LEAVING NEW YORK IS NEVER EASY

Hello again there, been sometime since I was the blogging one! 

It is now midnight in NY and everyone is beat and not exactly looking forward to a long flight in the morning, however, we had fun here and are looking forward to expanding our minds even further. But here is a recap of our trip so far: 

Monday: Arrived and got settled in, did some shopping

Tuesday: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Ground Zero Memorial (Amazingly touching experience and the rainy weather made it even more chilling to be there) 

Wednesday: Guided tour to Harlem where we visited the Church of Sct. John the Divine - the largest church I have ever seen and although it was unfinished the mere size of it made it a breathtaking experience. Then we went for a walk around the city with a journalist named Louise which was an interesting perspective to have, seeing as she has lived here for over 5 years. The rest of the day was dedicated to shopping (Surprise!) on Broadway and Times Square where we all saw and Milica met and hugged Snoop Dogg. (Just casually putting it out there - God, this is a crazy place)

Thursday: In the morning we walked a while to get to MoMA, which was an interesting experience, even though the exhibits we really wanted to see (The grand Monet, Dali etc.) was closed! We were a sad bunch. 

Then we had a mini-lecture with an amazingly interesting historian, Laird W. Bergad, about latinos in New York, which was very inspirational.

We ended our day at a nearby restaurant called Ruby Tuesday, where we had the most attentive and polite waiter I have ever met – he certainly earned all our spare change! Most of us are packed up and ready to go tomorrow, but it looks like it’s going to be a long night for some.

New York City truly is an interesting place, there are – to the extent of my experiences – not many other cities which can really compare, but I guess I will always be a true European. This city never sleeps, but damn it, I do!

Can’t wait to go to Quebec tomorrow and attempt to speak some French at last, the only thing I am annoyed about though, is that there were so many things I never got to see – Empire State Building I only saw from the outside, never saw Macy’s, Central Park was only peripherally seen by bus, however the city feels more like a familiar place now.

See you in Quebec,

The Viking