I guess everyone expected this post a lot earlier in our month over here. Maar Renier is nie rerig gepla met enige vroumense behalwe een nie. En Nico hou daarvan om die girls te laat wag. Vir jare nou al. Maar anyway, we eventually made our way to the Statue of Liberty. She’s kind of out of the way, way down South but after finishing our internship we became proper tourists. So obviously Lady Liberty had her day.
New Yorkers love standing in a queue and they enjoy making their visitors do the same. So we stood in a line for the tickets, then stood in a line to get on the ferry, then stood in a line to get off the ferry and stood in a line to get back on at the end. But the experience is well worth it. Getting on a ferry out of Manhattan is like going on a holiday to the Kruger Park. With less lions though. It’s amazing how calm everything gets. Before we even saw the big statue on the island, we just enjoyed sitting around doing nothing in the shade of some shade giving trees. It was also nice to see a lawn. Never, ever take a lawn for granted again. Grass is nass…
When we eventually saw the Lady, she was quite something. Much bigger than the novelty ones you mom’s aunt brought you and your brothers back home from her trip to the States way back when. She impressed us enough to warrant a new roll right by her feet.
As mens vir ‘n maand na ‘n plek soos hierdie kom en dan nog werk ook, kan dit maklik raak om te vergeet waar jy is. Dit was nice om herhinder te word dat ons actually in New York is. Ons ma’s moet seker moerse trots wees!
