måndag 10 mars 2014

Last post 2014-02-20


Hello fellow readers!

Today I’m going home, it has already gone a week since I came here. Right now my suitcase is packed and the plane will leave in three hours. I’m about to check out of the hotel, I have to leave before 12pm so they can clean it for the next guest. I have to call my parents and tell them to pick me up at the airport. I had a lot of fun here, I’m definitely going to miss this place, it has been the trip ever. One of the thing that made it the greatest is that I was alone, no parents telling me what to do, I liked it.

Now the cab is here, goodbye I said to the hotel, thank you for this very pleasant stay. I asked the driver to take me to New York airport, the good things with traveling to the airport is that it’s a solid price. 30 minutes later I had arrived, 40 dollars for the ride, now I have 25 dollars to my name. I checked in to my flight and waited at the bar, I ordered a sandwich and a coke. While I was sitting there I looked back and reflected to the thing that I didn’t do during my stay. I mostly looked at typical tourist thing and walked a lot around the city, but I never walked in to any stores. Even though I was saving I could at least looked around in the stores for something small, but what’s done is done.

Well, this was my trip, I would like to thank all my fellow readers, thank you for reading my blog about my trip. I will not continue to write on this blog because blogging is not really my thing. Cya! 
And Kalle, I hope you enjoyed my writing, I might have used a bit strange words in this text. I hope that doesn’t change my grade. But I’m very pleased with what I have written

lördag 1 mars 2014

The statue of liberty 2014-02-19


Hello fellow readers!

Today is my last day here in New York, to be honest it feels good to soon be back in Sweden, I’m starting to get homesick. Anyway, today it’s time to visit the statue of liberty, I did not have any plans to go visit it during my stay because I don’t really know anything about it. But I’ve been told by them in the reception that almost everyone that stay in New York on vacation go and see the statue. They also said that it representing the state, and you see it almost in every movie that plays out in New York.

I just have to shower and go down to eat breakfast so I have energy for the day, today the where serving pancakes, talk about a Swedish meal. When I walked downstairs I got a text from my mom, it said that she had put in another 100 dollars on my card, thanks mom is the least I can say. Now that I got money I can go and buy a bus ticket to get to the location, one day ticket cost only 10 dollars, that’s a lot cheaper than the taxi.

I just ate and now my tummy is full, it’s time to go and buy a ticket. The cashier said that I should go on the bus 53, it would take me right to the statue of liberty. 20 minutes later I was right outside the statue, the place was crowded with tourists, it was most mostly Asian tourists there. And I’m not saying this in a way to offend people, it was just what I saw. I walked in to the building and I saw a flyer that said tour guide for only 10 dollars, a one hour tour through the whole place and facts, that sounded good with me.

I had now paid for the tour and was waiting with another 10-15 people for the guide to come. Finally he came, he apologized to us for being late, it was an emergency he said. One of the tourist was very upset because he didn’t came on time, but he dropped it after a while. We started with getting some basic information about the liberty. The statue, designed by Frederic Augusta Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France. It was almost 300 feet high (almost 100 meters).

I didn’t really pay attention at the end because I saw a beautiful girl that I would rather focus on the tour guide, it kind of reminds of how I’m in school sometimes, I just floats away to another place. At the end we reached the top of the statue, from there you could see a clear sight of New York from the water. I looked down at the people on the ground, they reminded me of ants, I saw them from a bird perspective.

Now that the tour was over I though I’ve seen enough of the place, I bought a big candle that was formed as the statue, I think my mom would enjoy it very much. Well, I don’t know what I want to do now, I think I’ll take a break from blogging now. I might do one more today if I feel like it or else I’ll do one tomorrow when I’m leaving. Cya! 


The book of Mormon 2014-02-18


Hello Fellow readers!

The time is now 5pm, and I just got a ticket to go see the musical ‘’ The book of Mormon’’. I did not think I was going to get a ticket but they had four left of almost a thousand. I was really lucky to get one, but for 140 dollars I hope to get my money well spent. I don’t have a lot of money left, during these last days here I have to be cheap or ask my mom to put money on my card. This is supposed to be one of the decades best musicals. It begins in three hours, I don’t really know what I’m going to too during this time, I’m going back to the hotel and going to start watching the breaking bad marathon.

Now it’s a little bit over an hour before it starts, I still don’t know if I want to wear tuxedo or ordinary clothes. This feels like a big night so I don’t want to look foolish.
I forgot to say that it’s a Broadway musical, so I have high expectation. I could not walk to there now because I will miss the opening scene then, so I have to take a cab over there. I got almost 60 dollars left out of 300 dollars. I did not bring very much money because I didn’t have any plans of buying unnecessary stuff, I just wanted to see things and have a bit of money for entry and food.

I saw a cab by the sidewalk, I quickly ran up to it and said ‘’ How much for time square?’’, he responded ‘’ for you, 15 dollars’’. I’ll say that is a pretty good deal. I got to the place and I stepped right in and the first thing that happened was that a guard stopped me and asked if I had a ticket. I showed him the ticket and he let me walk past him. A clock started to ring in ceiling, that mend that the show is about to start. When I showed my ticket to the employee he said that I looked very good in a suit, I felt a bit flattered in a way, not a gay way but it felt nice to get compliment when you tried to look good. Anyway, I’ll update again after the show. Cya!

I just walked out of the place, the musical was amazing! I would definitely recommend this to friend and family if the musical comes to Sweden. It’s a little over 10pm now, I think I’m going to walk back to the hotel and maybe just watch some television or swim a bit. I would like also to take another way back to the hotel so I could see the teardrop park. It was on the way back, so I might as well go through it.

When I came to the park I saw that it was a very big park, but it was barley any people in it. The weird thing was that one of the old ladies from a couple of days earlier was sitting on a bench there with a bunch of pigeons. I thought it was a bit strange that I ran into her again when you come to think about it that of all the people here you did not really expect that this one person you would reconcile and see again. I walked up to her and said that I’ve seen you before. I asked why she was sitting here all by herself and feeding the pigeons. She said to me that she has not anything to do because she is so lonely. Her husband had passed away two years ago, their kids lived in different states, so she usually did this cause she didn’t feel as lonely. When she told me that story I showed great empathy for her. After a short talk I gave her a hug and walked away.

I arrived at the hotel and I went straight to bed, I was now cold and tired. I will update again tomorrow because I’ve decided to go to the statue of liberty. It’s my last day tomorrow so I want to see that before I leave. Cya! 


Time square 2014-02-18


Hello fellow readers!

I just woke up and I thought it would be time to update the blog. It’s almost 12pm, I overslept a little bit, I usually wake up between 9-10am. The only thing I’m thinking of right now is breakfast, my stomach ache for food. But I feel too weak to go down stairs to eat, so I’ll order in instead. I called down to the reception and ordered some breakfast, they said the stopped to serve breakfast at 10am. So it would be instead a brunch. I had some chicken wings, scramble eggs and some juice. Now that my stomach was full I was ready to go outside.

 I left the hotel and walked my way to time square, it was barley any traffic today, it felt strange because it’s New York. The walk from my hotel to the square would be roughly 9 miles, I didn’t really mind because I like to take long walks. I walked through a park on my way there, I could see old ladies giving the pigeons some bread, corn or what they ever gave them. Just looking at these women mad me a sad because they looked very lonely. I looked away and walked faster to get out from there.

Now I’ve arrived at the square, it was people everywhere. I saw the old classic coca cola commercial sigh in the middle. I saw Broadway show on the sides, they were going to show the play ‘’ The book of Mormon’’. I would love to see that musical because the two people who created the show is Trey Parker and Matt Stone. For you readers who don’t know who they are, they are the creators of the popular cartoon South Park. I also saw street performances and so on. When I walked the way up I ran in to a friend form my old school, we chatted a bit and said that we should see each other more. After the five minute talk we walked our separate ways. The weird thing I saw was two guys that were messing around with one of the performances, finally the one of the guys started to use fists. You can say that it really escalated quickly. The two guys ran away before the police arrived at the scene.

Well, I’ll update again later! Cya!



Queens 2014-02-17


Queens
Hello fellow readers! I’m sorry for not updating anything on the blog the couple of days. I haven’t really had anything to write about, I couldn’t go outside because it was a big storm that came in over the city. So I have just sitting by the pool and watched TV and son on. But now I’m going to start updating again

It’s my forth day here now .Today I’ve decided to walk around the city to get some exercise and discover more by foot, money is running short, so I hope that I won’t spend anything today except lunch. I have to wear my big fluffy jacket because it’s almost minus 10 degrees outside. I put on my boots and then I walked outside, the wind blew right in my face.

I decided to walk southeast because the Brooklyn bridge was that way. It’s was about 6 miles walk to the bridge, it would take me at least an hour to get there. I was hoping to see Queens, I’ve heard that many known celebrities are from Queens or Brooklyn. Famous people that I know of is Jeffrey Ross Hyman and John Williams Cummings, these two are known for participated in the famous band Ramones. I have never really liked their music, my dad is a crazy fan of their work.

A bit over an hour later I finally reached the bridge, because of the snow I barley could see what was in front of me. I looked over the bridge and I could see the Queens from my distance, from my point of view I think if you look at Queen you can see the older version of New York. Not all buildings are newly constructed, many of them are really old.

When I crossed the bridge I saw a small path that was right by the river, when I started to walk the path I could see the ice on the river started to break, along the road it was  lying a lot of trash, a bunch of dead rats in the bushes and extremely much pigeons in the trees. I think Queens bring New York another type of culture, here in the streets there is a lot more graffiti sprayed on the walls with beautiful art forms and quotes. Now the big city is so modern, I think this reminds people how New York use to look like.I keep on walking around to see even more, I also put the song ‘’ Boulevard of broken dreams’’ by Green day, It was the right time and place to play the song cause it fitted in the moment. It was just a special feeling when you were listened to it.

Well, it’s almost 6pm now and it’s starting to get dark, I’m going to get back to the hotel and eat something and maybe hang there the whole night, maybe I’ll swim in the pool a bit. Cya!



Ground Zero 2014-02-15


                Ground Zero
Hello fellow readers!

It’s now the second day here in New York for me, today I was going to visit the place where the twin towers used to be. I have to take a cab there because I don’t want walk over 10 miles for it. The ride would take about 10-20 minutes with depends on the traffic
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I jumped in a cab and was now on the roll. I thought it we would be there now, but there is SO MUCH traffic, I did not expect that, although it is New York. On the way there we pass the time square, my plans is to go there in a day or two
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35 minutes later I’m finally there, I almost had to pay 45 dollars for the drive, talk about a rip off. I walked up to the place, it wasn’t what I expected, I thought it was going to be like a construction site. It was two big fountains on the places the towers used to stand at. I think I need to tell you readers about what did happened here. Most of you know that this place is where the biggest 
terrorist attack to place in USA. The attack took place September 11th 2001, some may refer to it as ‘’9/11’’. In these particular buildings there was two airplanes that crashed in to them, also it was two other planes that crashed later that day. On the memorial stone, it sees that it was over 3000 people lost their lives that day. I have to say, it feels a bit strange to stand here, it makes me feel kind of sad, so much pain, so much sadness. They at least did a really beautiful memorial place, it’s winter now so I can’t really say right now that it is beautiful, but I see a lot of trees and a lot of grass fields. I imagine in the summer it must be gorgeous here. I walked around the memorial just so I can got get a clear view of the whole place.

After about an hour and a half I decided to just take my pictures, buy a souvenir to give my little sister and go somewhere else. I want to go down to the water, which is only five blocks away. I’ll update again maybe tomorrow if I have something interesting to write about. I might visit time square, I might have to get up a bit earlier so it will not be as many people as it is in the middle of the day. Cya!                                                     


Empire state building 2014-02-14


Empire state building

Hello fellow readers!

I recently woke up, I dreamed that I had a falcon as a house pet, it seems a bit strange to just dream about that, oh well it was just a dream.

I got up out of my bed and walked out to the balcony, my room has a very nice view of the city, I live on the 19th floor, so I can see most of the city from my sight. I washed up and got down to eat breakfast. After that I got up to my room to get more money so I could take a cab to the empire state building. 

Roughly 15 minutes later I arrived at the building, it was a huge line of people there. I almost waited 45 minutes to just get inside, I paid the lady at the desk for a tour guide so I could get a lot of information about the history of the empire state.

When my tour guide arrived I was waiting with more then twenty people, most of them where seniors or family’s with kids. The tour guide opened with a bit cheesy joke just to crack people up a bit. Then she started to talk about the beginning of the building. It was constructed by Gregory Johnson and the architecture that he was working at in 1929, it was later completed in 1931. It has 102 stories, 73 elevator  and is almost 450 meters high. It was the largest building in New York for almost 40 years until the world trade centers where build.


Empire state building is also famous because many big movies has been filmed there, a movie everyone knows that played out there was King Kong.
After the tour was over I took one of the elevators up to the 86th  floor so I could walked out on the observation deck, there I had a clear view over  the city. I'm going to take a brake now from the blog, I've got to take pictures from here to show the family later. Cya!