My favorite

And I love my friends in NY!!!!

My favorite

I like RENT

My favorite

I like the George Washington Bridge which is near my apartment.

My favorite

I like Fort Tryon Park and the Cloister.

My favorite

I like mosaics in the subway stations

My favorite

I like the sky which I see between buildings.

The Bon Festival

Many events are held in every park during summer.

This is Bon dance in Bryant Park!!

I'd never danced Bon dance in Japan since I grew up, but I danced in NY! 

That was fun!

I danced A.I.U.E.Ondo, Tokyo-Ondo and more....

I should have worn Yukata. Fufufu...

a view between buildings

I saw beautiful sky at sunset between buildings when I was waiting the movie starting.

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival!!!

Many people were waiting the movie starting.

It would be started as soon as the sun set.

The films have been showing every Monday night in the park for free!!!

How nice!!!

Camp!

We camped at the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley!

What I wanted to do there was just looking up at the stars in the heavens. 

And we did!!! We were talking about our childhood while we were looking stars.

That was my unforgettable moment.

Thank you Junko!!!!

I was really happy to go to trip with you.

A road

We drove over 600 miles.

Most of driving roads were like this picture.

I'd like to go to Grand Canyon by train someday!

I saw a train at The Grand Canyon station from in the shuttle bus.

Monument Valley 3

Spectacular!

Monument Valley 2

Mitt(left) and Dancers(right)

Monument Valley

We walked on the trail in the morning.

And I hugged a rocky mountain.hahaha...

There are 2 kind of monuments called [Mesa] which looks like table, and the other ones called [Butte] .

Navajo who are native Americans have been keeping there as a holy place and they named these monuments from the monument's shapes.

For example, Mother and child, Dancers, Dragon head, Mitt, Three sisters,etc...

Antelope Canyon

Amazing....

Grand Canyon

Yes, Grand Canyon!!

There was no sound there. We could hear our clothes rubbing sound very loudly when we were walking.

We've been in noisy big city NY, so that was good for us♪

We listened to the sound of wind, birds singing and our footsteps.

And my shoes became Grand Canyon color...

Phoenix

We bought a lot of food for 1 week in Phoenix.

breads, ham, cheese, juice, canned food, cereals, and water water water... plenty of water!

It's hot and dry in Arizona. So everyone advised us to bring much water there.

Arizona trip

I started to go to new ESL last week after the  looooong vacation.

My classmates are very nice and friendly. Teachers are also good!

I enjoy studying English with them!

The end of my long vacation, I went to Arizona with my friend Junko for 1 week 6/9 ~ 6/15!!!

We flew to Phoenix and drove to Sedona, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, and Monument Valley by a rental car.

Look at pictures!!!!

Real purpose

After seeing the falls, I walked to USA across the Rainbow Bridge again and I got a stamp on my I-20.

That's why I came Niagara Falls. I needed to get out USA and get in again with a stamp. 

I'm a Japanese, so crossing the border by walk was exciting!!

That was a good experience.

Niagara falls

I went there only with small bag and it was one day trip.

Going to Canada is very easy but I was so surprised to see the falls!

Wow...I got a lot of energy from the spectacular  view of nature.