Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 452

New York City. Une ville vraiment charmante, remplie de contraste avec ses immenses buildings, son trafic cauchemardesque et ses parcs qui font que quand on marche dans central park, on a l'impression d'etre dans la campagne. Meme si on n'aime pas les USA, New York a tout pour plaire et chaque quartier est totalement different grace a un melange de differentes cultures qui font que New York est unique. Entre Little Italy, Chinatown, Soho, Brooklyn ou meme Harlem, il est difficile de dire que le MacDo est la seule nourriture que l'on peut trouver ici... Apres avoir quitte Miami tot le matin, je suis arrive a l'aeroport de LaGuardia dans le Queens. Deux heures plus tard, apres avoir ete coince dans le trafic, je suis arrive, creve, a mon auberge de jeunesse dans le quartier black ... read more

Had a nice three days chilling out in Patzcuaro which is a lovely old small town in the Mexican state of Michoacan. There are many shops carefully hidden within the old buildings so as not to spoil the town. Fantastic artisan goods are on offer and you can watch the craftsmen at work intricately hand painting items or carving wood. It was a shoppers dream, but my purse remained firmly in my pocket as I would have needed a plane to transport everything home that I wanted to buy! Instead I spent most of the time just relaxing and people watching from various cafes around the two main plazas. We did take a boat trip to Janitzio which is a small island on the nearby lake, but have to say that the island itself was a ... read more

Well, after listening to the above song flying into NY, I managed to add many more to the repertoire including ´Manhattan´, ´New York, New York´ etc. Whilst I was getting some accompaniment on the above, I was on my own singing Darren Hanlon´s (Aussie singer/songwriter) Brooklyn Bridge. . I arrived at Newark and was greeted by my personal tour guide for my stay, Joe Sinisi Sr. With a commentary filled with more names of architects and engineers than I could possible remember, not to mention dates, we spent my first afternoon in NY driving around Manhattan, taking in all the sights and giving me a good grounding with regard to geography for future days. Had lunch at Katz´s - deli famous for the ´When Harry met Sally´”I´ll have what she´s having scene”. Not as much horn ... read more

Sunday 7th May. I said goodbye to some friends I had been travelling with in the morning. Its never nice to say goodbye to friends, and it really felt like my last day travelling now. I decided to hit the City again, and made my way back to the Empire State building. I bought a ticket, and went to the very top, the observary point on the 86th floor. The view across the City is absolutely amazing, you can see everything from here, it just dwarfs the other skyscrapers. And since 9/11, its now the highest tower in New York. Its claimed to be one of the wonders of the world. From there I did some shopping in Macys ( of course!! ), and then walked up to Bryants Park. Here is the main library, and ... read more

States visited: 22 California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Conneticut. Okay, so we just walked in Utah at Four Corners, and we trained through Rhode Island and Conneticut on our way to New York - but I jumped out on the platform so I have touched ground! And we drove in all the others! Springfields visited: 2 Springfield, Colorado and Springfield, Illinois. Neither of them had a Shelbyville anywhere near. Neither did we see any mutant fish. State Capitals passed through: 8 Denver, Colorado; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville, Tennessee; Springfield, Illinois; Montpellier, Vermont; Concord, New Hampshire; and Boston, Massachusetts. Miles travelled in... read more