Holiday Inn Express New York City Times Square

... mir aus Lübeck der in New York eines seiner Praktika macht] und wir haben uns eine Stunde später am Columbus Circle am südlichen Ende des Central Parks verabredet. Da unser Hostel in der 103rd St. war und der Treffpunkt an der 56st oder so und wir auch den Central Park sehen wollten sind wir gleich los und haben bei warmen Wetter und Sonnenschein einen schöenen Spazierganz durch den Central Park gemacht. Das war wirklich schöen, aber wenn ...

... early night before our early train journey.

Flo: It was really nice to see people we knew, and New York was just as good as we both remembered it (because we've both been before separately in 2005) and the things that we hadn't done before (Like the Rockefeller Center and Central Park Zoo) were even better. It was good being there on September 11th, but a little sad, and we really had a superb time.

Next up, Boston!

Until then, Bye!

Love,

Flo + Simon
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... saw a man with interesting fashion choice of a chicken suit.
New York Public Library-big disappointment as the facade of the building is under construction.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)-Had to walk almost around the entire block to get in line for the free tickets...some cool and very important art pieces...girls were done for the day and very tired...Matt did get to see Van Gogh's Starry Night.
Katz's ...

... We liked it so much, Laurs and I went back the following day for our best meal in NYC this trip at a little local wine bar. We then did dinner with A+B at another Greenwich institution called Home. Very nice spot. Also managed to fit in a bit of shopping, as you do when you're in NYC! Eventually had to say some sad good-byes to Amanda and Brett, before heading to the train station to head south.

Next stop: Baltimore and Washington DC

... on time. However, this time he decided to veer right at the split in the road. Unfortunately the Lincoln Tunnel exit was to the left. So after getting a tour of Giant Stadium's parking lot, the bus driver got it right on the third try. We made it into the city and since we were now 30 minutes late, they decided to change our drop off point. We finally de-bussed and try to get out of there before there are any more ...

... hunch in a Quasimodo kind of way actually) - the straight benches were all occupied by about 8pm. It was OK though with my cushion and pashmina, I slept a bit more despite the constant announcements not to leave my luggage unattended and the like. Trouble was when I needed a pee, I couldn´t take all my bags with me or someone would nick my primo location - more important than nicking my bags at that point. Had to wait till the security guards had ...

... for Wicked, followed by my early birthday dinner AND 4th of July fireworks on Friday. We've bought super cheap tickets to A Catered Affair (Harvey Fierstein's new show) on Saturday night then Sunday we're walking down to the bottom tip of the island (again) and getting the Stratton Island Ferry to Stratton Island for the day. We're off to San Francisco next Tuesday and we've still not seen a single museum or art gallery, we've still got TONS of shopping to do ...

... Bon nombre de nos déplacements ont été fait à la marche. Premier constat : Je croyais qu'il faisait pas mal plus chaud à New York qu'à Montréal. Mais ces temps-ci, la différence en Celcius (ou en Fahrenheit) n'est pas flagrante et c'est foutrement humide là-bas. Malgré tout, ce segment du voyage m'a permis de satisfaire ma curiosité devant le Dakota, là où John Lennon s'est éteint, de voir son "cercle commémoratif" et de fredonner Strawberry Field dans un ...

... amp; Historical Buildings Neighborhood: Manhattan/Murray Hill Crowded and crazy and always under construction. The universal consensus was that "Top of the Rock" is the better choice, but my Mom's never been to NYC so we had to take her. The smartest thing I did was get express tickets - **** it, it's a money trap anyway. By this point in the trip we were too exhausted for lines, lines, and more lines. Couldn't escape the hawkers and vendors at every turn. Nice view though ...

... the buzzer goes when I go through so I have to get searched. Typical. Frantically throwing my shoes off and checking all my pockets I finally got through for a quick goodbye before we ran our seperate ways to our gates. Of course as it turned out the quick goodbye needn't have been so quick. We got to our gate to find it was still being cleaned so we went for a drink. Later I find out Amy saw our plane take off. Again, typical.