The American group after their reception at the Town Hall in Metz
Reception at the Town Hall in Metz: the organisers with the Deputy Mayor who gave us a warm welcome.
The cooks working hard at making some savoury meals for us at the Lycée Hôtelier in Metz.
The American students after their visit of the Lycée Hôtelier getting ready to taste the food.
The other table of the American students.
The French teachers with their American friends preparing to start having lunch.
The visit was made possible thanks to the kind assistance of the Headmaster of the Lycée Hôtelier.
Some more teachers have joined us.
Anne, one of the American chaperones
In Miami, two French students on their way to the beach.
Waiting for the bus for Bayside
Our bus for the Everglades and the tour of Miami.
In the airboat in the Everglades in Florida. Looking for alligators!
One Yellow school bus.
Hackley School: the Quad.
The Quad.
Two French students preparing to attend a class at Hackley School.
The famous Bull near Wall Street.
In front of the Bull that stands for the Bull market when the shares are going up at the NY Stock Exchange.
The New York Stock Exchange
Federal Hall, with the statue of the first President of the USA, General Washington.
Customs House, which is now the Museum of the Native Americans. It is built in the Beaux Arts style, like the New York Library.
The Statue of Liberty, offered by France, designed by Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel.
Municipal Building, near the NYC Town Hall.
Ground Zero, where stood the World Trade Center.
Brooklin Bridge, the first bridge to link Brooklin to Manhattan.
The French group waiting for the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City.
The French group in front of the memorial dedicated to John Lennon who was assassinated as he was returning to his apartment in the Dakotas
The famous Dakotas: The film Rose Mary's Baby was shot on the premises.
Times Square with all its lights and adversing neon signs.
A view of the spectacular elevators taking the guests to their rooms in the Mariott Hotel in Times Square.
The bar at the Mariott Hotel where we had a drink after the musical, The Phantom of the Opera.
A matinée at Madison Square Garden to watch the greatest circus in the world: the Barnum Circus.
The gilded statue of Prometheus bringing fire to Man at the Rockefeller plaza, which is turned into a skating rink in winter.
The General Electric building at the Rockefeller Center
The French group at the Rockefeller Plaza.
Inside the Trump Tower. Mr. Trump is a real estate promoter who is rebuilding the West Riverside in New York City.
Trump Tower: the escalators. Spielberg, the movie director, used to live on one of the upper floors
Grand Central Station.
Some of the paintings by John Singer Sargent that we were able to see at the Met.
And finally a painting of General George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Central Park South
The new skyscrapers at Columbus Circle.