Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 399

It is currently 6:30 pm EST on Thursday July 12th, and 1:30 am on July 13th in Egypt. We are about to embark on an 11-hour plane flight across the Atlantic putting us in Cairo from JFK airport. First though, I just spent 36 hours traveling and touring in New York City. It all began at about 7 am on Wednesday morning where after spending the night with Lizzie, Mom and I took off and picked up her friend Terri and headed to Columbus airport where we flew out to NYC and arrived in the afternoon at JFK airport. The first day in NYC, we jumped on the subway and headed straight to Battery Park to get a view of the Statue of Liberty - it was Mom's first time on a subway and in New ... read more

I do enjoy writing this blog - it serves two important functions. Firstly, it makes me feel like I’m doing something productive - unadulterated leisure makes me restless. Secondly, it allows me to escape the company of five smelly blokes and feel a little bit in contact with the rest of the world. Tonight I am in Ithica, the nicest hotel so far with a sauna, indoor and outdoor pool, fitness room and most importantly, Street Fighter 2 machines for a quarter a time, all of which I have made use of. The coffee with creamer (definitely not a white coffee, this error was kindly corrected by the barman) that I am drinking cost me 75p. Today has been a day of mild disappointments, although on the whole it has been enjoyable, but more of that ... read more

Hello my friends all around the world! How are you? And what's new with you? I am all right... maybe more than that, because my traveling has already started.... For the friends from Europe: I have to say that unfortunately I am not there for this summer any more. But for the people over the Atlantic ocean: I have been to New York!!!!!! And everything is going very well. But how it started... Well, before I left prague, I had to do all the common things with... pack my luggage, say hi to my family and clean my room... but than I finally went to the airport. I went by public transportation and by the way I met with my friend Hanka who just arrived from the US. We had some food in Mc Donald's:) ... read more

Four days in the heat and excitement of New York left me exhausted but happy. After Kysa's wedding shower, we went into the city and Jane, Dwyer, Brad & I had a great Italian meal in the upper east side (Uva's, on 2nd and & 84th street, they had a lovely garden in the back for some al fresco dining, I totally recommend it). Jane & Dwyer & I spent most of Sunday relaxing at Jane's place & then we went for a little pampering before I headed off to meet Ann for drinks & dinner downtown. The lower east side where she lives is great, really cute shops and little restaurants everywhere. Still so hot though! Monday was a bit of shopping, and then I went to the Museum of Modern Art for the Richard ... read more

I’m in a New York State of Mind! So far New York has not disappointed. We arrived in Buffalo July 3rd. For months I’ve waited to enjoy the fourth of July with my family and sticking with tradition we awoke to pouring rain. This meant no fireworks or large smoking fires on the beach. Imagine if you can, 20-25 people, 4 dogs, and 30 years of knick-knacks in a small cottage. Needless to say, I was allotted about five square feet of area to enjoy the holiday. I became somewhat of a Forest Gump around 1:00 in the afternoon. Although I haven’t run in years, I strapped on my sneakers and ran through the pouring rain until I could run no more. Upon returning to the camp the weather had improved to a light rain allowing ... read more