Pempti 22 Martiou

Oi meres perasan loipon kai simera (Paraskeyi prwi pou grafw auto to post feygw). Enw stenaxwriemai pou feygw giati perasa katapliktika apo tin alli xairomai pou gurizw. Mou exete leipsei vre.
Pempti den ekana kati idiaitero apla volta sta magazia sto soho kai liga psonia gia mena kai ton gianni. A eida kai to ground zero an kai den mporeis na deis kai polla kathws exoun arxisei na xtizoun. Katalavaineis mono oti itan ena tetragwno pou katalamvanan mono oi pyrgoi! Apenanti akrivws einai mia ekklisia (st pauls chapel) pou den epathe tipota apo tin tromokratiki epithesi, oute ena tzami den espase. Einai mia istoriki ekklisia stin opoia pigaine o George Washington to sintomo diastima pou i NY itan proteuousa twn HPA. Amesws meta tin tromokratiki epithesi xrisimeuse ws kentro ipodoxis olwn twn ethelontwn pou voithousan stin diasosi twn egklovismenwn. Simera exei ena meros twn fotografiwn kai twn anamnistikwn pou afinan oi siggeneis twn thimatwn. Einai sigkinitika eidika otan diavazeis auta pou grafoun (an eksaireseis vevaia olo auto to god bless amerika).
To vradu fagame me 8 sinadelfous tou Ari se ena elliniko. Einai to Pylos kai consulting chef einai i Diana Koxyla (pou na to fantazomoun otan ti diavaza kathe paraskeyi e?). Htan kalo to fagito kai itan pragmatika elliniki kouzina. Meta pigame se ena 80s bar edw konta sto spiti. To kalo me ta 80s einai oti logw ilikias (den thelw sxolia!) ta kserw sxedon ola ta tragoudia. Eixe gelio!
Anyway auta apo tin NY den exw polles wres simera Paraskeyi prepei na paw nwris sto aerodromio prin sxolasoun oloi apo tis douleies tou kai ginetai panikos!
Polla filia se olous kai thanx pou diavazate auto to blog. To xarika poly kai eidika ta sxolia

Tetarti 21 Martiou

Ta aderfakia ston 86o orofo tou empire state building

Sto vathro tou agalmatos tis eleutherias







Opws katalavainete kai apo tis fotografies simera episkeftika isws ta duo pio diasima ktiria tis neas yorkis: To statue of liberty kai to empire state building.
To prwi piga sto agalma tis eleutherias. Ekei se pigainei ena mikro ploio pou pigainei prwta sto liberty island kai meta sto ellis island. Sto nisaki mboreis na meineis oso theleis omws sou dinoun ena eisitirio gia me diarkeia peripou 2 wrwn gia na mbeis mesa sto agalma. Palia (prin tin 11 septembriou diladi) se afinan na aneveis ews to stemma tou agalmatos. Twra pigaineis ws to panw meros tou vathrou sto opoio stirizetai to agalma. Einai parola auta entipwsiako. Plirwneis mono $11.50 kai auto simberilamvanei to ferry, tin eisodo sto agalma kai dwrean ksenagisi kai sto agalma kai sto ellis island. Genika den thewrw oti ta aksiotheata einai idiaitera akriva edw. Einai embiria to agalma kai krima pou den se afinoun na aneveis ws tin korifi. To nisaki den exei tipota allo ektos apo to agalma einai toso mikro.
Meta piga sto ellis island, to opoio itan to kentro ipodoxis twn metanastwn otan erxontan stin ameriki. Exei polles fotografies, rouxa, enthimia pou exoun dorisei oi apogonoi olwn autwn twn anthrwpwn pou perasan apo ekei. Ekei sigkinithika. Exei kai analitiki ekthesi twn diadikasiwn pou pernousan oi metanastes otan eftanan sto nisi. Yparxei kai to teixos timis tis amerikanikis metanasteusis me onomata 600.000 oikogeneiwn metanastwn pou perasan apo ekei.
To apogeumataki anevikame me ton Ari sto empire state building, to opoio eina ksana to psilotero ktirio stin nea yorki. Skeftomoun oti oi pyrgoi tha prepei na itan pragmatika terastioi. H thea tis polis me ta fota anamena itan auto akrivws pou perimeneis otan skeftesai tin NY.
To bradu fagame se ena peruviano estiatoreio sto village apo ta kalitera pou exw faei. Mou arese poly. Eimai edw deka meres kai katalavainw giati oi amerikanoi einai paxysarkoi. Pantou oi merides einai terasties. Austiri diaita loipon ston gurismo!

Triti 20 Martiou

Sto ferry apo to staten island

Pws perasan etsi grigora oi meres vre paidia. Prin mia bdomada triti vradu eftasa moni kai katakourasmeni (kata to kataidromeni) stin NYC kai twra skeftomai oti plisiazoun oi meres gia na fygw.Ti krima! Mou aresei edw telika! ;)
Simera to prwi ekana to NBC studios tour (afou eixame kanei me ton Gianni sto Londino to BBC studios tour eipa na sinexisw tin paradosi). To tour itan kalo an kai ligo ksepeta! Mas pigan se 3 studio opou gurizontai to dateline (enimerotiki ekpombi), mia alli ekpombi me simvoules (styl Oprah an katalava kala) kai to Saturday night live! Den blepeis panta ta idia studio giati eksartatai apo ti exei gurismata ekeini tin wra (px tha vlepame kai ena akoma alla ekanan gurisma). Meta se pigainoun apo tin roi tou programmatos, sou deixnoun ena videaki sxetiko me to makigiaz kai sto telos se vazoun se ena pseftiko studio kai enas apo to tour leei tis eidiseis kai o allos ton kairo. Endiaferon to vrika genika.
Meta mias kai eixe kali mera (eixe ilio diladi) apofasisa na parw to ferry kai na paw sto staten island. To staten island apo oti katalava den exei kati idiatero na deis alla to ferry einai dwrean kai exei mia foveri thea tou manhattan kai tou agalmatos tis eleutherias. Ontws i thea itan foveri alla to kryo apisteyto. Hmoun eksw oli tin wra gia na dw ti thea kai fysouse enas pagwmenos aeras! Tha to deite kai stis fotografies.
To apogeuma piga ligo stin Times Square kai xazepsa. Mbika sto ekpliktiko paixnidadiko Toys R Us kai ithela na ta parw ola (kai den exw kai paidia! xa xa xa).
To bradu eixame kleisei na pame me ton Ari sto Spamalot sto Brodway. To Spamalot einai to musical ebneusmeno apo tin Tainia Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Gia perissoteres plirofories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamalot
Htan katapliktiko, gelasa me tin psixi mou, pragmatika mia poli kali parastasi. Poly xarika pou pigame kai pou dialeksame auto! To ksanavlepw euxaristws

Deutera 19 Martiou

Egw (i psonara) stin brooklyn bridge



Apofasisa na paw sto central park kai na prospathisw na to perpatisw oso perissotero mborw. Mbika loipon apo tin eisodo pou brisketai apenanti apo to dakota building (ekei pou emene o john lennon kai ekso apo to opoio dolofonithike) kai brethika sto strawberry fields, ton kipo pou tou afierwse i yoko ono.
Tesseris fores o guros tou parkou mou leei o Aris oti einai enas marathonios opote apo tin arxi iksera oti den tha to gurisw olokliro. Perasa omws 4 omorfes wres perpatontas to kai koitontas to xioni. Eixe arketo kosmo pou ekane jogging kyriws, anthrwpous pou ekanan volta me ta mwra kai ta skylia tous kai kapoious touristes san kai mena. To xioni den exei liwsei katholou sto parko (stin ipoloipi poli exei arxisei na liwnei kai na ginetai enas mauros ogkos apo pago.Bliax). Skeftomai oti einai kalo pou to parko einai mesa sto xioni giati alliws to xeimwna me ta dentra gumna apo fylla tha xanei apo tin omorfia tou. Tin anoiksi prepei na einai pragmatika apithano.
O kairos den voithouse katholou. Fysouse kai ekane apisteuto kryo alla parola auta epemeina. Meta perpatisa tin 5h leoforo kai xazeua sta magazia.
To apogeuma pigame me ton Ari sti gefyra tou brooklyn (einai mia apo tis gefires pou enwnoun to brooklyn me to manhattan) alla evrexe kai fysouse kai ekane kryo opote perpatisame mono ti misi. Kanonika perpatontas tin exeis mia kali thea tou manhattan alla i oratotita den itan katholou kali.Elpizw na ftiaksei ligo o kairos tis epomenes meres. Aurio brady (triti brady) tha pame se musical sto Spamalot.

Kyriaki 18 Martiou

To prwi pigame me ton Ari gia brunch sto village. Apo oti fainetai kai mou leei kai o Aris kaneis edw den trwei spiti tou oute prwino kai trwne eksw sinexeia. Einai ftino to fagito eksw se sxesi me to na psonizeis opws mou leei o Aris. Gia auto kai sto sex and the city etrwgan sinexeia eksw skeftika meta. Ola ta kala magazia pantws gia prwino itan gemata. Einai apisteyto ti aidies trwei genika o kosmos edw, opws p.x. steak me auga gia prwino i burger me auga. To tip einai mia alli ipothesi. Eisai ipoxrewmenos na dwseis filodorima asxeta an tis perissoteres fores oi servitoroi einai ageneis kai den to aksizoun.
To mesimeri pigame sto moma. To moma mou arese poli kiriws to ktirio pou einai moderno me gualines tzamaries mou blepeis ekso kai aspro. Ektos apo zografiki exei, arxitektoniki, design kai fotografia. Asteropi eida tin authentiki fotografia tou cartier bresson behind the gare saint lazare kai enthousiastika! Exei kai ena wraio kafe ston 5o orofo opou fagame pagwto.
Meta anevikame ston 68 nomizw orofo tou rockefeller center.Ekpliktiki thea tis neas yorkis.Enthousiastika!Ekei nomizw oti katalava pragmatika oti eimai edw.Kathws pigame stis 6 i wra petixame kai tin nea yorki me fws imeras kai to iliovasilema kai nixta me ola ta fota anamena. Tha pame kai stin korifi tou empire state building. To kalo me to rockefeller center einai oti blepeis apenanti to empire state to opoio itan fotismeno prasino (gia st patrick's day? den kserw).
Feygontas perasame kai mia volta apo tin times square. Nomizw oti mera i times square tha einai to apolito kits, tha paw omws mia mera gia na dw.

Savvato 17 Martiou

St Patrick's day simera stin Nea Yorki kai megalos eortasmos gia olous tous Irlandous alla kai tous upoloipous. Yparxei terastios arithmos Irlandwn i Irlandikis katagogis katoikwn se auti tin poli.
H mera ksekinise ws eksis. Kata tis 11 to prwi pigame me tous sugkatoikous tou Ari se mia pub. Epaize i Irlandia rugby kai itan simantikos agwnas. Perito na pw oti to meros itan gemato apo kosmo pou eixe ksekinisei na pinei apo tin enarksi tou agwna stis 10 to prwi. Eixame elpides na paroume prwino ekei oi opoies omws eksanemistikan amesws. H irlandia kerdise ton agwna kai emeis pigame allou gia prwino. Shmeiwsi: Plirwsa 20$ gia tin eisodo epeidi edeixne ton agwna kai sou ebazan kai mia sfragida sto xeri (deigma oti exeis plirwsei)! An einai dunaton! 20$ den edwsa sto mouseio. ;)
Meta pigame stin parelasi i opoia omws itan vareti kathws den eixe armata apla antrwpous (kyriws pirosvestes) na perpatane. To kryo simera itan apisteyto (an kai eixe ilio) kai eixe xioni pantou.
Meta ksanapigame stin pub opou omws den kathisa poli giati ws gnwston den pinw pou den pinw den mborousa na piw kai stis 2.30 to mesimeri.
Piga bolta stin poli. Mbika sta bloomingdales alla den enthousiastika (mono akrives markes exoun) kai meta piga sto time warner center (san emboriko kentro) alla stegazetai kai to cnn sto magazi tou opoiou kai ithela na xazepsw.
Auto einai dipla sto central park opote meta ekana kai mia mikri volta sto parko. To parko mesa sto xioni einai apo ta wraiotera pragmata pou exw dei. Exei kai pista gia patinaz kai ekane arketos kosmos. Enthousiastika me to parko, nomizw oti einai to highlight tis neas yorkis.

Paraskevi 16 Martiou

Xioni simera. Poli xioni simera! Xionothiella! Den mporousa na kanw tipota simera me auto to xioni ektos apo to na paw se mouseio kai piga sto Guggenheim.

Mou arese poly. To endiaferon autou tou mouseiou ektos apo tis ektheseis tou einai i foveri arxitektoniki tou. Dystyxws to eksoteriko einai kalimeno apo skalosies giati exei parousiasei rogmes opote xanetai oli i mageia. Mesa einai episis speiroeides (logiko Rena mou) kai exei kathe fora mia diaforetiki ekthesi kai liga monima ekthemata. H ekthesi pou exei twra einai spanish painting: apo ton El Greco ston Dali. Mou arese! Fainetai einai i ispaniki periodos tis neas yorkis kathws kai sto Met opws egrafa xtes eixe ekthesi sxetiki me tin Ispania. Ayto pou ithela omws pragmatika na dw sto Guggenheim itan i ekthesi Kandinsky. Me enthousiase an kai den exei ola ta ekthemata pou exei to mouseio.Eixe dwrean audio tour me to eisitirio pou itan katatopistiko.

Meta apofasisa na perpatisw ligo stin 5th avenue. Moiraio lathos kathws eixe apisteyto xioni. Forousa tis mbotes eidika agorasmenes gia to xioni alla kai autes braxikan. Piga sta Macys ligo na xazepsw kai na zestathw!

To bradu pigame stin opera stin Traviata. Poli mou arese! Den brikame taxi bebaia gia na gyrisoume kai perpatisame mes to xioni ws to metro. TO metro einai anoixto 24 wres kati pou apodeixtike xrisimo. Mporei na einai brwmiko kai palio alla to 24 wro poli to ektimisa! Auto pou ekane entipwsi itan oti parolo to xioni se olous tous dromous kykloforousan kai autokinita polla kai xwris alisides. Stin Athina den tha kikloforouse kaneis!

Pempti 15 Martiou

O naos tou Dendur sto metropolitan museum of art

O organismos mou distixws einai akoma se wres Elladas. Koimamai 10 i wra to brady kai ksipnaw 7 i wra to prwi. Na doume pote tha sinithisw. Simera exei zesti alla fainetai oti tha allaksei o kairos. Problepetai xioni gia aurio. Pws ginetai apo 18 bathmous tin mia mera na xionizei tin epomeni eilikrina den katalabainw.
Thelw na episimanw oti sto manhattan den xanesai me tipota einai oloi oi dromoi sxedon me arithmous anti gia onomata kai tetragonismenoi. Afou oute egw den xanomai, kai osoi me kserete kala katalavainete poso eukolo einai na simvei auto to gegonos!!!
Simera to prwi piga sto metropolitan museum of art. Ekei simvainei to eksis ekpliktiko. Exei proteinomeno eisitirio $20 alla sou lene oti mboreis na dwseis o,ti exeis euxaristisi. Edwsa loipon $10 kai poli tous itan nomizw! Efaga kai prwino sto cafe tou mouseiou opote alla $10. Den einai kan aparaitito na dwseis kati kathws den kovoun eisitiria kai den se elegxoun pouthena. Episis entipwsi mou ekane oti den eixe katholou elegxo security. Sto Louvro thimamai kai genika sta mouseia stin Eyropi oti sou psaxnoun tsantes klp. Edw tipota ola xyma.
To mouseio einai fysika megalo me anarithmita ekthemata. Nomizw oti isws na exw psilovarethei ta mouseia pia. Eixe merikous endiaferontes pinakes zografikis monet, degas, klp pou mou aresan kai mia endiaferousa ekthesi gia tin barkeloni apo ton gaudi ston dali. Exeisillogi kypriakwn, ellinikwn kai romaikwn arxaiwn (pou varethika kai eida sto poli grigoro) kai mia megali sillogi egyptiakwn me apokorifoma tin anakataskeyi opws itan stis oxthes tou neilou tou naou tou Dendur. Auto me entipwsiase. Exei pragmatika para polles silloges kai apo pinakes kai apo arxaia kai to kalo autou tou mouseiou einai oti exei kati gia ola pragmatika ta endiaferonta.
To bradu thelame me ton ari na pame sto empire state building alla eixe arxisei na brexei kai den itan katholou katharos o orizontas opote den aksize ton kopo. Fagame mexicaniko, xtes galliko, nomizw kathe mera kai mia kouzina tou kosmou. E stin nea yorki eisai bre aderfe!
Oi dromoi exoun apisteyti kinisi kai autokinita kai kosmos pou trexei (oloi oi laoi tou kosmou edw mazemenoi). Kikloforoun xiliades taxi, kai kyrile autokinita kyriws kati thiriodi jeep.
Ayto pou mou aresei perissotero sto manhattan einai otan perpatas to brady kai einai oloi oi ouranoksistes fotismenoi! einai pragmatika omorfa tote.

Tetarti 14 Martiou

Eksairetikos kairos simera. O Aris irthe to mesimeri kai bgikame mia bolta sto village. To village einai mia perioxi me foitites, gay (pollous) kai genika nearo kosmo. Einai i perioxi me ta estiatoria, ta bar klp. Ta spitia ekei einai pio xamila oxi ouranoksistes. Genika pantws i nea yorki mou fanike oikeia isws giati tin exoume dei se tosa sirial, tainies, klp. Ekei pou gelasa itan otan eida atmous na bgainoun apo tous iponomous. Classic New York.

To apogeuma pigame stin ekklisia tou St Patrick pou einai o kathedrikos naos twn katholikwn. To savvato einai St. Patrick's day pou simainei oti tha exei parelasi kai tha ginetai panikos kathws einai ekatommuria oi irlandoi stin nea yorki. Tha anebasw kai photo apo to village kapoia stigmi

Afiksi stin Nea Yorki

H photo einai i thea apo to dwmateio tou Ari

Sas xairetw episima apo ti New York. Zitw signomi gia ta greeklish alla o laptop tou Ari den exei ellinika opote fovamai oti an thelete na diabazete to blog mou tha prepei na ta iposteite. Apofasisa na akolouthisw tin protasi tis Mariannas kai na ftiaskw auto to blog wste osoi theloun na mboroun na diabazoun pws pernaw edw tis meres mou (an pali den thelete den me peirazei katholou).Eftasa to apogeuma tis tritis meta apo mia poliwri ptisi Athina-Paris-New York se mia nea yorki me poly kalo kairo (zesti!).H prwti entipwsi sto aerodromio einai i terastia oura gia na peraseis apo to immigration opou sou pairnoun psifiaka ta apotipwmata twn deiktwn kai mia psifiaki fotografia.O ypallilos parola auta itan poly filikos mazi mou an kai sxoliase to gegonos oti taksideuw moni mou.To deutero pou mou ekane entipwsi einai oti se kinigane gia na pareis ta peiratika taxi, enw o Aris safestata me eixe proeidopoiisei oti prepei na xrisimopoieis ta kitrina.

To aerodromio den mou ekane kamia entipwsi kai oute kai i perioxi girw apo auto. To mono entipwsiako einai otan apo to taxi eisai apenanti apo to manhattan kai blepeis tin thea tou manhattan opws akribws to blepeis sta sirial kai stis tainies.O Aris menei ston 18o orofo enos ktiriou me 37 orofous kai to dwmateio tou exei thea to ktirio tou OHE. Den exeis katholou tin aisthisi oti eisai toso psila kathws ola ta ktiria einai psila. Ekana mia mikri bolta stin perioxi alla kathws imoun me 3 wres ipno epesa kai koimithika apo tis 8.30. Fysika ksipnisa stis 4. O organismos mou itan akoma se elliniki wra. Parepiptontws edw einai 6 wres pisw. Den eixa idiaitero jet lag apla imoun kourasmeni kathws imoun me mono 3 wres ipno apo tin ellada.Simeiwsi: exw barethei na blepw aerodromia kai aeroplana.