Off Broadway...

Bet you didn't think / hope you'd hear from me so soon again did you?! Well, your luck's come in it'd seem, as i thought i'd drop you a QUICK little note in my last few hours in the USA!

Naturally, i'm still in NYC, and fly home to lame ol' England in a little over 10 hours, which quite frankly, sucks. But i won't dwell on the future - i'll fill you in on the past 24 hours! What have i done?? WALKED. A little over 15 miles is a good guess! Had a good sprint around the last few sights that i really wanted to see, namely Grand Central Station and the Chrysler Building. The latter of which was sooo awesome to look at (it's in the Spiderman movies folks - the big tower that looks reeeal fancy, you know which i mean? Looks gold at the top? ).

Also managed to do some shopping - went to all the places that NYC is famous for, like Bloomingdales. Have to say, that place is SO pretentious it makes Selfridges look like Poundland. I found a shirt that was on sale at $250 - that's IN the sale! I dread to think what it was before! All the clothes seemed really staid and dull too - i guess the richer you get, the more your taste falls to the level of a blind leper. Saying all that - i can't wait to have enough money to waste it on elaborate shirts and accessories. That day'll come folks... it will!

I also treked upto Strawberry Fields and the Dakota Building, where John Lennon was famously shot. The actual SF site is a pretty nice mosaic laid out in the pavement - complete with homeless dude who's taken it upon himself to clean the memorial of all leaves that fall of the tree. I don't know whether he expected to be paid for this duty, but he was VERY protective of that pavement, bless him!

Apres ca, i went for dinner in 'The View' restaurant, which is basically a restaurant about 50 stories up that revolves, giving you amazing views of the NY skyline at night. However, upon sitting down, i quickly felt ill, namely because i didn't have a clue what was spinning and which way we were going. It also turns out that your seat spins away from you when you go to get food - so i ended up getting lost many a time, whilst feeling sick... 50 stories in the air. An experience nevertheless!

Finally, i headed out on a night-time bus tour around NYC, which took us over the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn so that we could see all of NY across the Hudson River - and i've got to say, the view was breath-taking. What was particularly poignant was the two columns of light going insanely high into the night sky to represent where the twin towers stood. It really brings it home to you to see those columns of light, and it's also a beautiful sight that i'll store deep in my mind for a long, long time - as i will many of the things i've seen this trip!

After the trip, i left my mum to go back to the hotel whilst i wandered New York at night exactly as i'd begun my trip - on my own. I walked around reflecting upon the whole journey and just absorbed the atmosphere... as well as noticing all the hotties that scurry around the NY streets at night (no post would be complete without a mention of ladies would it? Hell no!). It's such a beautiful city, and the fact that i've only scratched the surface means that i've got to come back in the not too distant future to see a little bit more.

So... i guess that's it, the North American trip is almost at its end. It's been emotional, but i won't gush about it right now - that'll come in the final post i make when i'm home (due to the fact that i have about a minute left on this PC!)

So until my next, and final post...

Speak soon,

Aaron! x