...... I'll be born in the right place. This may sound foolish or childish to a lot of you, but even though I am happy with the life I have, because I was lucky to have loving parents, friends and a wonderful husband in this one, I'm still pretty sure that I was meant to live my life elsewhere.

Ever since I was a teenager, my love for the USA kept growing and I always remember the first time I visited. When the plane got down and the door opened, I got outside and when my feet touched the ground, my first thought was : Thank God, I'm home !! I was surprised myself that such a thought crossed my mind, but fact was and still is that in my heart, I will always be amercian. I'm crying my eyes out every time I see the Statue of Liberty in a movie, my heart hurts when I see NYC pictures and everything burns inside when I'm there and the day to fly home gets closer.

Strange, isn't it ? I admit, it might sound a little weird, but that's the way I feel and nothing's ever gonna change that.

I have one very special, very good old friend, her name is Dany too, we're both pisces and our husband's are both gemini. We've known each other for more than 25 years now and we went through a lot of ups and downs together in our lives. We share many things, like writing stories f.ex., although she's much better at it than I am, maybe because I spend more time in my miniworld.

But there is one thing we share, one big love in our live and that's our incredible love for the city of NEW YORK. We have been planning for so many years now to make a trip to NYC together, maybe just the 2 of us, or maybe with our husbands, but until this day, it hasn't worked out, but I'm sure it will, one day.

If you'd like to know more about her and here stories, go visit her homepage, it's great (and it's in german) : www.dany.beep.de

I could scan hundreds of pictures I made during all my trips to NYC, but this website is not about NYC, that's why I just wanted to add a few words and pics to let the world know how I feel.

The Bridge of Dreams.

I once saw a movie about how the Bridge was build. Man, that was tough. Many had lost their lives, but every time I look at it, I think to myself that that those lives weren't lost for nothing.

My girl, Miss Liberty.

Every time I see her, I cry, maybe because I think about the immigration years. Those people came to America with nothing than a few clothes in their suitcases and big hope in their hearts. And when the ship entered NYC, the first thing they saw was her ....... The Statue of Liberty. And I think even today, she represents hope for a lot of people.

Grand Central Station.

One of my favorite places in NYC. It's always so busy, it's kinda like a little down inside Manhattan.

When this picture was taken, who would have thought that this would be my last time on top of the Twin Towers.

I still can't believe what happened. I still can't believe they're not there anymore. I still can't believe how many people lost their lives and on top of it all, I can't believe what is happened to our world, who we have become.

How much more pain will there be, how much more time will it take to make the world a better place to live .... ????

Let's not forget the victims, but also the ones left behind.

God bless them all.
God bless Amercia.