Our arrival in NewYork City was let’s say a little rough. The plane landed 21:48 and by the time we arrived in south Brooklyn (you can go from Laguardia by public transport for 2.75$ it just takes a while) it was 0:30. Knocking on the door of our AirBnB resulted in: nothing. The phone of the landlord was switched of and of course he neither responded to messages. What the …
My landing in NYC was one of the greatest, giving a view over the enlightened skyline.
Even the parks around Chinatown looked like chinese parks with many chinese playing cards and chinese cheese. Only the naked bellies were missing.
The so typical view in the streets of the Big Apple of cross-over streets and avenues and the never missing fire escape.
Not only Chinese are playing cheese in parks. It’s a very common picture at Washington square along with lunch eating business men and screaming kindergarten kids.
Finally the original Wallstreet that gave it’s name to the natural landmarks we found and climbed in Utah.
Even though I didn’t expected it old architecture coexists in Manhattan with newly build office buildings.
A bit like the little mermaid in Copenhagen the statue of liberty looks a lot smaller than you expect. And yes according to Wikipedia the statue itself is only 46 m heigh (What did I expect?).
This beautiful roof top terrace has some special summer refresher. Champagne cooled down with what I would consider a frozen smoothie. Yum.
But it’s not just the drinks, also the street food scene is delicious and a lot more relaxing than I expected NYC to be (Just getting aware off that I had a lot of prejudges about NYC. Dammit TV.).
NYC in contrast is, what you expect: pretty crowded …
… and pretty hectic (except tourists taking pictures).
If you ever wondered why M&M’s only produces two kinds of M&M’s go to the store in NYC. They produce a broad variety including dark chocolate, almonds, crunch, peanut butter, Minis, Megas … they just don’t sell them in Germany.
Is it just me or are there some similarities?
If you want a closer look, but don’t pre-booked a tour several weeks in advance, I recommend the evening cruise around Manhattan. Giving you a close look at the staue of liberty …
… Manhattan …
… and it’s important landmarks, like the Brooklyn Bridge.
If you want to see the time square in it’s brightest beauty come here after sunset. Not that the luminous advertising is switched off during the day.
Tom enjoying the view off … well I guess not NewYork City.
Bye bye NewYork.