new york, new york... do i heart ny?
January 6, 2007
well... the first impression was not that stunning...
i still got a broken heart from leaving miami that soon and the inefficiency of the jfk airport, i.e. every 2 minutes one bag appeared with everyone waiting after the already delayed flight, so the start was rough
since i was already pissed yesterday night i decided to drive to the hostel with the b15 bus, in the otherwise pretty safe ny nowadays a choice that adds some spice i thought... the line drives 45 minutes through east ny / brooklyn, a rather tough neighborhood still... needless to say that i was the only backpacker, the only tourist and the only white person
but no problems at all, the bus driver helped me with information, some passengers changed a 1$ bill into coins, etc... and the sight you get & the passengers are certainly more interesting than the taxi ride... and 32$ cheaper
so i arrived late at the hostel, sorry, "loftstel" in a borderline trendy/ghetto area, south williamsburg, some 10 minutes east from manhattan by subway... free internet, nice people, comfy hostel & cheap! if it only was in manhattan itself, it would be overrun with people
today i walked through manhattan, and damn, i walked a lot... blisters on my feet made me move the ny clubbing experience to another day hehe
but as always, im really lucky with the weather... it was over 20 celsius today and half of the time i walked around with sunglasses and tshirt!
but after this day, im not THAT impressed with ny... sure, its like london tenfolded - but it lacks character i think... but maybe it grows on me a bit during the next few days... east village on sat evening was quite promising at least, so let's see what the next few days will bring
ah... the new yorkers.... they sure seem to be a special breed.. but come on, all the girls look exactly the same trendy/cool way... big sunglasses, overlong shirt, tight jeans or leggins and a long black coat over it... come on! you look different than people in miami yes, but you all look the same!
flickr set: new york - manhattan
flickr set: new york - snapshots
i still got a broken heart from leaving miami that soon and the inefficiency of the jfk airport, i.e. every 2 minutes one bag appeared with everyone waiting after the already delayed flight, so the start was rough
since i was already pissed yesterday night i decided to drive to the hostel with the b15 bus, in the otherwise pretty safe ny nowadays a choice that adds some spice i thought... the line drives 45 minutes through east ny / brooklyn, a rather tough neighborhood still... needless to say that i was the only backpacker, the only tourist and the only white person
but no problems at all, the bus driver helped me with information, some passengers changed a 1$ bill into coins, etc... and the sight you get & the passengers are certainly more interesting than the taxi ride... and 32$ cheaperso i arrived late at the hostel, sorry, "loftstel" in a borderline trendy/ghetto area, south williamsburg, some 10 minutes east from manhattan by subway... free internet, nice people, comfy hostel & cheap! if it only was in manhattan itself, it would be overrun with people
today i walked through manhattan, and damn, i walked a lot... blisters on my feet made me move the ny clubbing experience to another day hehe
but as always, im really lucky with the weather... it was over 20 celsius today and half of the time i walked around with sunglasses and tshirt!
but after this day, im not THAT impressed with ny... sure, its like london tenfolded - but it lacks character i think... but maybe it grows on me a bit during the next few days... east village on sat evening was quite promising at least, so let's see what the next few days will bring
ah... the new yorkers.... they sure seem to be a special breed.. but come on, all the girls look exactly the same trendy/cool way... big sunglasses, overlong shirt, tight jeans or leggins and a long black coat over it... come on! you look different than people in miami yes, but you all look the same!
flickr set: new york - manhattan
flickr set: new york - snapshots
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