It’s not Wednesday, I know, and this was originally posted as a Wednesday Wander. Yet it seemed fitting to share today, 19 years after that terrible moment when the world changed… We had to go there. It didn’t seem right to be in New York and not visit the site of an event which hasContinue reading “In Memoriam 9/11 – Ground Zero Memorial, New York City”
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Wednesday Wander Revisited – A Wet Day in New York City
Is it a wet day where you are? Or are you suffering with the heat, as so many of us are across the UK? We’re on the Devon coast at the moment, so it’s a bit cooler than inland, but there have been some spectacular thunderstorms. Still, we don’t let the weather stop us fromContinue reading “Wednesday Wander Revisited – A Wet Day in New York City”
Wednesday Wander Revisited – Ellis Island, New York
This week I’m revisiting Ellis Island, somewhere I visited as part of a trip to New York a couple of years ago. I’d always wanted to go to New York, yet even when I lived quite close to it (an hour’s flight), I never did. When I did finally get there, I fell in love.Continue reading “Wednesday Wander Revisited – Ellis Island, New York”
Wednesday Wander – Ellis Island, New York
There is something quite magical, even on a cold and snowy day, about sailing the narrow strip of water past the Statue of Liberty to Ellis Island, with Manhattan in all its glory to the right. It must have been an incredibly exciting, emotional sight for the more than twelve million immigrants who arrived inContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Ellis Island, New York”
Helen Glynn Jones 