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Fri 23 Aug:
What a day!
I finally dragged myself out of bed at around 9 (definitely over my jetlag now!).
I started my day by going to the 9/11 memorial. It has some amazing views but boy it was sad . I'm not even from America, this is my first time in the country, but I couldn't help but feel upset. To know that where I was standing so many people had died and so many people had lost a big part of their life on this one day.. I couldn't stay there too long, I saw what I wanted to, paid my respects, and then made my way out..
After leaving I took the subway to Soho, just so I could get a picture of DASH boutique, the store owned by the Kardashians.. Just because my little sister Toni said to me "You better not go to their shop! I want to go there!" lol. Sorry Toni :-D
I then got the subway from Manhattan up to the Bronx, it took just over an hour in total, approx. 17 miles. This trip was for one thing only, meat!! Before I got to NYC I Googled Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and looked up the places closest to me that have been on there. This was one of the best and cheapest.. so as I have an unlimited metro card I thought I would make full use of it!
I was a little worried that it wouldn't be open.. Before when I looked on their Facebook page it said how they have been shut for a while a month or two ago, so I was trying not to get too excited just incase they were shut . When I was walking down the road I spotted a red burger van style vehicle at the end, it looked open! I honestly had a look on my face that if you saw you would have thought that I won the lottery! It was like the treasure at the end of the rainbow! Lol. I picked up my pace to get there and it had a sign saying "Back in 5" ohhh... so I waited around, the guy came back.. I please my order.. OH MY GOD, it was amazing. I had the deluxe brisket sandwich with a side of mac & cheese, WOW! The BBQ sauce.. mmm! Okay, I'm making myself hungry..
So, the Bronx, that was interesting.. The road I walked down seemed nothing but car garages, oh, and porn shops... (it was a long road)... Every guy that drove past acted like he had never seen a woman before, but when they walked past you they didn't register you? Strange..
On my way back from there I thought I best stop off at Yankee Stadium and be a proper good tourist, I didn't quite make it round to the front of the stadium because I popped into a shop and found sooo much chocolate for $1! Reese's peanut butter cakes, Butterfingers pack, Reese's pieces, peanut butter M&Ms, Hershey's bars and Milk Duds! It's bad enough in Tesco when things are a quid.. but a dollar It's safe to say that I spent just over $10 on chocolate and then rushed back before they melted!.. Then stopped off at a shop a couple of blocks from me and got a big bag of mini marshmallows! These have always reminded me of my nan; when my siblings and I wer little we always called her nanny marshmallow because when ever she went to the states she would always bring us a pack back each. Now, it was my turn to buy them from the states!
So.. I got home, showered and washed my clothes.. then Kathleen the lady I'm sharing the apartment with at the moment asked if I fancied tagging along to watch a movie with her. So we got set on to our travels. At first we got to the subway and it said that we couldn't get the line from there to where we needed to go because of maintenance work, so we had to go down the line to come back up again?! This is where it ALL started to go wrong.. so we got lost a few times, cool, okay, we would still make it in time.. We then got a cab to drop us off at the movies. As we lined up to get our ticket Kathleen realised that she didn't have her purse, she left it in the cab.
She cancelled her cards etc. then we went to go and get a drink. We stopped off at her cousins so she could borrow some cash. I then realised that I had taken a picture inside the cab. It was dark so I was like "why am I even bothering, no one can see anything?!" but took it anyway. Anyway.. from the picture you could make out the last 3 digits of the cab's medallion, so I turned it to a negative shot and found the missing number! I felt like a detective! Long story short, we managed to get track the taxi down and he delivered her purse back to her So, we had a drink to celebrate and then made our way back.
We didn't get to go to the movies but it kept me busy for the evening that's for sure!
Anyway, it's 1am here.. I'm getting picked up at 8.30am.. Night :-D Xxx
Money spent: $25: $3 9/11, $12 MOgridder's, $11 chocolate
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