Manhattan View, From the Sky

We boarded an airplane which was going to leave New York early in the morning.

Luckily, just a few minutes after taking off, the plane flew just near above Manhattan island.

The view from the airplane was marvelous. The scene reminded me of every minute having stayed in the Big Apple. 

Do you know where it is?

Do you know where it is?
It looks like a nightclub but it is not. It is inside a car.
Those pictures are what I wanted to upload but I did not for long time.

I booked a taxi on the last day of my stay in New York City.
The fare that a hotel staff asked me was about 50% higher than a tourist guide book indicating its price of the same distance.

I thought the reason was the time I was going to use it; it was around 2:30 in the morning.

I found, after the ride, that the reason was not only the time we used it but also the taxi itself.

The taxi was so gorgeous, it made me feel as if I were a millionaire and gave us a very comfortable ride for about an hour from a hotel to the airport which was heading back to Japan.

Statue of Liberty from the Hudson River

It was more than one year ago, time really flies, when my wife and I joined a tour called the Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises.

Seeing Statue of Liberty from the Hudson River became one of my precious memories while staying in New York.

View of the Empire State Building from Wolcott Hotel

On a rainy day,
Looking up to the sky from the window at Wolcott Hotel in the morning, I imagined a musical title 'Singing in the Rain.'

I checked it on the web; it was Hollywood, not New York City.

My image of the musical was definitly N.Y.C.

It's not bad walking in the rain in New York City.

Regardless of the weather, the building was iluminated everyday with different color, green, blue, red, or their mixture at night.

It was another fun to see the iluminated building at night.

People on the Observation Deck of the Empire State Building

We can see 360-degree panorama view from the 86th Floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building.

It is sometimes more interesting to see people there than to see wide view of the Manhattan island.

You can see Central Park, The Hudson River and East River, The Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, The Statue of Liberty from the deck.

Wolcott Hotel in the Morning

We ate light complimentary breakfast, coffee and muffin, at the hotel lobby looking at sightseeing leaflets, wondering if where we were going every morning.　

After breakfast at the hotel lobby, we came back to our room, prepared for a day visit.

These beds were rather small in the States. The size of them was almost as small as Japanese hotel's bed size. They were enough for us, as a matter of course.

The pictures bellow are posted on the web, 'Booking.com.'

Night View from The Top of The Empire State Building

Today is the last day of year 2017.

Looking back to this year, it reminds me of lots of things that happened to me and things that I had done by myself.

A business project that I have been doing with my colleagues over three years is gradually bearing fruits this year. It will be completed next year 2018. I feel very happy about it.

For our family holidays, my wife and I went to overseas trips twice, U.A.E. and U.S.A. We were able to spend wonderful days and had unforgettable precious experiences.

Finally, I was able to celebrate my mother's 91st birthday and attend 13th anniversary of my late farther's memorial day in my home town Shimane prefecture. Those are also memorable great events to me.

Anyway,  thanks for reading this blog. I wish all visitors to my blog that the year of 2018 be a very very happy and wonderful one.

Carnegie Hall in N.Y.C.

Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music.

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City,  located at 881 Seventh Avenue,  two blocks south of Central Park.

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Times Square in N.Y.C.

I went to the Times Square.

Times Square is in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

There were old theaters along the small back road near the main street of the Times Square.
The small back road area was called "Broadway Theater District."

Shubert Theatre

Majestic Theatre

Paramount Theatre Opened in 1926