Well, I’m posting this from New York… finally decided to spend the stupid $15 to get internet my last night here because I needed to confirm my flight tomorrow and such. You’ll notice two other backdated entries that I just posted… those were written in the previous two days here. Whee.

I am completely exhausted right now. Went on a 10-hour tour (8:45 AM to 6:45 PM) of New York today. Absolutely amazing. First we drove around this area a bit, looking around Times Square and such. Then we went to Battery Park and got on a ferry for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Spent about an hour on the ferry there and back, and about an hour looking at the Ellis Island museum. Went for lunch, and stopped to look at ground zero where the WTC towers used to stand. Then went to the United Nations for a guided tour. Then drove around for another 2 hours while the guide showed us just about every part of NY (from 1st street up to 115th street), including the cathedrals, ethnic neighborhoods, expensive shopping places, big scary tower things, etc. Wow, this city never ceases to amaze me.

There will be pictures later tonight. I need to go through and batch them. You’ll probably find them both on Alan’s Photos 2 and this journal (as a new page, complete with my comments and such). Not sure when I’ll get them posted though… I still need to eat and pack everything.

Speaking of eating, breakfast was an amazing yogurt parfait and fresh lemonade. Lunch was provided by the tour and was a chicken sandwich with fries. Dinner is a turkey pesto wrap with authentic New York cheesecake (with strawberries, of course) for dessert. I’d love to eat like this every day… except it’s cost me well over $40 for food for the past two days, so meh. Too rich for my blood, but as long as Fog Creek is paying for it, I feel like I can indulge a little.
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Wow, that makes me sound like a terrible person. I mean, I’m on vacation, so I can indulge a little? Meh.

Heh, this is the longest I’ve gone without internet (two days) in, um… forever? Even when I was in Thailand two summers ago, I used my cousin’s computer the first few days, and then got an internet card (like phone cards here) to access it.