With respect to the earth
As the license plates in the US are so beautifully decorated, here are some of them
Thet are far from complete, but at least it is a nice sample.
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Automobile license plates, Car plates, License plates, 
United states
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As part of our Hurtigruten cruise along the Norvegian coast, we had a several hours stop in Trondheim, one of the major cities of Norway.
Especially the older renovated part along the river is very pleasant to walk.
Trondheim has also a number of old buildings and churches worthwhile visiting.
Wikipedia writes about Trondheim :
The city of Trondheim was established as a municipality January 1, 1838.
The rural municipalities of Byneset, Leinstrand, Strinda and Tiller were merged with Trondheim on January 1, 1964.
Although the region had been inhabited for thousands of years, the city of Trondheim was founded in 997. It was frequently used as the seat of the king, and was capital of Norway until 1217. In the Middle Ages, Trondheim was the site of several battles, including the battle between King Sverre and Erling Skakke, in 1179. The city has experienced several major fires - the most devastating in 1651 and 1681. The 1651 fire destroyed 90% of the buildings in Trondheim, and the 1681 fire led to a total reconstruction of the city.
Trondheim is a Norwegian center of education, technical and medical research with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and SINTEF located in the city. NTNU has about 25,000 students. With 161,730 inhabitants (as of 2006), Trondheim is Norway's third largest municipality, as well as the centre of the fourth largest urban area, with a population of approximately 152,800. As of 2006, the Trondheim Region, a statistical metropolitan area, has a population of 246,751.
Tags: Cruise terminal, Hurtigruten, Norway, Old churches, Renovated buildings, Trondheim
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A few more pictures of my Central Park walk.
Pictures are from ie the building of John Lennon, Imagine, Strawberry fiels, a fashion model, statues, people sitting in the meadows, riksja, etc.
Tags: Central park, Cyclers, Fashion model, Joggers, New york, Redares, Riksja new york, Skaters, United states
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A few pictures from buildings near Central Park as well as the Trump Tower.
The skyscaper looks nothing special to me except that the owner is a celebrity !
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I can highly advise tourists going to New York, to walk over the Brooklyn bridge.
It takes a while to cross it but it is certainly worthwhile.
How we did it ?
We took the subway untill the station at the opposite side of Manhattan. There we went on to the bridge.
If you cant see the path to the bridge, better ask it at someone if you come out of the subway
While walking at the bridge from that side, you allways have the Manhattan skyline in front of you.
At the other side of the bridge, in Manhattan, there is a small park and a couple of beautiful buildings in the early 19th century architecture.
The total trip takes in between 2 and 3 hours (strolling, sitting included).
Tags: Brooklyn bridge, Manhattan, New york, Subway brooklyn, United states, Walking the brooklyn bridge
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A few pictures from some New York areas after dark.
Some are from the Empire State Buidling, others are from Times Square and yet another one is from a building near Central Park
Tags: Central park, Empire state building, New york, New york after dark, Times square, United states
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Next to the Central Park area lied the Guggenheim museum, with its special and contemporary architecture.
At the time of our visit, there was a special exhibition of the work of David Smith.
Next to the special exhibitions the permanent collection shows work from Kandinsky, Mondriaan, etc.
I have enjoyed the visit of the Guggenheilm musuem a lot.
Together with MOMA, this is my piece of cake.
And ... what an exceptional building.
So, my advise when visiting New York : certainly visit the Guggenheim museum
Tags: Extraordanary architecture, Guggenheim, Guggenheim museum, Museum central park, New york, United states
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A few pictures from Central Park, the place to be in New York on a sunny day.
The park is quiet big and occupied by walkers, dog walkers, joggers, cyclers, readers, etc.
It is the green lung of the city
Tags: Central park, Central park garden, Cyclers, Dog walkers, Joggers, New york, United states
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If someone visits New York, Ground Zero is an absolute must.
10 years earlier i was still on top of the WTC towers, even having lunch on the top restaurant.
Its so sad now to see that the old glory has gone away.
While i was in New York, they where building the fundaments of the new towers.
Destruction is easy - rebuilding it is the challenge
Tags: Ground zero, New york, United states, Wtc, Wtc towers
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We had booked a combined sightseeing to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
During early immigration people arrived by boat from Europe and Ellis island was their first stop.
Ellis island was the place of happiness or absolute misery.
Here they where individually screened for papers but also for their medical health.
If the doctors found for example glaucoom or any other contagious disease, the immigrant was send back with the next boat to Europe.
Additionally to such a verdict, immigrants could almost touch the Manhattan skyscrapers.
All the different screening methods, archives and masses of pictures are present here.
Ellis island is a National Park in the us and the rangers are very helpful (as we allways know them in the parks)
It is strongly recommended to visit Ellis Island while visiting New York
Tags: Contagious diseases, Ellis island, Glaucoom, Immigrants, Immigration to america, Manhattan, New york, United states, Us archives, Us border immigration
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