http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , New York , New York , Manhattan en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 00:57:41 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 00:57:41 +0000 The first stop on my trip was New York City. I only had one day in town but my host Kirk showed me several of New York's landmarks. The first we saw from the roof deck on the top of his apartment The Empire State Building. The 102 story building is the tallest building in New York State the 3rd tallest in the United States and 15th tallest in the world.To get to the next location we rod http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-455537.html As I said in the last entry my appointment at the Korean Consulate was on Monday. I went into the city solo to interview for my Korean E2 Visa the visa which is given specifically to English teachers. It was pretty easy to find the place I did I quick map search the night before I left. For those of you who might be looking into teaching English in Korea the Korean Consulate in NYC is on http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-454887.html After 2 days travel we finally made it to New York City. We arrived mid morning and made our way by bus from the airport. We booked accommodation from Peru and unfortunately in our panic to leave forgot to write down the address. So after walking up and down 94th street with our 20kg backpacks may we add we finally worked out we should have been walking up and down 73rd street trying to find our http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-452651.html So after a 8 hour flight and several glasses of red wine we landed in NYC exhausted jet lagged and evenutally lost We found our hostel around 10pm and checked into the smallest 6 man room possible it felt like i was sleeping with these people as opposed next to themThe next day we got up had breakfast in times square and went to collect our new york passes. These turned out to be excellent http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-452295.html Primeiro domingo de novembro dia de maratona em Nova York. Uma das mais famosas se no a mais famosa maratona do mundo. Claro que eu queria ir. Mas claro que tambm estava com preguia. Quem me conhece sabe que estou me tornando mais e mais caseira. Alm da conta alm do saudvel. Eu sei eu sei... Mas fui. Ainda bem. Acho que ao lado da minha experincia na Abyssinian Church foi o momento m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-451929.html Eu no entendo de jazz. Eu no entendo de msica. S sei quando gosto de algo. E gostei MUITO da apresentao de Whynton Marsalis e seu quinteto alm da sua orquestra. Ele considerado um dos melhores se no o melhor msico de jazz do mundo. Tambm dirige o Rose Theatre a casa do jazz em NY ligada ao maravilhoso Lincoln Center o mais importante complexo teatral da cidade.Cheguei l j http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-451283.html The next morning I got the train back to New York. It was delayed by 2 hours unfortunately because of some track work so instead of getting there at 10am I got there at 12pm.Nevertheless I got to see some sights before my flight which was departing at 4pm that day. I had to take my bags all around with me as they didnrsquot let me store my luggage at Grand Central station and most stand alone l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-451156.html Although we once thought of moving to Manhattan for a year we have now completely reconsidered and are very content with that decision. For the time we stayed however it was an adventure. The first day we walked all around the city from West 50th through Greenwich village down to ground zero which is surrounded by construction barrier and scaffolding. While there we discovered a small chur http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-450946.html Brace yourselves .... the Halloween Special has arrived New York is awash with the stench of rotting pumpkin and candy. I'll let the pictures do the talking but suffice to say there's been a loooong leadup to a washed out grand finale. A few points of interest along the way We carved our first pumpkin last weekend. A swarm of fruit flies made it their home within a day. As virgin Halloween http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-449949.html New Yooooooooork the end of our beautiful and looooong trip to America.We'll come backNova Iorqueeeeeee o fim da nossas frias nos Estados UnidosVoltaremos http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-449285.html After our breakfast bagel muffin and an orange we took the subway downtown. Ground zero was our first destination the space of ground was huge and so were the surrounding sky scrappers and the new plans our outrageously big Walking to Battery park we passed Wall st and 'the bull' surrounded by Japanese tourists with technologically superior camera's Got on the Liberty ferry which was co http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-448383.html Booked into our hostel Chelsea Internationalthen went straight to Madison square garden to watch the Knicks Game was TIGHT but the Knicks won 108103. Cheerleaders were good and 'half time heave' dunk a half way line ball and win 1000 bucks. After we went for beers and nachos. The next day we headed to central and went to Macys after we went to the Empire state building and let's just say I h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-448369.html Life in New York is a living fantasy. You literally weave in and out of alternate worlds as movie sets spring up en route. Yesterday after meandering through the heady aroma hot apple cider in Madison Square Park's Fall Festival I was denied access to a street crossing. The hoard of burly blackclad men sporting secretservice headsets should've tipped me off but I was still in pumpkin spiced l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-447861.html Text coming soon http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-447225.html Text coming soon http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-447218.html Entry coming soon http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-447214.html Since our first blog documenting our EgyptItaly trip was an overwhelming success by all critics we thought we'd continue on and do one for our trip to NY and Washington DC with Melissa's mom and dad.The trip got off to a bit of a slow start with a combination of an early snow storm and Air Canada computer problems delaying our original flight to Ottawa by about 5 hours. On the plus side it di http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-446982.html more photos http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-446403.html We awoke on Thursday morning later and packed up to check out of our first hotel. We left our luggage with the hotel and had some breakfast at a fab deli. Pancakes and maple syrupWe then headed along to the Waldorf Astoria to see if there was any chance of an early checkin. The Waldorf is so grand and busy. We went to the reception and the gentleman took our names he said oh you've be http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-446388.html Ansiedade. Passado. Presente. Futuro. Dvida. Solido. Tristeza. Saudade. Recordaes. Alegria. Etrusca. Perugia. Sonhos. Saraus. Poesia. Violino. Velas. Frustrao. Brasil. Itlia. Estados Unidos. New York. Ann Arbor. Detroit. Michigan. 1993. Novembro. 1994. Janeiro 2007. Novembro. Dezembro. 2009. Outubro. Desencontro. Beijo. Mos. Abrao. Olhares. Encontro. Gubbio. Umbria. So Paulo. Cartas. Te http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-446190.html