Myrtle Beach

24.7 - 31.7
Well, now I've been in Myrtle Beach for almost a week and tomorrow we're leaving again.
On Saturday (24.7) we left at 03:00 to Myrtle Beach to avoid traffic. We got here at about 11:00. After eating lunch at Fridays and shopping at Walmart, we headed to our place at the Beach. It's a beautiful place with a breathtaking view over the ocean.
Besides tanning and eating we didn't do that much =). On Tuesday, we celebrated Charlenes Birthday but we went out eating the day before.
On Wednsday it was my 21st birthday. Just another birthday for me, however, a huge thing here in the US (that's the age you're allowed to drink here for those who don't know). In the evening we went to the Hard Rock Cafe to celebrate.
On Thursday, we went jetskiing. That's wat I got for my birthday from my "hostmom." I have to say, it was one of the highlights here in MB.
As I told in the beginning, it is time to pack our bags tomorrow, but I'm going to get up early to enjoy the beach before the carride back to Virginia.
On Saturday (1.8) I'm flying out to California, which will be my last stage for this summer.
You'll here from mee when I'm in Cali.

Out of NYC

20.7 - 23.7
My last thing on my to do list was to go shopping. That's what I did on Monday. I didn't shop that much though because there where just too many things to buy. In the afternoon I met Chrisina, Cassie and Alex. We took a little tour around NY and ended up in a Mexican Bar. I was even able to buy a beer =) (for those who don't know. 21 is the drinking age in the US).
On Tuesday I packed my suitcase and went Uptown for the last time. I had frozen yogurt. Mmmmh... that was delicious. At 14:07 I took the train up to Connecticut from Grand Central. Now that's a train station =), it really deserves the name GRAND. After ALex picked me up we went to his house and watched TV the whole day. It was no point in going outside as it was pouring.
On Wednsday we flew down to D.C..
Now I'm at Kris' house and on Saturday we're going to the Beach. I hope the weather is going to be nice down there. I do hope to be able to write from out there. Otherwise I'll be back the 31st for a new update.

sightseeing

18.7.09 - 19.7.09
After a 8 hour sleep I woke up at 06:30. As I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep any longer I got up, ate breakfast and went out. My first stop wallstreet and the financial district. I walked all the way down to the sea.
After a visit at the ground zero (I didn't see anything) I took the Subway and went to the port where I booked a 3 hour boats tour around Manhattan. The tour was very impressing and I saw a lot so I would say it was worth the money.
I didn't know what to do afterwards so I just walked to a bar. I was a little hungry so I ordered a snack. Well I thought It was going to be a snack. It was so much so I didn't have to eat dinner that night. Welcome to America I thought to myself =).
At 19:00 I finally had my ticket to the Empire State Building. It took me one more hour to get up there. I even had a ticket to the 102nd floor. Wow. That was high. Over 400 meters. As I wanted to see the sunset and New York at night, I think I spent 2 - 2.5 hours up there.
I believe it took me as long to get down as it took me to get up so when I got out, it was so late that I just went to my B&B.
The next morning, I slept a little longer. Today was going to be the cheap part of the sightseeing. I started out in Chinatown, followed by little Italy. As I headed Uptown, I found a street market going on. A nice coincidence. It was a nice market with lots of stuff so I spent 2 hours there.
In the afternoon I went to the Central Park. I didn't do much except writing post cards and enjoying the peace and quiet.
Even though I've just seen a little of NYC, I've done enough sightseeing. Tomorrow I'm just going to do some shopping and enjoy my last night in Town for this time.

from Mainhattan to Manhattan

16.7 - 17.7
Well, my first stop on my trip was Frankfurt or as the locals call it Mainhattan. I took the train from Basel at 15:12 and arrived in Frankfurt at 18:06. Sigi picked me up and we took a tour around the city. It was very nice and I'm definitely coming back again. We had a late dinner and after that we went straight home to bed. the next morning we had breakfast and Sigi drove me to the airport. That was the begining of my US trip. The flight went well and we landed in NYC at 13:00 local time.
As I wanted to take a cab, I almost got tricked into a "private taxi". They wanted to charge me $ 90 for a one way ticket to Manhattan. I realized it wasn't the right cab so I took of and took a shuttle bus for $ 15 to the city instead. At 16:00 I checked into my B&B. After that I started to walk and walk and walk. I saw the Empire State Building whick I'm going to check out tomorrow if the weather is nice.
I even got to the Central Park. However it was late so I went back to Broadway. I had dinner at the Hard Rock cafe. Time flies by so I slowly walked back to my B&B. On the way I saw Macy's. The world's biggest. And I guess the biggest shopping center I've ever seen. Luckily I didn't have any girls with me, we never would've left ;-).
Well now it's already 21:34 and I've been up for nearly 22 hrs so I'm gonna shower and then go to sleep. You'll here from me in the next few days.

1st BLog

Well, since I'm going on a 5 week vacation to the USA (17.7 - 21.8), I thought I'd make a blog so you can see and read what I'm doing and where I am and where I've been. So have fun reading my blog