We decided to do check in the evening before already so that we don’t need to carry all our stuff around in the morning. There was lots of traffic on the streets, but we made it! And learnt what “SSSS” on a flight ticket means 🙂
After getting rid of our luggage, we bought two little Raclette devices that use candles – so that we can have swiss food with Ginger.
The flight was fine, and the paper that was handed out and needed for entry to the US didn’t ask anything about previously visited countries. Upon arrival, there were hardly any people queuing at the passport check and we made it to the front really fast. Getting two german passports, the guy there asked what we were going to do here – he was happy with “sightseeing”, didn’t even look at anything in my passport besides the first page, and we were in the US!
We managed to find the hotel and then left again to walk around in the city – and one of our first purchases were umbrellas! It was raining quite a lot!
As the first hotel was fully booked, we had to move. And because New York is just soooo expensive, and a 10-minute bus ride should be doable, we moved to the other side, to New Jersey. Then we stood in front of a very empty-looking house and rang the bell but nobody answered. After a phone call and some more waiting, we went to the other location of that “hotel” – seems we had been given a wrong address. We left our bags and went shopping 🙂
Then, in the evening into the city to meet Mark and Julia 😉
To celebrate New Year’s Eve, we went to “Bob’s party” – we managed to find a Liquor store, succeeded to get home (Times Square was closed off, lots of police everywhere, and that was between us and the bus terminal), and then back into the city. By then, there was even more chaos with Subways no longer passing below Times Square, so we had to walk to the next stop and it took us forever to get to the party. Bob seemed to be prepared, besides lots of snacks, there was also beer, and quite a lot of champagne 🙂
The new year started with lunch in Chinatown and Les Misérables on Broadway at night, and tomorrow it is already time to pack and move again, away from New York now and on to Wethersfield, Connecticut.