{My BLISS = Tea, Chocolate & Flowers}

For taking time to sip tea together with preferably chocolate and some fresh flowers really is My BLISS!

Don't you agree?

These fragrant Narcissus Obdam we had on March 5th...

A time to slow down and savor the goodness of chocolate with tea.

Having a nice conversation and feeling blissful!

Wishing you all a lovely week ahead and thanks for stopping by.

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{FREE Ferry to Staten Island, New York}

One of the highlights of our sight seeing trip with OnBoard Tours to New York City was for sure the included Staten Island Ferry (click the pink hyperlinks for more info!). What we didn't know was that this Ferry is FREE for everyone! 

Here we are, just leaving from the Whitehall Ferry Terminal with a spectacular view of Lower Manhattan

To the left you can see the docking station of White Hall where we all got on board

Here you can see those three bridges across the Hudson River, as I zoomed in a bit.
Brooklyn Bridge is in the front with the Manhattan Bridge behind.
In the far distance you even get to see George Washington Bridge!
Sorry, this is all from my iPhone 6 Plus

Here we are looking at Staten Island Ferry's White Hall Terminal from where we departed.

We had such a perfect sunny day on August 28!

The view of Lower Manhattan looks spectacular, seen from the Ferry.

This is zoomed in as we passed Ellis Island with the Statue of Liberty...

When we were going back, I took this photo from the Ferry docking at the Terminal on the Staten Island side in St. George, NY.

There is seating inside the huge Ferry and here Pieter is seated on a bench on the upper deck outside.
Some 6,000 passengers can be transported and that 109 times daily!

That is me, standing on the upper deck for a spectacular view!

Going back to Lower Manhattan, New York City...

Riding this FREE Ferry I can only highly recommend!

Have you been across to Staten Island?

Thanks for your visit.

Related links:
Whitehall Ferry Terminal
  Top 5 Bridges in New York City

{Broadway Canyon of Heroes - Marker 98 for Dutch Queen in NYC}

On Broadway, across from Wall Street is Marker 98, for Dutch Queen Juliana who visited New York City on April 7, 1952.

When we were walking there with our tour guide, Pieter and I just spotted this by accident... I ran back for capturing it.

APRIL 7, 1952 * JULIANA, QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, AND PRINCE BERNHARD

Close to Trinity Church, that I posted before, and across from Wall Street is Marker 98.

To the right you see written: 98 April 7, 1952 * Juliana, Queen of The Netherlands, and Prince Bernhard

During their busy day in the city, the royal couple stopped at St. Martin's Episcopal Church at 122nd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, where they were greeted by a crowd estimated at 7,500.

Link: BROADWAY THE CANYON OF HEROES, just click it and you can see the entire map.

NEW YORK GIVES QUEEN JULIANA ROYAL GREETING

Thousands Cheer Dutch Monarch on Broadway (just click the hyperlink for scrolling down to page 17 of Chicago Tribune, April 8, 1952).

New York, April 7 - The city that grew from a small Dutch settlement gave its traditional ticker tape welcome today to a Dutch queen--Juliana of the Netherlands...

THE HERALD STATESMAN Yonkers, N.Y. Monday afternoon April 7, 1952 click to see full page...

Indeed, New York City is full of Dutch history!

Thanks for your visit.