It is called the Work and Travel Program. Hence, besides working, we travelled to some interesting places in the states. Our first stop is Albany, the capital of New York State. To get there from 55 Church Street, we walked 20minutes to the Plattekill post office, where we board a UCAT (Ulster County Area Transit) bus to New Paltz. And at New Paltz, we bought a 2 way bus ticket to Albany, which cost each of us USD40. Albany is just 1 and a half hour bus ride away from New Paltz.
So, here we are, on the streets of Albany.
This is the very first cathedral I see in the states. Beautiful.Never seen one like this in Malaysia. But, according to Peter and Kate, such cathedrals are very common in Poland.
This is a very nice clock tower. And it rings every hour with different melody for each hour.After some walking on the streets, we arrived at this huge building.
The New York State Capitol Building. It was completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most expensive government building of its time. Three teams of architects labored on it.
In front of this building is a very big court yard, with this statue. (Notice that the horse is a male).Just in case you have no idea how huge this building is,
This is how small we are.
A lot of maintenance is required to conserve is historical building. There's a free guided tour for this building every 2 hours.
The interior of the building.
The Million Dollar Staircase.
One fo the Senate Chambers. The senate's meeting is open to everyone to witness.Right across the street, opposite to capitol is the Empire State Plaza.
The Empire State Plaza. The building behind us is the Cultural Education Center.
The Egg. 
American ducks.
An eagle eye view of Albany from the plaza.
The New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial.There is an observation deck on the 72nd floor of the Erastus Corning Tower. And, it is also free of charge.
The observation deck.
Looking at the Egg from the observation deck.
I Love NY.It was an just a half day tour. But enough for us to see quite abit of Albany.
3 comments:
Albany.. The only thing i felt regret is missed the visiting at Washington Park and Albany Aqua Duck.. I miss travelling with Kate & Pituor too... I miss them so much.. How I wish I could meet them again if I have chance...
I like the Albany trip because we explored a lots. Albany is a beautiful city and peaceful. There are building with different design.i felt regret to aque duck too. We saw chinese restoran here too. We were so excited when we saw the foods and associates who are chinese there. However, the foods were not that 'Chinese'; made me miss my mum very much.
i lk d beautiful clock tower and d inside of the historical building.hmm ducks..yummy
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