Xmas Event New York 2009

In Germany, we have a similar clock...  But the one above is the original!

This morning, the buses took us to Brooklyn on the other side of the east river.  We left the buses in the Red Hook area, at an IKEA parking lot (of all places!).  At each one of our three short stops in the area, we had to answer some (easy) questions about the surrounding area...

"how many steering wheels?"

When we were asked to enter the Fairway super market, I first thought: "Why on earth visit a super market?  We also have these markets in Germany!"  I was completely wrong!  This supermarket was unlike any other that I've seen in Europe, see pictures below...

The third stop was at Valentino Pier.  We had a beautiful (and uncommon!) view of Lady Liberty from the pier:

a symbolic picture?

Afterwards, the buses took us to the Coney Island area where we had lunch at a restaurant.  Lots of smiling faces :-)

Tracey, Brian, Antonio, and Russ

After the nice afternoon in Brooklyn, we had a few hours off (including a visit to the Swatch store at Times Square).

We also used the time for a short visit to Charmin ("Enjoy The Go") at Times Square, the worlds most unusual public toilet...