A few things I've seen that have struck me include:
- A group of American people meeting up in a bar and high-fiving each other hello. Without a shred of insincerity. Honestly. I had to stop myself from laughing out loud. It was a genuine greeting. I always thought that was a joke. Turns out, it's not.
- Woman standing in her apartment window, shaking the maracas and dancing happily around to some extremely loud Spanish-y music.
- Homeless guy giving a speech on the subway. Touching.
- Woman in the middle of street crying hysterically down the phone, saying/sobbing "but I DIDN'T break the remote! I DIDN'T! I woulda told you if I did. I'm not that kind of person..."
- Old Asian guy in a moon-suit playing the drums on a trash can to the beat of the tune he was listening to on his ghetto-blaster.
I also made a total arse of myself today by tripping over a curb while drinking some water. The water spurted everywhere, but mostly over me. Needless to say there were two lovely young men behind me who promptly proceeded to take the complete piss out of me for the next block. It was funny though.
I spent most of today just walking around. Got into the queue for the Museum of Modern Art but jumped out again because it was such a nice day and I didn't feel like staying inside. So I strolled down 5th Ave. and ended up spending about an hour in Madison Square Park people-watching. Then I got on the wrong train and had to walk through Harlem to get back to the hostel hahaha - never felt so much like a tourist in my life!
I like New York. It doesn't seem to belong to anyone, which is nice. But I have to take issue with the fact that people don't smile very easily. You have to drag it out of 'em. I don't mind though - it's like a challenge :)
Thanks for all your lovely comments and greetings - keep up the good work.
6 comments:
You have no idea how jealous i am right now! Take loads of photos! So funny about those guys high fiving each other, i personally think we should all take that up....
Keep up the good work and stay safe!!!
I agree, high fives all round! And I like the style of the woman with the maracas! Sounds like a great place, looking forward to seeing the pics. Hope the hostel is nice and that there are other nice people around you. Is it an intimidating place or is it ok? I suppose it's like any other city, with it's initimidating and unintimidating areas! Have fun, lookin forward to hearing more! S
Everything sounds just fantastic and of course you know I'd have laughed my ass off at the group of high fivers and the water incident.
What is Harlem like? You was in da hood baby ha ha ha! Glad to hear you are liking NY. Glad I can text you on both phones, it will come in mighty handy in LA.
You stay safe hun!
Edxxx
New York isn't intimidating at all actually. It feels really safe and the people are very nice and polite.
Harlem was grand! Just a different buzz from Downtown. Although, in saying that, I wouldn't want to be there after dark or anything.
I love you guys! I miss you all loads. And I promise I will start posting pics... at some stage :)
HIGH-FIVE!
ok dude. i don't do that high 5 thing. promise. ok only on alternate thursdays.
i'd also like to add that my arse moment during my first summer in galway included me thinking that the lads saying "Thermo King" were saying "termworking". I was like, what's that? A temp job?? So confusing like!! And then there was the moment I was working in a Spar out in the far reaches of CO Galway when some farmer got testy when I wouldn't respond in Irish! Seriously. He made it a point to teach me right then & there how to count back chance in Irish (well... 1 to 10!!) :) Glad you're having fun!xx
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