09:00pm
Cold, clear night
Hey dudes!
New York is awesome. After I arrived at JFK, I took a NY taxi to my hostel, where I met Patty. After a bear hug, paying for the room and unpacking, we left for the Empire State Building. The city was packed and we took a look at the Rockefeller Center
(ice skating ring and the huge Christmas tree) and went off. It took us 1 hour in line to get up the Empire State Building and it was freezing, snowing, but NYC by night is awesome!!
The first night was okay, seeing that it is a 12 bed dorm, and about 6 guys were snoring and the tall guy had his feet in my bed.
Second day was spend in Downtown Manhattan – WTC – Site, Wall Street
, Broadway,
Times Square and we saw the “Lion King” Musical – got cancellation tickets. Meaning, wait in line 2 hours before the show and if someone cancels you get the ticket for 126,40 $. It was worth it and it was my birthday!
Third day, we got up early; we went to the Battery Park. Patty got in line for the ferry to Statue of Liberty and I got in line for the tickets. No monument passes, but tickets for the ferry. 1 ½ h later, we got onto the ferry and were of to see the lady.
We spend a good 5 hours on Liberty and Ellis Island - it was worth it. I cooked at the hostel and we had a lovely evening talking with some other people!
On the 31st, Patty and I left for the Museum of Sex, where I watched porn with a Rabbi sitting next to me. Devine.
We got back to the hostel early and prepared to go to Times Square. 2 pants, shirt, sweater, winter jacket, gloves, scarf and funny hat.
We got as far as 49th street, saw the ball being lifted at 6pm and left by 8pm, because it was cold and boring. Back at the hostel we hooked up with Kris and Dee from Australia as well as Mer and Liz from Brazil. The 6 of us went to a bar, got drunk, danced a lot and had a blast.
And today we slept late, well actually Patty slept late, I got up at 8:30am, got breakfast and went back to bed. At noon, I got us some groceries, after throwing Patty out of bed, and made Pasta and sauce. It was a delicious farewell lunch for Dee and Kris, for they were leaving for Canada. The afternoon, the two of us went to Central Park, took a horse carriage, walked around and just enjoyed each others company.
Plans for the next days: MoMA, Apple Store, Victoria’s Secret Super Store, catch plane for Indiana.
Loads of hugs,
A Happy New Year to all of you,
Patty says hi,
Rea
P.S.: I love NY!!
