The 3-day trip is purely a recee trip for the November NY Marathon (which I'm starting to feel very much edgy about) and I had 2 main objectives - 1) find out the time needed to get from hostel to South Ferry Station & 2) how to get to Staten Island which is the starting point of the race.
So, from Boston's South Station, we took the 4-hour ride coach to NY. It was a smooth ride, no loud songs being played nor people's chattering (unlike the China's coaches). We reached NY at noon and started walking from downtown to uptown, passing through Central Park (must see how long...& it was darn long; from 59th to 110 Street!). By the time we finally reached our hostel, we were so tired that we dropped dead onto the creaky bed.
And for the rest of the journey, the hubs had kindly took over the planning. I managed to get 2 cookbooks which will be my textbooks for my own culinary curriculum from Strands bookstore (much cheaper!) and he got his StarWars book as well! Of course, what's NY without cupcakes? So to Magnolia bakery we went too! And to Century21 for designer items at civilians' prices. Bought a running tights with compression fabrics for about 5/8 the price. Awesome!
NY..is a concrete jungle. High rise buildings everywhere, esp downtown.
Do you think I will meet the Trumps if I stay long enough?
Apple cult. There's a beeline of people waiting to get in...and it does resemble the Louvre.
The oasis - Central Park
The New-York- thing- to- do (hubs said): Hot dogs/ sandwiches from the food cart/truck. Cheap and nice but not necessarily healthy.
Yellow school bus. Oh! Where are all the students?
World Trade Centre reduced to a construction site. They're building a memorial centre to be open on 9.11.11
Magnolia cupakes cult. Long queue.
Quaint booktore in the film 'You've got mail!'
Hubs and I having heart-to-heart talk in this cupcake cafe in the bookstore. @ the end of the day, I still prefer Boston. New York is too busy and people do not care less about others (my feel).
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