Cold Spring Harbour
DNA Learning Centre
We took the train from New York city
to Long Island to visit the Cold
Spring Harbour Lab. We had lunch at the cafeteria there and saw Dr
Watson! Should have gotten his autograph.
We visited the DNA
learning Centre near the Cold Spring Harbor lab and there were many
fascinating exhibits there, including the Neanderthal man. We checked
our thumbprints and learned more about diversity.
Snow-covered Philadelphia
There was a blizzard in the morning
before we arrived at Philadelphia. So, there was snow and snow everywhere.
We only went out to meet Choongtze & Enzong at the University of Penn.
The next morning, we visited the Independence
Hall and joined a guided tour. We departed for Williamsburg in the afternoon.
We travelled from cities to cities by Amtrak.
We enjoyed the train rides very much. The scenes outside the windows were
wonderful.
Christmas parade at
Williamsburg
Train station at Williamsburg
We came to Williamsburg mainly to see
Florence. We were pleasantly surprised that there was a Christmas parade.
We went to the Outlet Mall to shop and
visited the
Colonial Town centre.
Washington Monument
T-Rex at the Smithsonian
We took a Washington Night tour and visited
the Lincoln memorial, Korean War memorial and the White House Christmas
Tree. We spent a few days here at DC.
We visited the Natural History, American
history and Air & Space museums at the National
Mall. The aquarium and China town was a disappointment.
At the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls
The illuminated Falls at night
We walked across the bridge to the Canadian
side and walked around the rather quiet streets. Visited a huge Hershey
store.
The American side was quieter and the
walk in the evening was really nice.
Times Square, NYC
Our favourite ToysRUs
We took a UN
tour and saw the various rooms used for meetings and negotiations.
Can you spot the Singapore flag?
We also visited the very sad empty place
where the World Trade Centre twin towers stood.
