new years day

on january 2nd we went to grand central terminal and saw a part of their light show.

afterwards we took the subway to times square again, but this time for madame tussauds. that was the only thing we could do since i was so floppy and the most stuff was closed. everything is open nearly every day. the only days everything was closed are december 25th and january 1st
so far..

ohne worte... ich sag nur, die leute mit ihren ewigen flyern und free movies koennen einen schon etwas nerven ;)

nur fuer dich mone!

hier hast du noch ein paar viedeos vom times square mone! die wirklich unter totaler langeweile entstanden. also wundert euch nich :P

langeweile am times square 1
langeweile am times square 2
langeweile am times square 3
langeweile am times square 4

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

we celebrated new years eve on times square. actually we had to be there very early (we stuck around from 2 pm!) to get a chance seeing the ball drop. it was a little disappointing as the "big ball" isn't much bigger than a donut... i am also not sure if you could name the very few lights a firework.

on the other side were the people a little bored, too. they should come to germany and attend to a real party ;) since the good vibes were missing, we got bored, too. but we thought about childrens games like "i'm packing m suitcase..." etc. and spent some time with singing songs - in german of course (in the hope that nobody could understand us...). strange that you have to be there so early but the acts don't start before 10:00 pm. by the way: we really enjoyed toni braxton on stage. nobody really wanted her so she didn't get any applause. and when they showed her text on the screen and the audience was supposed to sing with her nobody sung... she felt so unconfident that you really could see it. so it happened that she was one of the main happenings because everybody made fun of her. poor lady...

afterwards we went to webster hall (dicso) and finally toasted with some champagne :)

i wish you a very happy 2007. may all your wishes come true!

klick:
countdown @ times square
happy new year

kerstin in ny

am 29.12 ist kerstin angekommen :)

video...

wer noch nicht genug von franzi hat, kann mal auf meine "bewerbung" fuer die fernsehdoku klicken... da erzaehle ich etwas von meinem leben hier und warum ich hergekommen bin. nur fall jemand langeweile hat ;)

christmas

on sunday (december 24th) ilka and i walked along 5th avenue again. we also took a look into the american doll shop. there you can get a doll just like you. that means you can buy matching clothes, bring her to the "doctor" and even to a hair dresser??? the longer i stay in the united states the less surprised i am by stuff like this...


fao schwarz:

the world famous foot piano

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in the evening ilka and i went to the ice skating rink in front of the rockefeller center. after we fooled some people we were further in the line and had the chance to skate between 11 and 12 pm. i can tell you: it was wonderful! (it has to be dark, otherwise the tree is very ugly!)

on monday (december 25th) i went to katharina's host family and celebrated christmas in the italian way with a very good lunch. in the evening i went to laurel's house (mother of simone's friend anabelle) who nearly forced me to come over for dinner :)

i had a great christmas!! everybody was so nice and invited me to their house when they heard that my family doesn't celebrate christmas...

crazy christmas decoration (2006-12-23)

there's a neighborhood in brooklyn called dycker heights with very crazy christmas decorations... if you see the pictures try to imagine the loud christmas music and moving characters or merry-go-rounds. it's a very strange place... how can somebody live in the houses without getting annoyed?

hockey (2006-12-23)

i got up very early this saturday to see the childrens hockey in prospect park. they start at 8:00am!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

ich hoffe ihr habt/hattet alle ein frohes weihnachtsfest! meins war total anders - aber schoen und ich werde bald davon berichten :)
nur bin ich etwas muede jetzt und fotos hochladen geht zz auch nicht :(

picture update

simone's christmas gala at nyc elite (12/05/06):

pretty girl

playdate with grace...

... and pasta

central park tour (110th street to 59th) on december 16th:

rockefeller center (12/20/06):

merry christmas!!

the christmas decoration on 5th avenue can be a little to crazy... on this building the snowflakes ligths were moving in time with the very loud christmas songs...
use your imagination how the shopping windows from saks could look like...

ice skating in central park on our cluster meeting afterwards:

me and audrey

me, marlen and katharina

last night of hanukka on december 22nd