Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 402

Firstly I want to thank chuck palahnuick, for making the last two days seem alot less.. lonely? I was thinking last night when 5 couldnt sleep, I was trying to imagine, each and every one of my friends on their own with a laptop and money to eat. I honestly couldnt picture it. Therefore, my conclusion is, Im either a) weird, b) normal or c) adventurous lacking the needs of life such as love, drinks and cigs. Oh well. Fook it! Central Park was fab, I read for like 2 hours straight then got a headache. The museum was good but not for $10.50! and THAT was with a student card! I stayed in the museum for an hour and got some photos of painfully real stuffed animals, the universe section was the best. anyway, ... read more

Update for todayy. I walked alll the way back to broadway/times square again, to go to Bryant park to go check out the 2007 pride rally. see also: the gay parade. My feet started to die, and then I developed trench foot, and then I got rushed to A+E and had both feet amputated, now Im sat here with 2 stumps. Im kidding. I sat down on the grass, and the sun slowly forced my body to sweat, sweat, burn, and get drowsy as hell. I decided to go, so at about..2.30/3 ish, i went to some grotty deli, I mean GROTTY. I got a grilled cheese sandwich, which again, was quite grotty, but I got the hugest 32oz mango snapple EVER (fit fit fit) then I mooched around, and went to barnes and noble ... read more

Eurotrip 2ColleenLast year, my trip to Europe resulted in hastily scribbled notes on sheets of paper that have long since been torn up or lost in the general chaos of traveling. Fortunately, I was able to document the highlights of my journey with a camera. However, having a bit of experience with Europe now, I am more prepared for this adventure in bringing along a journal and realizing that internet cafes are plentiful and reasonably priced anywhere you go. Last year, my trip was more confined, as I only explored Ireland and France. However, I had the chance to immerse myself in Irish culture at every coast and I saw the extreme difference between Parisian France and the south of France, which is really more like a French-speaking Italy, filled with Mediterranean and Roman influences. This ... read more

since i wrote my last entry, the last few days were more about people than about traveling. we don't really leave camp, and until all the campers arrive we have a pretty busy scheduale of activities for the staff and we're getting to know each other (well a lot of the americans already know each other from previous years, but we obviously don't). so i haven't really started my job, but i have much less free time than i'll have when i'll be "working". most of the americans are nice and try to get to know you, but like i wrote a lot of them already have their friends here and there are times i really do feel the cultural difference (much more than in my birthright trip, for example). an interesting thing is that i ... read more

New York Day 2. I love it! The jet lag ruined me last night and I slept from....10 till 7 ish, this isnt including the hour I was awake when my lovely considerate, and highly intoxicated room mates decided to stumble in and yell cockroacccch. But anyway, At about 8ish the sound of Drilling, Honking of Horns, Thick new york accents and the creaking of the bed forced me to get up and go out. I had to brush my teeth dead quietly which was stupid but hey. I decided not to take the subway, and I walked alll the way from here along broadway, to the manhattan mall, and then onto times sqaure, and madison avenue etc etc. I went in Macys and it was fun fun fun but I didnt have loads of ... read more