New York

So we spent the long weekend in New York.

First, NEVER EVER EVER fly on US Airways. What a joke.
Yeah, most of the delays were weather related but the service, organization, facilities, etc are substandard at least.

I tried to save money by getting a ticket that went through Pittsburg on the way to LaGuardia (and through Philidalphia on the way back). While it cost half as much it was more than twice the pain.

Our taxi ride was an par with the flight service: horrible. He didn’t know where he was going even though I gave him the address written down and a map! At the end he implied that we should get out (in New York at 3am, not knowing where we were) and try to find the apartment ourselves. Luckily we were just next door to it.

We arrived late (bed at 3am) and awoke late. Saturday the weather was not so great, but didn’t rain on us much. The kindness of our Mundo Pequeno friends was great. They took time out of their days to show us around (the south end of) Manhattan.

Sunday the weather was extremely nice, very sunny but not too hot. Unfortunately this meant everyone was out and the line to see the Statue of Liberty was HUGE, so we didn’t go. But Central Park was very nice to have lunch in. The view from The Empire State Building was very nice, however the 1 hour line was aggravting.

Monday was another rainy day, not to mention how tired we were from the previous days, so we attempted to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art but it was closed, so we went to the Guggenheim Museum. Their no camera policy is a bit annoying to say the least.

Fortunately the taxi ride to the airport was much smoother.

I do want to see the Statue of Liberty and our new friends in New York (Lilia, Monica, Aline, Leo and Amanda), but other than that, I don’t have much desire to return to the big apple.