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[blue_lotus13]

We're now in New York. After dim sum, which we sort of missed, we took the bus to New York City. We actually took the Fung Wah Bus , which travels from Boston's Chinatown to New York's for only 15$! You can buy tickets on the platform in Boston and it's just a regular Greyhound. We checked into the Cosmo, pausing to view City Hall on the way. Then it was off to Manhattan, where we dropped off B*'s friend Alex and went for dinner with his sister, her husband and their baby. We then jumped back on the Subway and toured Times Square, which I found to be a bit of an assault on the senses. So far I find New York smelly and dirty, but ultimately intriguing and fascinating. We only have two days, so tomorrow we are meeting up with friends and are going to hit some of the major tourist attractions.

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Somewhere in all this activity, I have caught a bit of a cold and my throat is very sore.

Comments

[oyvavoy.livejournal.com]

NYC! So fun!!! Hope you're having a fabulous time!!

[pintuck.livejournal.com]

NYC: smelly, check. dirty, check.

but times square (and other popular manhattan tourist spots) are not representative of NYC as a whole. i personally loathe times square, and i try not to go there if i can help it.

nyc is about so much more than those things, though those sights are certainly iconic of the city. if you had more time, i'd suggest checking out other areas, to get a feel for the "real nyc", but perhaps you can do that on another jaunt here some other time, in lieu of the big stuff. :)

[blue-lotus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wish we had a lot more time. I can see how a lot of people would not like Times Square. It's like an advertisement for capitalism.

[pintuck.livejournal.com]

yeah, it's awful. it's like disneyland...a complete concoction for the benefit of tourists, and the removing of the money from the pockets of said tourists. but like i said, NYC is about so much more than that...it's a huge and tremendously diverse place, where people just go about their lives as any other person would, in any other place anywhere. except that it's NYC...which, even for those of us who lived here, still makes it magical. it's like a jewel with many facets...so many perspectives and layers and ways of seeing things and things to do and be.

even after living here for almost 2 years, it's still sort of magical to me. but not the times square part! :P

[starfishchick]

New York City is pretty smelly (and yes, dirty, too) but if you can get over into the upper east or west side, you'll find it cleaner and less insane. And of course, Central Park is just wonderful.

Have a great time!