Θυμάμαι το ύφος μας, μόλις φτάσαμε στο Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο JFK… «Χάθηκαν οι αποσκευές σας παιδιά!» μας ανακοίνωσε ο έγχρωμος τύπος. Παραμονές Πρωτοχρονιάς, αργά το βράδυ, με 30 εκατοστά χιόνι (και χωρίς αποσκευές) για έξι ολόκληρες ημέρες. Τίποτα, όμως, δεν χάλασε το ταξίδι και τη διάθεσή μας.
Πιο κάτω, οι οδηγίες (στην αγγλική γλώσσα) της φίλης μου Πηνελόπης, λίγο πριν από το ταξίδι μου στο Big Apple. Τις ακουλούθησα πιστά. Τώρα, λίγα χρόνια μετά, και αφού “έπεσα” πάνω τους σε μια απεγνωσμένη προσπάθεια να «συγυρίσω» (επιτέλους!) τον υπολογιστή μου, τις μοιράζομαι απλόχερα, “απείραχτες”, κάπου σε μια ακόμη αναμονή στις… “αναχωρήσεις αεροδρομίου”.
Ας ταξιδέψουμε, λοιπόν, στη Νέα Υόρκη!
Σε ευχαριστώ Πηνελόπη. Έστω και καθυστερημένα!
MUST SEE in New York
- Empire State Building – there are 2 lines going up – pay the extra money and go faster. It’s worth it.
- Central Park
- Eat a New York Bagel (my favourite combination is plain bagel with cinnamon raisin cream cheese)
- Broadway performance
- Walk on the Brooklyn Bridge towards Manhattan (the view is much nicer)
- Eat Ice Cream in Serendipity cafe
- Chinatown
- Bubble Lounge bar – full of every kind of champagne known to man! Very hip place to be!
- Times Square – at night of course!
- Outlet shopping – Woodbury Commons (1 hour outside of New York) – its HUGE
MAYBE SEE in New York
- Statue of Liberty – go very early because the lines are way way way long
- Greenwich Village
- See New York by helicopter
- Visit Ground Zero
- Visit Little Italy neibourhood – eat a canoli
- Have coffee and cake at the Russian Tea Room – way too expensive but it’s a landmark!
- St Patrick’s Cathedral
- Visit either the Museum of Natural History or the MOMA
- Go shopping at Macy’s – the largest store in the world – its one whole block and has 11 floors….
- Have coffee at the Plaza Hotel
NO SEE in New York
- IMAX theatre
- Walking up the Statue of Liberty
- Walking at night in Central Park – too dangerous
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art – too big, boring, there are much better museums in New York
- Ellis Island – Too boring…
- Rockefeller Plaza – too much hype for nothing…. It’s just a big space with all the flags of the world. During Christmas the tree is there but its just a big Christmas tree….
- Eat in Little Italy – too expensive – if you really want Italian food there are a million other places to eat
- Visit Long Island or New Jersey or Astoria or anything other than New York City (except to go to the outlets. See above)
