Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 396

We stayed at Danielle's sister Cindy's house in Connecticut for about a week. We spent a lot of time relaxing, taking echo to the dog park, going into new york city for dinner and the bronx botanical garden, visiting sleepy hollow, playing glow in the dark mini golf, going to see a couple of movies, and just plain having fun. Danielle's best friend Jayme even came down from Boston for a day to visit. Cindy only lives about 1 hour outside of New York, so for two days we spent all day long exploring the city. We did a 48-hour hop-on hop-off tour, which actually turned out to be the best thing for us. We didn't have to spend money on the subway because we could take any of the tours around to wherever we ... read more

Hallo allemaal!!! Het is nu 20:30 lokale tijd en dus voor ons gestel :) nog 02:30. We zijn dus kapot!!! Na een goede vlucht (Jacinta vond het zelfs snel gaan) zijn we om 12:30 veilig geland. Was nog wel even wat vanochtend... Ik was wat laat en toen op schiphol was er geen stoel meer voor mij? De vlucht was overboekt en ik werd op standbye gezet!!! NOU JA ZEG!!!! Na de eerste schrik uiteindelijk wel goedgekomen gelukkig!!! Het was nog wel even een gedoe om van het vliegveld weg te geraken :-) We zijn van hot naar her gestuurd voor het vinden van een shuttlebus richting ons hotel. We hebben de monorail die je van het ene vliegveldgebouw naar het andere brengt meerdere keren mogen zien. Uiteindelijk kwam het goed en werden we netjes bij ... read more

Niagra Falls North America » United States » New York By PinkphoenixJuly 21st 2007 Niagra Falls is where I ended my New York trip. Fortuneately, I was able to go with some friends at sunset, and then we saw fireworks over the Falls.. gorgeous and breathtaking! I wish I had the gift of writing so I could put into words just how spectacular it was for me to go there. Overall.. incredible! Alot of my pictures turned out fuzzy because of the mist in the air, but it's still gorgeous! Anyhow, after the falls, I was able to be the maid of honor in my "aunts" wedding. The "aunt" babysay me as a young child, and throughout my growing up years has been able to be a second ... read more

Today was a HUGE day. We were both VERY tired from the day before, and all the drama of gettting to NY. To make things worse, the clock in our room was over 2 hours ahead...we didn't notice as we were so zonked...so we set the alarm, and woke up thinking it was 9:45am. It wasn't until an hour later, that I realised our mistake...it wasn't even 7:00 yet! WHOOPS! We tried our best to get a few more zzzz's, but it wasn't very successful. At 10:45 the lobby rang to inform us that our Apple Greeter had arrived. This is a great idea if you're coming to New York, and it's only available to visitors. You can book your own personal tour guide of the city (someone who lives in NY) to show you ... read more

In an upward turn of events, I have made an important discovery. Yesterday I met a few more amazing people, totally randomly, and while I was extremely unsure of the purpose of my travels. Watching the news, one mostly hears about tragedies and upset. Yesterday I went to Trader Joes to buy some Pita Chips, the cinnamon kind, to share with the couchsurfing community who gather at Revival in the East Village on Thursday nights. While in line I met Tedevan, a healer carrying a huge sign advertising what he does. I felt like I needed to talk to him, so we agreed that for the price of his groceries, (a bag of organic oranges and a protein bar) he would heal me. The healing part I felt was a little contrived, but perhaps (likely) I'm ... read more