New York Trip
We are back from the city that is New York,
New York!
(New York!).
We did a lot of the traditional touristy things including: the Empire State building, the Statue of Liberty, the Cloisters, Times Square, the United Nations, a Broadway play, Central Park, the Met(ropolitan Museum of Art?), Staten Island. We also used Spanglish, ate at a Cuban restaurante, and took Latin dance lessons-- got to dance with all the boys, fun fun.
New York is... different than I expected. It wasn't as loud as I thought it would be.
But maybe my first few minutes in the city while we still on the bus were my favorite. The teachers said they were watching our faces, not looking out the windows. It was like seeing every kind of person that you've never seen before in your life all at once.
I can't imagine anyone living there. First of all, the drive into the city takes an hour or more. Other things too..
I couldn't imagine living there until I saw Central Park. That seemed to make everything okay. It's a lovely place with children playing and turtles swimming and people relaxing and reading.
We came back minus our Spanish teacher and her hostdaughter Josi from Germany who are staying in New Jersey ("neew year-say"- with the Cuban accent) with her husband. Ohhh, they are so cute together! Illeana and David, they really match and fit together.
I wondered how it would be on a trip with people I only felt neutral toward, but it didn't take very long for me to love most of them.
I had a lot to think about on the 12-hour busride home. Well, think and sleep, and occasionally listen to conversation.
I might write about it later in a not-so-public entry.
The only state I added to this map was New Jersey.
States I've been to:
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New York!
(New York!).
We did a lot of the traditional touristy things including: the Empire State building, the Statue of Liberty, the Cloisters, Times Square, the United Nations, a Broadway play, Central Park, the Met(ropolitan Museum of Art?), Staten Island. We also used Spanglish, ate at a Cuban restaurante, and took Latin dance lessons-- got to dance with all the boys, fun fun.
New York is... different than I expected. It wasn't as loud as I thought it would be.
But maybe my first few minutes in the city while we still on the bus were my favorite. The teachers said they were watching our faces, not looking out the windows. It was like seeing every kind of person that you've never seen before in your life all at once.
I can't imagine anyone living there. First of all, the drive into the city takes an hour or more. Other things too..
I couldn't imagine living there until I saw Central Park. That seemed to make everything okay. It's a lovely place with children playing and turtles swimming and people relaxing and reading.
We came back minus our Spanish teacher and her hostdaughter Josi from Germany who are staying in New Jersey ("neew year-say"- with the Cuban accent) with her husband. Ohhh, they are so cute together! Illeana and David, they really match and fit together.
I wondered how it would be on a trip with people I only felt neutral toward, but it didn't take very long for me to love most of them.
I had a lot to think about on the 12-hour busride home. Well, think and sleep, and occasionally listen to conversation.
I might write about it later in a not-so-public entry.
The only state I added to this map was New Jersey.
States I've been to:
create your own personalized map of the USA
or write about it on the open travel guide