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New York
Instead of a long boring story, I will try to include some of my
pictures here. I visited New York at the end of november 1996, just before Thanksgiving
day. Some interesting things which are not in most guidebooks are:
- Rollerskating
It is much fun to go on a sunday morning to central parc for
rollerskating. You may rent (and buy) the skates in 86th street near 3rd av., which is not
to far from the parc. With some ability in iceskating you may have a chance to master the
rollerskates enough to reach the parc safely. As there is no traffic in the parc on
sundays you should be able to survive there. Prices for rent are 15 dollar for two hours
or 25 for 24 hours, including all equipment (essential but forget about the helmet).
Prices for new rollerskates start at 150 dollar for a bargain. Another cheap shop seems to
be in the neighbourhood of Time Square.
Night Gallery
a sanctuary for connoiseurs of the macabre is a cafe and restaurant at 117 seventh avenue
south. The walls are adorned with a vast collection of morbid paintings, which you can
also purchase. Diner is deadly good, especially when preceded by a cocktail like pure
evil, macabra etc.
We had a whole lobster with a steak and great baked potatoes for 18 dollars only. The
carrot cake is good for desert. And don't get scared by the statues which start moving
every 30 minutes, teling their evil and sad stories. It is a bid sick idea to realise a
place like this, but the implementation is done perfectly. The picture presented
here could have been taken there, but instead finds its source in this strange shop in the
small harbour in the south of Manhattan.
Big apple
Finally I got to know why New York is called the big apple. After four in the morning it
is virtually impossible to get a beer in a decent pub somewhere (except in the 0.25 cents
peep show type of place), but it is still possible to buy apples on every corner of the
street. Still, apples are more costly than peep shows. So, the big apple has nothing to do
with the tall buildings.
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