Monday, April 28, 2008

Winter Wonderland in the Eastern Triangle, February 2007

The BIG APPLE!!!

Why did we choose the Big Apple and the other states within the Eastern Triangle???..... it all started because of a GUESS Winter Jacket that I bought for Amanda during our staff Sample Sale which I got it at a really really good bargain... too good to believe!!!


Now that I've bought the jacket, I asked Daddy.... what shall we do with this thick winter jacket? We had actually planned to go Taiwan for a holiday. But this jacket will be too thick for Taiwan's winter... so.... i suggested that we go New York where Amanda can experience the icy cold winter and get to "show off" her winter jacket!!!


So..... NEW YORK NEW YORK here we come!!!

The flight to the Big Apple was a real challenge; especially for Amanda....

Amanda loved the Child meal on board the plane and had a huge appetite.... i was keeping my fingers crossed that she would not throw up. But... just before landing in New York, my babe vomitted... after this incident, i realised she will throw up if the flight lasts more that 10 hours....



Food Food Food.....









and more glorious food which we ate the moment we checked into the Marriot Hotel in New York......






After a good night's rest, we began our adventure......




It was freezing cold outside the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art... Look at the lady behind Amanda... for a moment we thought she was a teddy bear :)



















Central Park where Amanda made her very first snowman..... Before the trip, Amanda was telling us she wanted to bring a carrot, 2 grapes and a strawberry to make snowman; her request was of course rejected by mummy....


But... guess what... she was sooo lucky!!! She managed to find a carrot in the park and that became part of snowman's nose!

Snapshots of Washington DC

















Amanda's 2nd Snowman outside Jefferson Hall

















The White House












Our lovely hotel room in Hyatt at Philadelphia... This time Amanda fell again... She was so happy jumping and climbing up and down the bed and down she fell from the bed, flat on her face.... OUCH!!! It sure was painful.... and she started crying.... poor thing...



Snapshots in Philadelphia


















Hershey's Chocolate Factory


















Corning Glass Factory
















We travelled from Washington to Philadelphia and then to Boston. Before we came, our friends told us that "DIE DIE MUST TRY" the BOSTON LOBSTERS... and WE DID!!!






































Niagara Falls by day and by night....





This Eastern Triangle trip gave us lots of insights about US as we covered places like New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo and even visited places like the reknowned Harvard University and the Massachussets Institute of Technology. Money and time well spent!!!

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