{"id":395,"date":"2010-11-12T20:41:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leirdal.net\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2010-11-13T07:23:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T07:23:58","slug":"new-york-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/395-new-york-new-york.html","title":{"rendered":"New York, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early in October we did a quick weekend jump across the Atlantic. We had never visited New York before, but the city really impressed us. Friendly, nice weather, a lot to see, there are worse cities to visit.
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\"Glass<\/a>

Glass Apple Store in New York<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

As every male find out when they bring their female counterparts to this city; 5th avenue is not healthy for your wallet. We also found this little shop right next to Central Park – the church of apple was very popular.<\/p>\n

We also had to visit a sky scraper. As we already had found 5th avenue, “The Rock” – or Rockefeller center, was nearest. The view was great from the top sightseeing floor.<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>

View from Rockefeller center<\/p><\/div>\n

We did not visit the Empire State building, but the building that again has become the highest building in New York was easily visible.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/a>

View of New York skyline from Rockefeller center<\/p><\/div>\n

Circle Line is the best choice for viewing the city while on water. They had a very professional tour, including a skilled guide and interesting sights. Some of the sights were very well known.<\/p>\n

\"Statue<\/a>

Statue of Liberty<\/p><\/div>\n

We did not visit ground zero, the site of the world trade center, but we found some other twin towers.<\/p>\n

\"Twin<\/a>

Twin buildings<\/p><\/div>\n

While visiting Chinatown we found a lot of things that we did not buy, among else these snacks. They might taste good, but we left the testing to other people.<\/p>\n

\"Snack<\/a>

Snack - dried fish<\/p><\/div>\n

Walking in Chinatown felt like visiting a totally different city. Different stores, Asian people and a different selection of goods.<\/p>\n

\"Shopping<\/a>

Shopping in Chinatown<\/p><\/div>\n

I am not sure if this is a Chinese apothecary, but the glasses on the shelf had a lot of weird stuff in them. <\/p>\n

\"Chinese<\/a>

Chinese shops sell a lot of weird stuff<\/p><\/div>\n

The distance from Chinatown to Brooklyn bridge is a nice exercise, it was in the middle of the day, and the sun shone brightly, but some images were passable anyway.<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn<\/a>

Brooklyn Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally I had to try to reproduce one of the best known images in the world. I skipped including myself though. I thought the sun peeking out behind the top of the Flatiron building was kind of charming.<\/p>\n

<\/a>

Flatiron building<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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