Toronto/New York, May 2006
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Going for business to Toronto and New York sounds great. But there is only little time for sighseeing. But I was able to spare 90 minutes which I used to visit the CN Tower in Toronto. Still (but only until 2010) the highest unsupported men made structure in the world.
In the beginning a pleasant surprise. Lufthansa needed to upgrade us to First Class. Quite comfortable but it would have been much more useful on the flight back.
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CN Tower is 1814 feet high and offers three observation decks. I have visited all of them. First the regular observation deck, then the Sky Pod at 1465 feet and finally the glass floor.
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View from observation deck
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View to Toronto with Lake Ontario behind it. The lake has about half the size of the Baltic Sea
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The two brown folded buildings directly on the water front are the hotel I will stay overnight in.
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Then I go in a second lift to the Sky Pod - currently the world's highest observation deck. Quite nice. The windows are tiltet and go down to the floor so that you can have a direct view down to the bottom.
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Then down to the glass floor. It did cost me quite an effort to go onto it. There is just 1210 feet of void below me.
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The tower from the bottom. The lift goes behind the glass windows.
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At the banks of Lake Ontario
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Toronto in the morning at 5.30 am
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The flight from Toronto to New York was a little bit bumpy. It was a small airplane and there were some turbulences in the air. But I was able to take some pictures
View to Toronto
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Flight over CN Tower
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New York welcoms us with Verrazano Narrows bridge...
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... and Statue of Liberty
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On departure I have a brilliant view to Manhattan...
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... and in particular to the Central Park
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