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Published: December 1st 2006
There's a roach in my bathroom what am I gonna do...
(Swedish below) Having been stuck on the plane for 90 extra minutes (something to do with bad weather at Heathrow, surprise surprise - we're used to the British definition of bad weather though...), we were quite tired when we arrived, but couldn't sleep very well, especially as it turned out we were living next door to a building site! Not a big problem really, as we're not here to sleep all day... First people we meet (at breakfast): 2 Danes and a Norwegian bloke. Please, we're on holiday, don't want to speak Swedish!!!
One of the 2 showers on our floor had a nice little cockroach, but it vanished after the first day, someone must have killed the poor thing...
Shopping the first day, H is now the proud owner of a brand new camera. Still learing how to use all the knobs though 😊
After lots of walking, Empire State Building and a bit of hop on hop off-tourist bus sightseeing we relaxed a bit at the cinema (Casino Royale). Yes, a blond Bond works!
Tuesday (28th): took the ferry to Liberty Island (only walked round the Statue itself) & Ellis Island
Nascar star?
Some guy - no one knew who he was, but everyone wanted to take his picture. Turned out to be Jummie Johnson...(of course had to do a search in their records for a few family members), then more bus sightseeing...
Wednesday: again, more bus, this time to Harlem. More walking, through Central Park - how many squirrels can there be in a park??? H got very tired after feeding the birds and had to sit down for a while. Then we tried to watch the lighting of the (Norwegian) x-mas tree at Rockefeller Center, but as it was a live TV broadcast it dragged on for ages and we didn't like being packed like sardines we left before the actual event.
Thursday: Wall Street (couldn't come in to see the trading floor tho), Ground Zero, tried to buy shoes (Hs shoes are a bit too big...), burger at an Irish (!) pub, and beer at a saloon. Went back to see the x-mas tree as well, and met Jimmie Johson (a Nascar fan might know who he is? We didn't...).
Just as we've managed to wash our clothes the lovely weather has turned to horrible drizzle, but it's still hot...
Thoughts so far: very confusing with prices excl taxes, it's a lot quieter than London, and nearly
Staircase to...
...nowhere (@ ground zero) everyone is nice.
(more pics below)
Swedish version Kom fram 90 minuter sent, tydligen daligt vader pa Heathrow, det var det inte men vi ar ju vana vid den brittiska definitionen pa 'daligt vader'... Trotta var vi, men sov illa, speciellt som det visade sig att vi bor granne med en byggplats! Fast vi ar ju inte har for att sova hela dan... Forsta manniskorna vi moter (vid frukosten): 2 danskar och en norrman. Halla, vi vill inte prata svenska pa semestern!!!
Ena duschen pa var vaning hade en kackerlacka, men den forsvann efter forsta dan, sakert mordad, stackarn...
Shopping forsta dan, H har nu en ny kamera. Haller pa att lara mig hur man anvander alla knappar och rattar... 😊
Efter mycket gaende, Empire State Building och en tur med turistbuss relaxade vi lite pa bio (Casino Royale). Blond Bond ar helt okej!
Tisdag (28e): tog baten till Liberty Island (gick bara runt frihetsgudinnan) & Ellis Island (gjorde en sokning i passagerararkivet efter ett par slaktingar), sen mera bussakande...
Onsdag: mera buss, den har gangen runt Harlem. Mer promenad, genom Central Park - hur manga ekorrar kan det bo i
Apollo
Loads of stars have performed here...before they became stars. (Harlem) en enda park??? H blev trott efter att ha matat faglarna och ville sitta ner en stund. Sen forsokte vi se pa nar (den norska!) julgranen tandes pa Rockefeller Center, men eftersom det var live TV-sandning tog det en himla tid, plus vi ville inte sta packade som sillar, sa vi gick darifran innan den tandes.
Torsdag: Wall Street (fick inte komma in och se borsgolvet), Ground Zero, forsokte kopa skor (Hs skor ar lite for stora...), burgare pa irlandsk (!) pub, och en bars pa en saloon. Vi gick forbi granen ocksa, for att se de elandiga lysena, och dar traffade vi pa Jimmie Johson (Nascar-fans vet kanske vem det ar? Vi gjorde det inte...).
Precis nar vi lyckats tvatta vara klader har kanonvadret slagit om till laskigt regn, men det ar fortfarande varmt! Puh!
Kort reflektion: det ar valdigt forvirrande nar priserna inte inkluderar moms, det ar mycket tystare har an i London, och nastan alla ar trevliga.
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