The best thing about an almost-8 hour flight from the Monterey County and 3 extra hours for 2 stopovers is the minute you touch down. Such a blissful feeling! <3
Of course a New York experience ain't complete without the use of subways, but we just found it convenient to ride cabs instead because we were people not familiar with the place who were running on a 3-day time frame. On the second day though, we took the train going to Bowling Green, where the Statue of Liberty is. And with just a little over $2, you can basically go around anywhere with a station.
The view from our hotel room in Long Island, which is just about 4 miles away from the Manhattan. Thumbs up for being 'near' LGA and the city!
Central Park, a public park located at Fifth and Sixth avenues in midtown Manhattan and is a home to over 25,000 trees. To save time again, we got one of tour guides that bike around the park.
My favorite part is the Literary Walk. Reminds of JLo in Maid in Manhattan!
The infamous Strawberry Fields that is dedicated in memory of John Lennon. Almost 3 decades after his death, a lot of people still flock the place.
Madison Square Garden
Empire State Building
From one of the benches in front of the Strawberry Fields memorial. It had my name and my favorite TV show character's (NPH in How I Met Your Mother) in it so what the heck, lemme take a photo! Haha
Had dinner with my gradeschool friends Nikki, Jam, and Christina at the Upper East Side! They said we were lucky because the line to Serendipity 3 was always long irregardless of the day. I got so ecstatic upon seeing them I broke one of their condiment glass containers and good thing they didn't let me pay for it. Both Nikki and Jam migrated to the East Coast when we were about 10 and I haven't seen Nikki since! Christina on the other hand, was just a couple months in the city with her mother that time but she's now residing in Seoul, Korea.
Times Square at night! Yay!!! So beautiful <3 We had a lot of photos altogether but the Chinese guy failed us terribly :(
Subway from Queens Plaza to Bowling Green!
Statue of Liberty tickets get sold out so easy we had to book about a couple of days before actually going there and it's not even on a weekend.
The ferry ride going to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
YUMMY chicken fritters! These were just about $5 and worth.every.penny.
Hello!!! :)
Where money never sleeps.
On the third day, we met up with some relatives from Rhode Island and ate lunch at this seafood resto with really cute ceiling ornaments.
The very beautiful St. Patrick's Cathedral, my dad's favorite.
Grand Central Station! Gossip girl pilot episode heehee.
One of our last stops, the Rockefeller Center. We almost missed our flight to Los Angeles that night. I remember setting foot on the plane 5 minutes AFTER our supposed departure time and everyone had to wait for us. Omg. New York traffic can get as bad as Manila's sometimes.
While I'd say California's chill and calm atmosphere when asked which I prefer, I will always want to go to NY for a second time. The city's so beautiful even photos can't make up. I miss the chaotic streets, the breath-taking city view, awesome architecture, overpriced anything, and the food. Take me there again.
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