Sunday 30 November 2008 Got up, late - about 10.30 but think I needed the sleep in. Took a shower in the shared bathroom and headed out for a wander around the Village. Had my first subway experience - and didn’t manage to get lost. I did that on my second excursion today to World Trade Centre. Anyway, it was raining and freezing and I couldn’t get out my map to navigate properly so I thought it was appropriate to return and get some laundry done. In the spirit of this vacation, luck, there was a laundrette just around the corner. [View Full Entry]

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All - we thought this would be the easiest way of contacting you all.... Sheena and I have recently become engaged. It was a beautiful moment at the site of our first kiss in NY almost 2 years ago. I got on one knee, put my knee in a puddle and.....begged! Fortunately Sheena took pity and the rest is history. Sheena was so delighted about the news that she decided to go to Thailand for 1 month! However, once back we plan to organise some drinks in London to celebrate. We're both very happy and look forward to seeing you over [View Full Entry]

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Saturday 29 November 2008 Another early start with very little sleep - but I thought this way I could pass the time on the flight by actually sleeping. Finally got my phone working at the airport and called Kristian to let him know I was arriving and think I managed to text Vasilis just before my flight. Kristian said he would work out the plan to get me to the see the show. Luckily my sleep plan worked - I woke up just as we were decending into JFK after sleeping for five hours. Got a text from Kristian upon my [View Full Entry]

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What a fantastico time i had, i am exhausted and there is still more things to see! I have learnt a few things while i have been away 1. get a map 2. learn how to read maps 3. know where you hotel is I was told that you could not get lost in NY, but i did, i guess it would of helped if i actually remembered where my hotel was, lol, but i eventually found it again, instead of saying i got lost will say that i went on a self guided walking tour of NY. My head is [View Full Entry]

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Het is een hele tijd geleden, maar toch wil ik graag iedereen even updaten over hoe ik election night heb beleefd. Omdat ik weet dat foto's vaak interessanter zijn dan tekst heb ik gewacht tot ik de foto's had. laat ik me er dan maar eens over uitweiden hoe dat ik er wel echt heel hard bij stond! Allereerst ben ik, gekleed in Obama t-shirt en gewapend met Obama bord/sign, met mijn trouwe sidekick Katie met de Metro naar Election Plaza gegaan (i.e. Rockafeller Center), waar ze een verkiezingsmap op de ijsbaan hadden gemaakt, en elke keer als een state "gecalled" [View Full Entry]

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Well, here I am, Day 2 of my trip and I find myself in New York again ! I love this freakin' town - everything about it is amazing, however, most of all, the cultural diversity just blows me away - european, asian, latinos, african-american, italian, sudanese - you name it, they're in the NYC ! So my hostel was in the heart of Harlem (this little white duck stood out like a pimple on a baby's ass) and was pretty kewl however, no bar ! It is called the 'Jazz on Lennox' in case anyone is planning a trip to [View Full Entry]

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Aight so i gonna have to try really hard to rememba to tell you guys everything.. but i'll do mi best!!! so we got the train to NY on friday morning.. got a cab from the train to the hotel which was ini south manhatten.. and then started exploring. we were staying about a block away from the world trade center site so we walked past that and then went to the south seaport and went on a ny taxi boat to go and look at the statue of liberty and all da bridges and everything and basically jst get our [View Full Entry]

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I arrived yesterday into New York and stayed at the Marriot Marquie, my mate Matt got an agent discount ($89 for one night) and the rooms was huge and overlooked Time Square, wow it was amazing. I now have moved to my lesser impressive hotel lol, but i dont plan on spending much more time in the room, only when i have to run away from crazies late at night lol. New York is amazing, i imagined that Tokyo would be exactly like this (it wasnt) it is soooo busy and trashy, if you havent picked up my general feeling on [View Full Entry]

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I am appreciating New York eversomuchmore than I had imagined I would. I assume it's the particular company I have. For one, Nari and Zoe have been on top of it in the entertainment field. It's good to slip into the cozy and worn friendshoeps like this. The breakdown of my own solo exploration is nothing less than typical tourism. I am content with this simply because, as being from the US, I feel obligated to see all the things I'm supposed to. In France, I had some hosts that hadn't left their region before and hadn't visited some key points [View Full Entry]

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Sad but true, Central Park saw the last day in New York. I have decided that I am a HUGE fan of New York -even despite the sub zero temperatures. There is so much life in the city and I can tell that when things get a little hectic, the locals head to Central Park for some time-out. The park itself is huge. We only walked around for about 1 hour and maybe got a 1/4 of the way through but it is just beautiful. So unfortunately, there isnt much to report in New York. We both really enjoyed our time [View Full Entry]

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