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Published: June 22nd 2007
Well, after a long 29 hours of flying we were greeted by the city that never sleeps by a 2 hour traffic jam. A trip that should have only taken 20 minutes from JFK to Queens.
Jeva & Jamaal's cousin Jason, was volunteered to put us up for our stay in New York.
Wasn't long before we met some of the locals down @ the nearby 'beer garden'. A few minutes into the conversation & I was asked what Aussies thought if Americans. I answered and said that most of the Americans I come across @ work are whingers. What? I'm not going to lie! The reaction I got wasn't all that positive. This guy then proceeded to tell me that he had been at a party with Paris Hilton once. Who cares!
Our first couple of days were spent doing the touristy thing. Statue of Liberty, double decker bus, Empire State Building, Central Park & we went down & saw the Workd Trade Centre. We also visited a few of the city's best shopping spots and I am happy to report that we were very well behaved.
We did as the locals do and went to a baseball game at Flushing. Enjoyed a Budweiser and salted nuts while watching one of the local teams the Mets beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1. Great atmosphere even if it was a boring game.
Saw a Broadway show while in town. Lined up for cheap tickets & saw a Matinee performance of 'Phantom of the Opera'. I loved it & so did Sean (so he said). Although I had to elbow him several times to wake him up . . . jetlag apprently.
Met up with Matt Ingham 'The Face of Tiffany'. He showed us the shopping in Soho and local eats & had our name on the door at one of the cities hip clubs - Runway. Awsome DJ, half-naked women dancing on the bar & free drinks saw us through til 4am. Suprisingly Matt came through with the goods and wasn't all talk . . a wealth of knowledge actually.
After 5 days, we were happy to see the back of the Americans, but as for Jason he was awsome & we were so grateful that he let us stay with him.
Thanks for the messages guys - having a laugh.
and Jason.....58D. Peter Harvey.
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darren
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surprise surprise
Surprise surprise, who would have thought that sj and brooke would have been at a night club... 4am finish is quite an early night 4 u both now isnt it! Either that or the truth is isnt being told.....