New York City from the Whitestone Bridge

We wanted to take our foreign exchange student Ula to New York City.  We stayed in Queens with some friends and drove into the city to see all the places that Ula, from Poland, wanted to see.

New York City from Liberty Island
Slide show of the ferry boats approach to the Statue of Liberty 

Ula wanted to see the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center site.
She bought a rose from a street vendor and slipped it through the steel barrier fence, turned towards us with eyes streaming tears and told us, "I'm giving up sweets for one month in memory"

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