Dad and I on the plane to Shannon, Ireland In the historical part of the city of Albuquerque together with Alice Ann Klingler and my dad. Getting ready for ballooning (ALBQ suburbs) Someone is already there (picture taken from the earth) Finally we got started High above Albuquerque Delta of Rio Grande as seen from above
Ballooning above Albuquerque, New Mexico A 'ritual' for young ballooners:-) At car races in Albuquerque, NM, I was not just a spectator:-) Dad and I in the Univ. of New Mexico yard In front of the UNM bookstore Inside UNM (In the Fine Arts Dept.) In the Fine Arts Library where I spent most of my time (with David, senior librarian)
Karen and Hugo Cotter that had invited me and Dad to New Mexico in 2001. Karen beautifully sang jazz in a club (Phil @ the piano)... ...and Dad and I were thankful listeners And this is New York! My first day there I wlaked around on my own. This is the Metropolitan Museum. This is the Synagogue on the 5th Ave. In the lower part of Manhattan At the G.Garibaldi monument (what does Garibaldi do in NYC?..)
My friend Dima Fradkin (we had not seen each other for 7 years!), our acquaintance Marina and me in one of Italian restaurants of the Lower Manhattan Dima and I on the Times Square of NYC Times Square That's me on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building of New York Also there with a friend of mine, Dmitriy Fradkin A view of Hudson river and a part of New Jersey from the ESB And then I took a look upwards and saw the rest of the ESB... Quite impressive, isn't it?
On my last day in New York, we went up to the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center which NO LONGER EXIST AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACKS. ...and we took a picture in the place which is never gonna be the same...

Visit of the USA (New Mexico and NYC), June - July '2001

In June and July 2001, thanks to the kind invitation of Karen and Hugo Cotter of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, I was able to visit America for the 1st time in my life. In my tight schedule the work at the Fine Arts Library of the Univ. of New Mexico, and leisure and entertainment combined. It was one of the most impressive trips in my whole life, indeed.
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