My Memoirs - Citizen of the World

take them to Boston, the largest city in New England. We usually
have lunch at the popular Quincy Market, a very unique place with
a variety of foods and take an enjoyable Charles River cruise that
provides spectacular views of the city, especially in the evening to
enjoy the beautiful sunset.
New York, also known as the Big Apple - It’s so nice to live four
hours away by car to that beautiful city. Our son lives in
Manhattan, so we often visit him and explore new experiences
every time we go. Some of my favorite places are the Empire State
Building; Top of the Rock; Central Park; Metropolitan Museum;
FAO Schwarz, one of world’s largest toy’s stores in the world that
my grandchildren love to go with “vavô” and “vavó” (grandma and
grandpa). It is such a joy to see their happiness all over the store as
they see all the toys. Other sites we visit are, Ground Zero, the
place where the Twin Towers once stood before being destroyed on
September 11, 2001; the Statue of Liberty; Rockefeller Center,
Times Square; Rose Center for Earth and Space; Intrepid
Museum; South Street Seaport; St. Patrick’s Cathedra and
countless museums.
Ellis Island - The place where over twelve million immigrants
entered the United States from 1892 to 1954, through the portal of
Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor. It was an
experience for my wife and me, as immigrants ourselves, to take a
boat from Battery Park, stop at the Statue of Liberty and then go on
to Ellis Island. By studying its history and seeing the many birth
certificates, passports and artifacts, displayed in glass cabinets left
there, from people whose dream was to come and live on this
promised land, we discovered that on January 1 st , 1892, Anne
Moore, a 15 year old Irish girl accompanied by her two brothers
entered history books and a new country when she became the
very first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island.
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