July 21 2010 - To the City that never sleeps

Hey there

Today it was time to get into a plane again and fly out of the windy city to go to the city that never sleeps, yes, New York City, finally!

We got up around 9 again, showered, packed, used the internet and got ready to go.

The guide book said there is a metro going to O'Hara airport but from the station it's still a long walk to the terminals. We were anxious to discover how long exactly.
When we got to the Metro, of course we didn't have small enough bills and the machine wouldn't give us change. Thankfully, a young lady helped us out with that.

We made it to the last stop called O'Hara and surprise surprise, we were directly at the airport. Or at least that's what it felt like to us, do they really consider that a long walk here? We checked us and our luggage in, passed security and got breakfast/lunch at Starbucks. We are real bagels fans now, unfortunately they did not have any at the airport so we had yogurt with fruit, it was delicious too!
The lady at the gate told all of us that if they could board everybody a bit sooner we could also leave sooner so we boarded.

In the plane we didn't have seats next to each other but after everyone was in, the first row behind the first class was still empty, and we got to sit there. That meant waaaaaaay more leg room and (as long as the door was open) unlimited view of the cute co-pilot. Unfortunately, the flight that was supposed to leave early, ended up being an hour late! The pilot caught up in flight though and we got to New York in time.

In New York we had to take a bus and then a train to get to the city. Easy enough. Unfortunately, we did not have any quarters and the bus driver didn't want any paper money. That is completely ridiculous if you ask me. A ticket is 2.25 and we were 2 so we are supposed to carry around 18 quarters just like that? The luggage was heavy enough, no need to carry around metal coins an huge numbers!!! The driver was really nice though and let us ride for free! Cool!!!

We changed to the metro and were at time square in no time. Checked into the hostel a little later. We are in a 4 bed dorm. Only one woman was in there yet, or rather, her really colorful things, she even brought here own lamp and all of here own bed stuff! We were anxious to meet her, she must be interesting.

After that we went and had our last fast food meal for a while. We went to McDonald and at fries (which we had not eaten so far) to celebrate arriving in New York. After that I showed Fabienne the World of M&Ms store.

Back at the hostel it was bed time, we need rest cause tomorrow is the big shopping day!

xoxo