to get to know the new stuffs, new destinations and new buddies.
The flight lasts 2 hours 18 minutes. It's really hot, sunshine and beaches, that's what I will get soon.
We took the cab to our hotel, which located in south beach, then walked out a bit to the main street- Lincoln road, shopping.
I enjoy the sea wind here a lot, it's very comfortable. Most of the people are wearing less here in Miami, Finally, I can put my summer clothes which I have fewer chances to wear in Germany on.
The beach is just fantastic, now I can understand why it's so famous in the world, I love it a lot. One can really spend the whole day or even the whole life here. I always wanna jog beside the beach, this time I finally made it, on 8.Oct morning, I jogged at the beach with very strong sea wind, it's really amazing, I would love to live here just because of Miami beach jog. Hehe.
Here got lots of restaurants, the Yamada Sushi is my favorite. Oh Apple Store, as an Apple geek you gonna visit each original Apple store on earth; I have visited the London one, 4 of 5 stores in New York (except the one in Soho), the one in Woodcliff lake and now the one in Miami beach. Nuts!!
The Deco style on Ocean Drive is somehow famous and special... Using inexpensive materials, architects managed to create an impression of stylishness for what were, in face, very modest hotels. Such style or even Design is not my favorite, but I´m pleased that they also made the colorful lifeguard huts in South Beach to match the style and colors from Ocean Drive...
9. October: Heart of the Sunshine State
This morning we went to the beach last time for jogging and a quick swimming. Then we head to the Miami airport to catch our rental car with navigation for the next destination: heart of the sunshine state- central Florida & Orlando.
I'm really excited, again. During the drive, we didn't get so many traffic jams, everything goes perfectly: empty highway, blue sky, nice views; 3 and a half hours drive seems a piece of cake for me, especially with Starbucks every 8 miles sometimes.
In the service plaza, you can get lots of information of the attractions in Orlando and around, I start concerning if I get enough time to visit all these things, it's really a lot to see, one should spend 2 weeks instead of 4 days there.
We just passed the Disney Outlet, our hotel (Buena Vista Palace hotel & spa) at Lake Buena Vista must be somewhere around.
Now we arrived, got the room card. I must say, it's a very nice, grand hotel, compares to the one we were at the Miami beach is just like from hell to heaven (got the wrong impression from the photos of that hotel online)...
It was around 4pm when we arrived, we were all tired... After calling my high school colleague in Orlando, we went to Downtown Disney... There got a lot of shops with all the Disney products and the restaurants with Disney themes... It´s really a heaven for the kids!!
There you can see the superbly constructed LEGO dinosaur at the Marketplace, La Nouba™ show at Cirque du Soliel® which is famous for the world.
10. October
We took the shuttle bus before 9am to Epcot. It just opened, without any queues, we were on our way to Mission: Mars. It's a nice feeling to experience the Mars by myself... It was comfortable with the green level...
14. October
The best hotel I lived in around the trip were the Buenas Vista Plaza & Spa in Walt Disney Resort and Marriot Woodcliff, the Hilton Woodcliff I lived in yesterday was so so... Whatever, I've spent a stressful day today.
It's really disaster to find a parking place inside NYC, especially on Sunday or some special events with roadblocks... It's also crazy to spend 15$/hour for the parking, with 15$ can park for 10 hours in Stuttgart.
It was very nice to meet my primary school teacher again after 15 years in Flushing, there got a very good Cantonese restaurant called "Guangzhou restaurant", highly recommended. The taste of Dim-Sum is just like the one in Guangzhou, I envy sometimes that my colleague/friend lives just 10 minutes beside.
After that we went to sing karaoke, that was really cool, I love it.
But then on our way to Newark airport we stuck inside the New York traffic jam which was the most terrible things ever.
Thank god I reached in time for check-in and waiting for boarding now... I guess next time i'd better choose a no-flights day for karaoke and all other stuffs... :p
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Flights✈: Lufthansa (Zurich⇔NYC), duration: 8 hrs.
Flights✈: Continental (NYC⇔Miami), duration: 4 hrs.
Rental Car: Miami⇔Orlando, duration: 3 hrs 40 mins.
Hotels:
*Courtyard by Marriott Montvale (Montvale, NJ)
*BuenaVista Palace Hotel & Spa (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
*The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club (Miami Beach, FL)--NOT recommended.
5.October
Today got really bad weather in Stuttgart, it was a bit freezing.
The food on the 2nd flight from Zurich to NY JFK was delicious, it was really a long flight maybe because no talkable person like last time besides...
After sticking into the 2 hours-traffic jam and eating something in Panera Bread, I went to bed around half past 10.
6.October
Again in Panera Bread (it's the closest spot to reach with car from my hotel in Woodcliff) for breakfast, though I do prefer Starbucks more; in PB I got the huge cup of cappuccino which I've never had before, with it, I could spend the whole day there.
At noon, I went to the Macy's for some shopping, then lunch in the Lebanon restaurant, it´s quite interesting, the food style is similar as Greek and Turkish, or even can say it's the combination from both. After having some sport, it's time to pack my belongings for the upcoming journey to Miami. The flight will be at 7am tomorrow, so I must get up at 3am and the Limo will arrive at 4.15am, it's really tough...
7.October
This early morning I was forced to be awake at 2am because of the noisy argument from the neighboring room. It was not expecting but somehow it helped me to get ready for the trip in time.
After check-out from Marriott, we got inside the Limo and head to the Newark airport. One thing I can easily remember from this airport is, no mailbox exists.
Now I'm on board and typing what's in my mind on the iPhone, it's really practical.
It's nice to enjoy the sunrise, especially during the flight, the reflection on the ocean Atlantic looks so warm and bloody, you can hardly find where the end is. With such beautiful view, I guess I'm totally awake and start getting more and more excited of the exotic spot, I'm always exited and happy to get to know the new stuffs, new destinations and new buddies.
The flight lasts 2 hours 18 minutes. It's really hot, sunshine and beaches, that's what I will get soon.
We took the cab to our hotel, which located in south beach, then walked out a bit to the main street- Lincoln road, shopping.
I enjoy the sea wind here a lot, it's very comfortable. Most of the people are wearing less here in Miami, Finally, I can put my summer clothes which I have fewer chances to wear in Germany on. The beach is just fantastic, now I can understand why it's so famous in the world, I love it a lot. One can really spend the whole day or even the whole life here. I always wanna jog beside the beach, this time I finally made it, on 8.Oct morning, I jogged at the beach with very strong sea wind, it's really amazing, I would love to live here just because of Miami beach jog. Hehe.
Here got lots of restaurants, the Yamada Sushi is my favorite. Oh Apple Store, as an Apple geek you gonna visit each original Apple store on earth; I have visited the London one, 4 of 5 stores in New York (except the one in Soho), the one in Woodcliff lake and now the one in Miami beach. Nuts!!
The Deco style on Ocean Drive is somehow famous and special... Using inexpensive materials, architects managed to create an impression of stylishness for what were, in face, very modest hotels. Such style or even Design is not my favorite, but I´m pleased that they also made the colorful lifeguard huts in South Beach to match the style and colors from Ocean Drive...
9. October: Heart of the Sunshine State
This morning we went to the beach last time for jogging and a quick swimming. Then we head to the Miami airport to catch our rental car with navigation for the next destination: heart of the sunshine state- central Florida & Orlando.
I'm really excited, again. During the drive, we didn't get so many traffic jams, everything goes perfectly: empty highway, blue sky, nice views; 3 and a half hours drive seems a piece of cake for me, especially with Starbucks every 8 miles sometimes.
In the service plaza, you can get lots of information of the attractions in Orlando and around, I start concerning if I get enough time to visit all these things, it's really a lot to see, one should spend 2 weeks instead of 4 days there.
We just passed the Disney Outlet, our hotel (Buena Vista Palace hotel & spa) at Lake Buena Vista must be somewhere around.
Now we arrived, got the room card. I must say, it's a very nice, grand hotel, compares to the one we were at the Miami beach is just like from hell to heaven (got the wrong impression from the photos of that hotel online)...
It was around 4pm when we arrived, we were all tired... After calling my high school colleague in Orlando, we went to Downtown Disney... There got a lot of shops with all the Disney products and the restaurants with Disney themes... It´s really a heaven for the kids!!
There you can see the superbly constructed LEGO dinosaur at the Marketplace, La Nouba™ show at Cirque du Soliel® which is famous for the world.10. October
We took the shuttle bus before 9am to Epcot. It just opened, without any queues, we were on our way to Mission: Mars. It's a nice feeling to experience the Mars by myself... It was comfortable with the green level...
14. October
The best hotel I lived in around the trip were the Buenas Vista Plaza & Spa in Walt Disney Resort and Marriot Woodcliff, the Hilton Woodcliff I lived in yesterday was so so... Whatever, I've spent a stressful day today.
It's really disaster to find a parking place inside NYC, especially on Sunday or some special events with roadblocks... It's also crazy to spend 15$/hour for the parking, with 15$ can park for 10 hours in Stuttgart.
It was very nice to meet my primary school teacher again after 15 years in Flushing, there got a very good Cantonese restaurant called "Guangzhou restaurant", highly recommended. The taste of Dim-Sum is just like the one in Guangzhou, I envy sometimes that my colleague/friend lives just 10 minutes beside.
After that we went to sing karaoke, that was really cool, I love it.
But then on our way to Newark airport we stuck inside the New York traffic jam which was the most terrible things ever.
Thank god I reached in time for check-in and waiting for boarding now... I guess next time i'd better choose a no-flights day for karaoke and all other stuffs... :p
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