Travel blog: New York City and Washington DC. Visiting Columbia University and Albert Einstein Memorial. Museums. Come with me on my first time outside Europe!

So last month my family and I went to the States for a week. It was my first time outside Europe, so I was very much looking forward to it.

I also had never been on such a long flight (about 8 hours) so I was curious about it. It wasn’t nearly as bad as some people say long flights are. I had stuff to do, and a good book to read, so it was okay.

Despite walking a lot, I enjoyed the trip. We did mostly touristic things, but there were some original places in our route. Let’s get started!

Part 1: New York City.

Usual attractions:

We got to the top of the Empire State building (the views were amazing), and also of the Rockefeller Center. We went to Wall Street, the 9/11 Memorial, Little Italy, Chinatown, Brooklyn, Central Park, the Metropolitan, Harlem, and the Bronx…

We also went on a really fast boat, called The Beast, to the Liberty Statue. I had so much fun there!

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“My” things:

We visited Columbia University.

Alexis Castle, from Castle, “studied” there. She was one of my greatest fictional role models, so that was a good enough reason to visit.

On the other side, it seems that Columbia is actually a pretty good, Ivy League, university.

I got excited when I saw some (applied) maths:

It turns out that the main campus is pretty nice.

And they also have a Mathematics faculty…

And they also have a Maths library!!

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American Museum of Natural History: (link)

Sadly, I don’t have any pictures, but it was quite interesting. We were mainly around the part on the history of the universe, which includes a 30 min film on a planetarium, Dark Universe. 

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Part 2: Washington DC.

Usual things:

The White House, the U.S Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, IIWW Memorial, Arlington Cemetery…

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Less common things:

Albert Einstein Memorial.

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National Air and Space Museum: (link)

Space is very cool, so I liked it!

They had real spaceships there!

We could even touch a piece of the moon!!

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Thank you for reading!