Blogs from New York, New York, United States, North America - page 295

We arrived in NY NY at 1:30pm Saturday 26th June via JFK airport and had an abrupt introduction to traffic at it's worst. JFK is only 30k from Manhattan but the trip to our hotel took 3 hours!!! It was amazing and I think the only road rule is 'don't stop'! The Quality Hotel on Broadway is a misnomer - aka is there is NO quality. (Robyn don't be offended, just don't recommend it to anyone else). Two nights later we checked into the HI hostel 10 blocks North on Amsterdam Avenue. It was very clean and comfortable, just lacked a kitchen for us to prepare meals. So we ate out for every meal, mostly Sushi and fruit. Day 2, Sunday was brunch and some fine Jazz at the Blue Note restaurant and jazz bar in ... read more

Sep 26, 2005 City official name :New York City Founded date : Location :New York State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :New York or New York City (officially The City of New York) is an alpha world city in the state of New York. It is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which, with a population of nearly 19 million, ranks among the largest urban areas in the world. For more than a century, it has been one of the world's leading business, financial and cultural centers and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, sports, media, fashion and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the major global cities. ... read more

I love New York. Each day I wake up with a long list of things to do but each day, despite my best efforts to stay focused, I keep on getting distracted and wander down side streets. I end up seeing eveything and nothing.... Friday I tried to get tickets to see Shakespeare in the Park, after waiting for 2 hours in the heat of the day they gave the last ticket to the person standing 3 people ahead of me in the queue. Shrugging it off, went to meet up with Rob at the Grand Central Station. For those of you who have never been there it is a totally awesome station with the star consellations painted on the roof (reminiscent of the sistene chapel) what makes it even more impressive is the fact that ... read more

So much time has passed and what a change from Costa Rica!!! After the flights and delays I finally got to La Guardia at around 2.30am, by then a pretty deserted airport. With luck not really on my side, my backpack lost somewhere between Atlanta and New York, the SuperShuttle not turning up for another 2 hours I decided I would rather pay 40 dollars for a cab than wait! I wanted to get to my sister's place ASAP so that I would FINALLY be able to get some sleep. It was great to see my sister and her boyfriend Floris who had been visiting that week. The much-needed sleep was great and I felt a whole lot better the next morning. We had a tasty brunch near to Columbia University, and I was enjoying people ... read more

Hi all! Sitting here in Kennedy Airport I'm about an hour and a half till departure. I will fly approximately ten hours to Moscow, go through customs there (with my visa- yay!) and fly a few hours later to St. Petersburg, where I will study for six weeks. I'm hoping I can really activate my Russian-- and of course increase it, though I will have to work to make sure I take linguistic "risks" and don't just be the quietly unobtrusive one hanging out and asking simple questions. I will be visiting museums as often as I can. I also intend to find out soon if I can get a library card to work on my reading skills and hopefully memorise some poetry. I'll try to take lots of pictures and write descriptive entries. For now, ... read more