USA - Påsken 2009

Københavns Lufthavn 6/4-2009 kl. 6 om morgenen
The morning of our departure - Copenhagen Airport at 6 am the 6th of April 2009

Vores lejede bil - en Dodge Grand Caravan. Den holder udenfor vort hotel i Albany.
Our rented car - a Dodge Grand Caravan - parked outside our hotel in Albany.

University at Albany

En typisk amerikansk Diner
A typical, American Diner

En typisk forstadsgade i Albany
A typical suburban street in Albany

Empire State Plaza, Albany

Udstilling af en brandbil, som var med i New York den 11. september 2001
Firetruck that participated in rescue work during 911 in New York

Et sted i New York State undervejs til Niagara
Somewhere in New York State - enroute to Niagara

Motorvejen var fuld af kæmpestore lastbiler, der kørte præcis lige så hurtigt som alle andre
The freeway was full of giant trucks travelling at the same speed as the rest of us

Vores første glimt af byen Niagara Falls og vandfaldene - bemærk en lille smule tåge ca. midt i billedet!
Our first glimpse of Niagara Falls - the town and the falls. Notice a hint of mist in the middle of the picture!
 

Her er det lidt tydeligere!
A bit more obvious!

Vandfaldene set fra vort hotel på den amerikanske side
The waterfalls as the look from our hotel on the American side

De Amerikanske vandfald set fra Goat Island
The American Falls from Goat Island

De Canadiske fald - hesteskofaldet - set fra den amerikanske side
The Canadian Falls, or the Horseshoe Falls - from the American side

Hesteskofaldene
The Horseshoe Falls

Malstrømmen i Whirlpool Park. Der var dog ikke meget malstrøm over den - det hele var is!
The malstroem at Whirlpool Park - however there wasn't much maelstrom about it, because of all the ice!

Udsigten fra hotelværelset om aftenen
The view from our hotel room at nights

De amerikanske fald om aftenen
The American Falls in the evening

Udsigten fra Cave of the Winds - læg mærke til al isen. Den var væk alle andre steder end i floden!
The view from Cave of the Winds. Notice all the ice. Snow and ice had cleared everywhere else, but in the river!

Udsigten fra udsigtstårnet. Læg mærke til det store isbjerg forneden i billedet!
The view from the panorama tower. Notice the big iceberg in the front!

Det var for tidligt til, at man sejlede med Maid of the Mist. De lå alle på værft!
It was too early in the year for the Maid of the Mist to be sailing. They were all wharfed.