o/~ New York, New York
Ok then. The big update. Ready?
Took a jetBlue red eye flight to New York on Tuesday evening. Anh gave me lift to San Jose airport, and the flight left pretty much on time. Usually, I don't have much problem sleeping on aeroplanes, but the one time I counted on sleeping, I couldn't. *Reeeally* annoying, so after arriving in New York at 6am (3am Body Clock Time) and getting to Farid's house (the guy I was staying with), I slept for a few hours. Woke up feeling refreshed, and after grabbing some breakfast with Farid, I headed out into Manhattan. I walked around Little Italy and Chinatown mainly, both of which were quite cool, and also headed north a bit towards the City Hall. Spent a good 5 hours there, before heading back to Farid's place to go to La Guardia to pick up Helena and Marija. Went out for some food that evening, before getting an early (2am :P) night.
Woke up early (7am >.<) on Thursday, ready to head off to Broadway for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Especially entertaining was Barny's leg hanging off, and hearing kids ask their parents if he was ok. After that, we went to a cathedral mid way up west central park, then headed across Manhattan to the tram to Washington Island, and got some good views of East Manhattan. Met Farid for food at a Turkish place (great food), before heading down to the Staten Island Ferry, where we went across to Staten and got some good views of the Statue of Liberty in the dark. And the view on the way back of the South Manhattan skyline was excellent, although the pitching of the boatd made it pretty tough to take any decent photos. It wa also absolutely freezing cold, easily -15 Celcius factoring in the wind chill. The rest of the day had also been cold, but no where near as bad as the ferry. After that, it was up to Times Square and Broadway (I *love* Times Square, so much better than Picadilly Circus) and the theatre for Phantom of the Opera. Good stuff. After that, we froze to death in Times Square for a bit before taking refuge in the New York Hard Rock Cafe, where we got some food.
Then, around 1am, it was back to Farid's for sleep.
8 am start on Friday, and we spent the day in museums. Went to the American Museum of Natural History, where we saw some excellent exhibits. Some really cool planitarium/lightshow things about space (One very much reminding me of the Total Perspective machine from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy :D), one about the Galapagos Islands, and a very cool butterfly exhibit, where we got to see all these really beautiful tropical butterflies. I had one land on me, which was cool :D
After that, we went down to the Museum of Modern Art around 4pm, and got in free (thanks Target!) and spent a good 3.5 hours in there, looking around everything. Was *really* cool.
After that, we wandered around the area for a bit, ending up at the Rockerfeller Center, then meeting up with Farid and a friend of his from Chicago for some food at a cool pub-type place with it's own brewery. Had a pint or three of some really good beer and a great steak. Then it was back home for a movie and bed.
Started at 9am on Saturday (notice how we're getting up later every day? :P) and spent the day wandering around Manhattan, mainly the 5th Avenue area. Really, really great; Skipping down the road arm in arm with Helena and Marija was particularly amusing :D. Saw, amongst other things, Grand Central Station, the Chrysler Building, the UN building. New York Public Library, Times Square (again), Greenwich Village (and a good italian lunch), then went up the Empire State Building. Took 2 hours to get up because of the queue, but the views from the top were amzing. Would have been nice to jave seen it during the day, but the view at night was still pretty awesome. Then went shopping at the Manhattan Mall (got a great new hat :D), went into Macy's quickly, then wandered around Broadway for a bit before heading back to Times Square and muching on a fantastic all you can eat chinese buffet. Delicious.
Back to the early start of 7am on Sunday, we managed to fit a whole bunch of stuff in before we had to leave in the afternoon. First we went to Brooklyn Heights, with some spectacular views of South Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge. Then we walked over the bridge to Ground Zero, which was surprisingly emotional, and around Wall Street for a while and eventually found the bull, before heading up to a church that Marija wanted to visit. After that, we went to Central Park, and spent an hour there, ice skating. So cool :]
Cue a mad-capped dash back to Brooklyn and Farids house to pack things up, and then to the airport. I *almost* missed my flight, but somehow, both I and my bag managed to get on it. jetBlue is an *awesome* airline, cheap *and* with great customer service, friendly crew, and funny captains. Definately recommended. Finished reading my book, and got picked up by Anh and Anna when I landed, and after chilling out with them for a bit, hit the sack.
And that was New York. I think I prefer London to New York, except for Times Square and Central Park, but it was pretty cool to wander around and see all these famous places. I think spending one more day there so more time could have been spent in Central Park would have been good, but I had a pretty awesome time as it was. Muchos hugs to Marija and Helena... not sure how you put up with my zanyness for 4 days, but it was an excellent holiday.
And now, work for a month before Christmas and my insane running around the country.
Took a jetBlue red eye flight to New York on Tuesday evening. Anh gave me lift to San Jose airport, and the flight left pretty much on time. Usually, I don't have much problem sleeping on aeroplanes, but the one time I counted on sleeping, I couldn't. *Reeeally* annoying, so after arriving in New York at 6am (3am Body Clock Time) and getting to Farid's house (the guy I was staying with), I slept for a few hours. Woke up feeling refreshed, and after grabbing some breakfast with Farid, I headed out into Manhattan. I walked around Little Italy and Chinatown mainly, both of which were quite cool, and also headed north a bit towards the City Hall. Spent a good 5 hours there, before heading back to Farid's place to go to La Guardia to pick up Helena and Marija. Went out for some food that evening, before getting an early (2am :P) night.
Woke up early (7am >.<) on Thursday, ready to head off to Broadway for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Especially entertaining was Barny's leg hanging off, and hearing kids ask their parents if he was ok. After that, we went to a cathedral mid way up west central park, then headed across Manhattan to the tram to Washington Island, and got some good views of East Manhattan. Met Farid for food at a Turkish place (great food), before heading down to the Staten Island Ferry, where we went across to Staten and got some good views of the Statue of Liberty in the dark. And the view on the way back of the South Manhattan skyline was excellent, although the pitching of the boatd made it pretty tough to take any decent photos. It wa also absolutely freezing cold, easily -15 Celcius factoring in the wind chill. The rest of the day had also been cold, but no where near as bad as the ferry. After that, it was up to Times Square and Broadway (I *love* Times Square, so much better than Picadilly Circus) and the theatre for Phantom of the Opera. Good stuff. After that, we froze to death in Times Square for a bit before taking refuge in the New York Hard Rock Cafe, where we got some food.
Then, around 1am, it was back to Farid's for sleep.
8 am start on Friday, and we spent the day in museums. Went to the American Museum of Natural History, where we saw some excellent exhibits. Some really cool planitarium/lightshow things about space (One very much reminding me of the Total Perspective machine from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy :D), one about the Galapagos Islands, and a very cool butterfly exhibit, where we got to see all these really beautiful tropical butterflies. I had one land on me, which was cool :D
After that, we went down to the Museum of Modern Art around 4pm, and got in free (thanks Target!) and spent a good 3.5 hours in there, looking around everything. Was *really* cool.
After that, we wandered around the area for a bit, ending up at the Rockerfeller Center, then meeting up with Farid and a friend of his from Chicago for some food at a cool pub-type place with it's own brewery. Had a pint or three of some really good beer and a great steak. Then it was back home for a movie and bed.
Started at 9am on Saturday (notice how we're getting up later every day? :P) and spent the day wandering around Manhattan, mainly the 5th Avenue area. Really, really great; Skipping down the road arm in arm with Helena and Marija was particularly amusing :D. Saw, amongst other things, Grand Central Station, the Chrysler Building, the UN building. New York Public Library, Times Square (again), Greenwich Village (and a good italian lunch), then went up the Empire State Building. Took 2 hours to get up because of the queue, but the views from the top were amzing. Would have been nice to jave seen it during the day, but the view at night was still pretty awesome. Then went shopping at the Manhattan Mall (got a great new hat :D), went into Macy's quickly, then wandered around Broadway for a bit before heading back to Times Square and muching on a fantastic all you can eat chinese buffet. Delicious.
Back to the early start of 7am on Sunday, we managed to fit a whole bunch of stuff in before we had to leave in the afternoon. First we went to Brooklyn Heights, with some spectacular views of South Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge. Then we walked over the bridge to Ground Zero, which was surprisingly emotional, and around Wall Street for a while and eventually found the bull, before heading up to a church that Marija wanted to visit. After that, we went to Central Park, and spent an hour there, ice skating. So cool :]
Cue a mad-capped dash back to Brooklyn and Farids house to pack things up, and then to the airport. I *almost* missed my flight, but somehow, both I and my bag managed to get on it. jetBlue is an *awesome* airline, cheap *and* with great customer service, friendly crew, and funny captains. Definately recommended. Finished reading my book, and got picked up by Anh and Anna when I landed, and after chilling out with them for a bit, hit the sack.
And that was New York. I think I prefer London to New York, except for Times Square and Central Park, but it was pretty cool to wander around and see all these famous places. I think spending one more day there so more time could have been spent in Central Park would have been good, but I had a pretty awesome time as it was. Muchos hugs to Marija and Helena... not sure how you put up with my zanyness for 4 days, but it was an excellent holiday.
And now, work for a month before Christmas and my insane running around the country.
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