In New York...
Apr. 22nd, 2009 08:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpThe flight was delayed getting into Denver yesterday, delayed leaving, and delayed landing upon arrival at JFK. Unsurprisingly, it took nearly 30 minutes for baggage to start to arrive in the pick-up area.
Terminal 5 is a new facility, which meant a longish walk to the AirTrain station for a three-stop ride to Federal Circle, where the shuttle from Enterprise picked us up.
On the way to our hotel, I did something I don't think I ever did before: I took the wrong exit off the Cross Island Parkway onto the Long Island Expressway, and ended up heading into the city instead of out to Long Island. Fortunately, I realized my mistake before the skyline of Manhattan presented itself through the murk. Galina had a good chuckle.
Our Priceline.com hotel is the East Norwich Inn, a motel of whose existence I was not aware when I lived in the area, and a pleasant surprise. The Inn looks small from the outside, but is fairly large on the inside, albeit the halls and doorways are a little narrow for my taste. Generally speaking, the public areas of the hotel are a little tired-looking and there's a whiff of humidity in the air, but our room is large, airy, and (most important) comfortable, so we are pleased.
We got in pretty late last night, and went to sleep after midnight. Galina is drying her hair as I type and soon, we'll be on the road for the short trip to the house in Locust Valley to start the process of figuring out what to take, what to leave, and what to discard (one way or another).
There's something about being back on Long Island, but I can't tell if it's good or bad or what.
Cheers...
Terminal 5 is a new facility, which meant a longish walk to the AirTrain station for a three-stop ride to Federal Circle, where the shuttle from Enterprise picked us up.
On the way to our hotel, I did something I don't think I ever did before: I took the wrong exit off the Cross Island Parkway onto the Long Island Expressway, and ended up heading into the city instead of out to Long Island. Fortunately, I realized my mistake before the skyline of Manhattan presented itself through the murk. Galina had a good chuckle.
Our Priceline.com hotel is the East Norwich Inn, a motel of whose existence I was not aware when I lived in the area, and a pleasant surprise. The Inn looks small from the outside, but is fairly large on the inside, albeit the halls and doorways are a little narrow for my taste. Generally speaking, the public areas of the hotel are a little tired-looking and there's a whiff of humidity in the air, but our room is large, airy, and (most important) comfortable, so we are pleased.
We got in pretty late last night, and went to sleep after midnight. Galina is drying her hair as I type and soon, we'll be on the road for the short trip to the house in Locust Valley to start the process of figuring out what to take, what to leave, and what to discard (one way or another).
There's something about being back on Long Island, but I can't tell if it's good or bad or what.
Cheers...
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Date: 2009-04-22 02:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-23 12:25 pm (UTC)From the point of view of shops, for example, there are places in Moscow (along Tverskaya, Prospekt Mira) that remind me of Manhattan, where I might add vehicle drivers are - depending on your point of view - better trained or more successfully intimidated by the police when it comes to parking.
Major thoroughfares are narrower in New York, and pedestrians generally do not descend below street level unless they're headed for the subway, which is a rabbit warren in itself, where one must keep an eye out for the name of the train entering a station (typically a letter or number), else risk being whisked away to somewhere you don't want to go.
This subject may be worth a separate post, I don't know.
Cheers...