Biting the Big Apple

There are people waiting for the computer (even at 1.30am- the city that never sleeps), so I'm just going to do a quick run down of my last few days. More embellished blogs later- maybe.

Monday- flying. More flying. More flying. Business class upgrade- woot. Arrival. Walking in Times Square- woah. Hot Dog. Sleeeeeep.

Tuesday- Visited Rockefeller Plaza. Camera batteries died, so I returned to hotel. Yeah, good first day planning :P So I ran errands- picking up broadway tickets, getting subway tickets etc. Collected camera. Got chilli for lunch from a vendor. Took it to Central Park to eat it. Watched squirrels. Hula hooped with a busker (or tried) and am subsequently in a bunch of tourists' photos. Saw the area where John Lennon was shot. Returned to hotel to find my cousin was delayed and not arriving til the next day. Saw 'In The Heights' on Broadway, which was in-fricking-credible (all hip hop and Latin music and dancing. Wow). Trekked out to Chinatown for dinner. It was all asleep. City that never sleeps, my ass. The only food I found was shit. Boo.

Wednesday- Rhiannon arrives in the morning. She is sleepy so I head out alone. Empire State Building- pretty wow. Greenwich Village for Jude Law spotting and New York Pizza- yum. WTC site- not much there. Financial districts- extremely cool buildings, churches, place where Washington was inaugurated. WTC museum. Night bus tour of New York and parts of Brooklyn- Shiny. M&Ms world- chocolatey.

Thursday- New York Public Library- big, marbley, smells like books, not many aliens. Beers in Bryant Park listening to piano. Walk down 42nd Street to the pier. Rain. Lots of rain. Boat cruise to see the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan-from-water - very cool. Learned that the financial district of Manhattan is actually Gotham City!!! Many photos. Hid from rain in crap diner. Wandered Hell's Kitchen a little. More rain. End up in Hell's Kitchen for dinner and drinks at an awesome Turkish restaurant and a cool cocktail bar respectively.

Friday and Saturday (Independence Day) to go and then it's off to Toronto. Hopefuly I'll have a chance to better check out Central Park, Greenwich Village and China Town, explore Harlem, SoHo and Chelsea, and see a museum or two. There's just not enough time!!! IT'S SO BIG!