NYC photo update
WSU fencing didn't do so great on Sunday. We were up against some of the toughest schools in the nation, though.. Yale, St. John's, NYU, and Columbia. That's about all I'll say about that, heh.
On to my 8 hour tour of New York! We arrived around 2 in NYC, and had to be back to our hotels by 10. Most of these were taken on the bus ride in, since it's really hard to stop anywhere to take pictures, as people will push you out of the way or walk in front of the camera. My camera died in Times Square, so I didn't get any pictures of it. I mostly stayed around the Greenwich area, walked over to Soho, Broadway and 5th Ave. area, Canal street, a little bit of Chinatown. Saw a lot of other things on the drive in.
Some things I learned in New York City:
1. All the stereotypes of NY are true. All of them. From ladies walking poodles to guys playing saxophones on the corner to smelly Mexican guys trying to sell you fake Rolex watches. The movies do not lie.
2. NY is dirty. If you walk into the wind, you get a condition we called "garbage eye" in which strange particles, which we call "aerosolized trash" assault your eyes.
3. The bums actually work for their money, and it's tolerated (like playing the saxophone or riding unicycles around).
4. Every street smells like food.
5. We don't know how to get a taxi cab.
6. If you are epileptic, you shouldn't go to Times Square.
7. I guarantee you'll get a chance to yell "Hey, I'm walking here!" in an angry NY accent multiple times.
8. Either it's the Wayne State Fencing hoodies, or our behavior, which makes us blatant tourists... or maybe it was because we all bought I heart NY t-shirts.
9. I want to eat at every single restaurant in NY, because they all look damn good.
10. If you don't want to feel inadequate and discouraged, don't fence any schools from the East Coast division, because they all produce Olympic-caliber fencers. Big city, big schools, big fencers.
11. You can't walk 5 feet without running into a Starbuck's.
12. You're not allowed to live in NYC if you aren't incredibly trendy looking, unless you're incredibly poor and dirty looking, then it's ok.
13. I will never live or drive myself anywhere in NYC.
14. You need a lot more than a day, and a lot of money, in NYC.
15. I will go back to NYC.
From.. Washington Bridge, I think. On the way in from NJ. Guess which one's the Empire State Building. :P
hola! the first section we came to was a spanish section. all the signs were in spanish.
then this sub came out of the ground.
the arch looked cool.
one of many cool gothic style churches
this is starting to look more like ny.. note all the taxis
I don't know what this building is.
Again, I don't know what these buildings are, but they look cool.
As you can see, it really is busy, even on a Saturday afternoon.
NYC is intriguing because old buildings stand right next to new ones.
The rosette window on the church.
I wasn't sure I was really in NYC until I saw this, followed by a lady walking a poodle.
Hi, I'm the top of the Empire State Building. I was laying down on the seat of the bus with my head tilted weirdly to catch the top of it.
5th Avenue, bitches.
Broadway, anyone?
Washington Square Park. It's in Greenwich Village. That's where the NYU campus is and all the artsy fartsy progressive things happen. The hotel I stayed in was just up the street on the right.
In NYC, the bums actually work for a living.
The entrance to Washington Square Park. George Washington and some other guy live on the arch.
Hi, I'm George Washington.
The end. As you can see, 8 hours of exploring doesn't get you much in NYC. But it was a free trip to NYC, all I had to do was fence for a day, so I'm not complaining. I'm going back, if for no other reason than to get another pizza from Patsy's, because that is the best pizza I have had in my life. Nothing compares to it. There were so many delicious looking restaurants that all I wanted to do was eat at every single one of them.
On to my 8 hour tour of New York! We arrived around 2 in NYC, and had to be back to our hotels by 10. Most of these were taken on the bus ride in, since it's really hard to stop anywhere to take pictures, as people will push you out of the way or walk in front of the camera. My camera died in Times Square, so I didn't get any pictures of it. I mostly stayed around the Greenwich area, walked over to Soho, Broadway and 5th Ave. area, Canal street, a little bit of Chinatown. Saw a lot of other things on the drive in.
Some things I learned in New York City:
1. All the stereotypes of NY are true. All of them. From ladies walking poodles to guys playing saxophones on the corner to smelly Mexican guys trying to sell you fake Rolex watches. The movies do not lie.
2. NY is dirty. If you walk into the wind, you get a condition we called "garbage eye" in which strange particles, which we call "aerosolized trash" assault your eyes.
3. The bums actually work for their money, and it's tolerated (like playing the saxophone or riding unicycles around).
4. Every street smells like food.
5. We don't know how to get a taxi cab.
6. If you are epileptic, you shouldn't go to Times Square.
7. I guarantee you'll get a chance to yell "Hey, I'm walking here!" in an angry NY accent multiple times.
8. Either it's the Wayne State Fencing hoodies, or our behavior, which makes us blatant tourists... or maybe it was because we all bought I heart NY t-shirts.
9. I want to eat at every single restaurant in NY, because they all look damn good.
10. If you don't want to feel inadequate and discouraged, don't fence any schools from the East Coast division, because they all produce Olympic-caliber fencers. Big city, big schools, big fencers.
11. You can't walk 5 feet without running into a Starbuck's.
12. You're not allowed to live in NYC if you aren't incredibly trendy looking, unless you're incredibly poor and dirty looking, then it's ok.
13. I will never live or drive myself anywhere in NYC.
14. You need a lot more than a day, and a lot of money, in NYC.
15. I will go back to NYC.
From.. Washington Bridge, I think. On the way in from NJ. Guess which one's the Empire State Building. :P
hola! the first section we came to was a spanish section. all the signs were in spanish.
then this sub came out of the ground.
the arch looked cool.
one of many cool gothic style churches
this is starting to look more like ny.. note all the taxis
I don't know what this building is.
Again, I don't know what these buildings are, but they look cool.
As you can see, it really is busy, even on a Saturday afternoon.
NYC is intriguing because old buildings stand right next to new ones.
The rosette window on the church.
I wasn't sure I was really in NYC until I saw this, followed by a lady walking a poodle.
Hi, I'm the top of the Empire State Building. I was laying down on the seat of the bus with my head tilted weirdly to catch the top of it.
5th Avenue, bitches.
Broadway, anyone?
Washington Square Park. It's in Greenwich Village. That's where the NYU campus is and all the artsy fartsy progressive things happen. The hotel I stayed in was just up the street on the right.
In NYC, the bums actually work for a living.
The entrance to Washington Square Park. George Washington and some other guy live on the arch.
Hi, I'm George Washington.
The end. As you can see, 8 hours of exploring doesn't get you much in NYC. But it was a free trip to NYC, all I had to do was fence for a day, so I'm not complaining. I'm going back, if for no other reason than to get another pizza from Patsy's, because that is the best pizza I have had in my life. Nothing compares to it. There were so many delicious looking restaurants that all I wanted to do was eat at every single one of them.