Day 6 March 23rd 2007
Got up and headed to Ottamanellia Bros (where else?!) for a bagel and to H%26amp;H Bagels for a bagel for me. Got the subway into Times Square to find where we would get the Uptown Loop for the tour. Navigated it well and found it easily and there was a bus waiting right there. Got on the bus and it filled up quickly and we were off.
This time our guide was George and he lived on the Upper West Side. He was a really good guide, he always was telling us some sort of story and had lots to say and told us lots of his own personal stories. Really enjoyed the uptown loop because I wouldn’t have seen Harlem, the UES and museums otherwise. And learned a lot of information! When we went through Harlem there was a man sitting outside a shop giving us the finger and swearing at us, very nice! Everyone else was really nice, so many people waved up at us and shouted “welcome to New York”. Which was nice!
After that we went back down to Times Square to do some more shopping. Stuart was hungry so we popped into Applebees for some random reason. We both had the lunch combo with Tomato Soup and Oriental Chicken salad. Yuck! But we live and learn so yeh don’t even contemplate Applebees!
After that it was done to 34st to take in the shops there. Well in the whole afternoon I managed to go into 3 shops! Speant ages and a fortune in American Eagle, Forever 21 and Sephora. We had to rush back up to the hotel with all our bags and get ready for our night out. We were to meet our friend at her work to collect tickets to a show. We had wanted Beauty and the Beast but she was unable to get them so we got Producers. She wasn’t there and left a note for us to meet us in a bar afterwards as she went to Drowsy Chaperone with her family who were visiting.(They told us afterwards the show wasnt as great as they expected).
It was getting near 8 and we hadnt eaten yet so we just grabbed a hot dog from the street yum yum! Really enjoyed the show, our seats were 3 rows from the back but right in the middle so we had a great view. Such a funny show, wasn’t what we expected it was better. We were kept laughing the whole time.
Afterwards went round to meet our friend and another girl I used to work with who is interning in New York at the moment, and our friends parents where there too. It was a bit surreal, all these people from home sitting in a bar in New York! We went to a small Irish bar for a while then moved onto our friends work for the rest of the night. Had a great night, we celebrated the arrival of Stuarts birthday in the early hours, the barman brought him a little bit of chocolate cake with a candle on it and the whole bar sang happy birthday to him. It was great. We ended up getting back to our hotel at 7am the next morning. We met many interesting people, and it was funny to see Times Square with nobody in it!
I may be coming to America for the summer to work, so I may be back in New York sooner than expected. Im glad, because writing my trip report has made me miss it so much!
Trip Report Part 4: Uptown loop, Times Square and more!
Ok, 7AM???? Wow.
And someone flipped you the bird? Now you know you are in NYC!!!
HAHAHA, just part of the experience.
SOunds like a great time!!!
Trip Report Part 4: Uptown loop, Times Square and more!
Great report, Odile. Just for the record, I always wave at folks on the tour buses. NYCGirl, is your parrot on the loose again?!?
Yes, on the loose!!!!!
ROFL, Bettina!
Great report odile,
Lucky Stuart getting a fancy little birthday cake, with a candle too!
It sounds unbelievable to be walking through TS when it%26#39;s deserted, just amazing.
I hope you weren%26#39;t winding up towards the end though.... I%26#39;m not quite ready to read the end of your report yet!
Oh and Mum, I was traumatised enough by THAT parrot the first time around. Let%26#39;s not bring it back up (NYCgirl, I think you are to blame for this!!!)
Haha yeh I thought it was hilarious, and the guy looked so proud of himself to be giving us the finger. As I said to Stuart, what a legend! But round the corner there was this sweet old man sitting on his stoop who waved really enthusiasticaly at us, so I had to wave back.
Times Square looked great with nobody in it, reminded me of that terible Tom Cruise film Vanilla Sky and he runs up an empty Times Square. Next part is on its way!
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