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~ Fall 2018 ~

New York, New York

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~ Early morning arrival ~

A Grand City !

The 9 /11 Memorial 

9/11 Tribute Museum

Nearby ~ Oculus Mall ~ street entrance

Mall Interior 

Many, many new buildings are "in process".

And...fun to visit "old favorites" !

~ The Metropolitan ~

Color !!!! Everywhere!!!

ahhhhhh.... Times Square !

New York ! New York ! Great Visit !

On Queen Mary 2 ~

.....again !

Hamburg, Germany

We flew into Hamburg airport, caught the Ubahn and were at this immense transit/train center in 30 min. Then we just walked across the street 'n checked into our hotel. An old bldg. but completely redone + like new inside.

There are so many of these fabulous old bldgs in the cities we have visited.

Hamburg surrounds 2 huge lakes...note their Rathaus in background.

Grand !!!

...and the interior !

Gorgeous day for their Harbor Tour

Old warehouses are now becoming refurbished....

This bldg has an outdoor stairway to public space upon top.

This is their new Elbphilharmonic / Concert Hall ~ 2017.

We so enjoyed seeing this historic city !
Tomorrow.. we depart on the Queen Mary 2.

Chamonix, France

Our hotel in Chamonix....

The views from our hotel window.

The valley below as we took the little cog wheel train up to see the Glacier.

The Mer de Glace is 8 miles long, and surrounded by majestic peaks.

Montenvers scenery ~ people have been going up since late 1800's.

Valley view on the way down !

Lausanne

Lausanne on the hill + Ouchy on the lake side.

We went to their Saturday fruit + veg market
and... this unique garden was close by.

The Olympics World Headquarters ~ Museum 

Of course we visited their Cathedral ! It took 20 years to clean the sculptures around the main door. 
A drum roll !! This is the longest church in all of Switzerland.

Cooper... FYI this new organ was installed in 2003 @ cost of 4 million dollars.
It took 10 years to design.

Lauterbrunnen ~ 3

The Launterbrunnen Falls

Everything is "tidy" in Switzerland

Love this pleasant place !

Lauterbrunnen ~ 2

Day 2 ~ We took little yellow cog train up the Wengen side
(see it on top of pic)

~ Wengen ~

And from Wengen, another cog train ride "up" ...our view !  "Top of Europe"