I travelled alone for the first time in the summer of 2015, during which I spent three weeks in the United States and in Canada, including a few days in New York. Exploring this amazing city by myself was extraordinary! Here are my favourite pictures of the Big Apple, from that first initiatory trip of 2015.

🇫🇷 J’ai voyagé seul pour la première fois durant l’été 2015, au cours duquel j’ai passé trois semaines aux Etats-Unis et au Canada, et notamment quelques jours à New-York. Explorer cette ville unique tout seul était extraordinaire ! Voici mes photos préférées de la Grosse Pomme, lors de ce voyage initiatique de 2015.

The yellow cabs of New York in Times Square

Times Square

Central Park

Central Park

The Victorian Gardens Amusement Park in Central Park

Central Park

Central Park

Central Park

A dinosaur in the American Museum of Natural History of New York

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, Central Park

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, the biggest lake of Central Park

Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan and the Empire State Building seen from the Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan seen from Brooklyn

A panoramic view of the Brooklyn Bridge to the left and the Manhattan Bridge to the right

Manhattan seen from Brooklyn

One World Trade Center

The 9/11 Memorial; this pond is at the exact same place of one of the towers that fell after a terrorist attack on the 11th of September 2001 (there’s a second one next to it for the second tower). Visiting this place felt very emotional to me

Sometimes, people leave flowers next to name of a victim as a tribute

Manhattan seen from the One World Trade Center

Manhattan seen from the One World Trade Center

The Manhattan Bridge to the left and the Brooklyn Bridge to the right seen from the One World Trade Center

The building of Wall Street seen from the One World Trade Center

The Upper Bay of New York seen from the One World Trade Center, with Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty in the middle

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal seen from the One World Trade Center

Ellis Island seen from the One World Trade Center

Trinity Church close to Wall Street, with the One World Trade Center to the left

Visiting Wall Street on a sunday is a bad idea: nothing happens!

Manhattan seen from the ferry to Staten Island

A ship sailing next to the Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

Sailing in the Upper Bay of New York, leaving Manhattan behind in the direction of Staten Island

The Verrazzano Bridge and the entrance of the Upper Bay of New York

Grand Central, the main train station of New York

Bryant Park and the Empire State Building

The Empire State Building

Manhattan by night seen from the top of the Empire State Building

The One World Trade Center by night seen from the top of the Empire State Building

That bright light in the middle is Times Square, seen from the top of the Empire State Building

The East River and Brooklyn by night seen from the top of the Empire State Building

Manhattan by night seen from the top of the Empire State Building, with the Chrysler Building to the right

The Flatiron Building, one of the icons of New York. It’s hard to believe that it once was the tallest building of the city!

Washington Square Arch

I honestly can’t remember which building it is, but I think this was in Washington Square, close to the Washington Arch

Gansevoort Market, a lovely market in the West Village

The beginning of the High Line, a former railroad turner into a popular greenway

New York seen from the High Line

The High Line

Central Park seen from the top of the Rockefeller Center

The view over Manhattan from the Rockefeller Center, with the Empire State Building in the middle

The old and the new: the Empire State Building in the foreground and the One World Trade Center in the background

The Empire State Building and Manhattan seen from the Rockefeller Center

Three of the most famous buildings of New York in one picture: the Chrysler Building (partially hidden) to the left, the Empire State Building to the right and the One World Trade Center in the background

Times Square (the bright spot to the right) seen from the Rockefeller Center, with the Empire State Building to the left and the One World Trace Center in the background

Sunset over Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge, seen from the Manhattan Bridge

Manhattan by night seen from Brooklyn

The Manhattan Bridge by night

The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan by night