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Honeymoon: New York ... (1st part)

10-30 May 2009

Here, finally, the review of our honeymoon!

In 20 days we were in New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Flights and Transport:

Verona Unfortunately, there is no direct flight to the United States, then we must necessarily make a call, the most convenient for us Frankfurt has been with Air Dolomiti (company support Lufthansa's intercontinental flights).

moving the checked baggage is handled by the airline, so we took advantage of the available time for breakfast.

And now here we are on the Lufthansa flight to New York JFK, traveling in economy class, we are equipped with a magazine and our handheld, during the crossing is still projected a movie on TV and of course lunch will be served or dinner (depending on time of flight).

airfare (round trip): € 434.20 each.

The trip from JFK to Manhattan takes about 40 minutes, the yellow cabs are all the same price (unfortunately now I do not remember), but being in for 4 with luggage we chose a private shuttle.

The company is called Go Airlink and the cost was $ 93 and $ 92 each way for the return.

The only thing we recommend is to pay attention to the dates when making your reservation online, we have the wrong one back, then eventually we called two taxis to the airport.

Fortunately the company has realized the mistake and has refunded the cost of the return.

Murray Hill Inn (143 East 30th Street - New York, NY 10016-212683 6900)

Arrival May 10, 2009.

Depart May 18, 2009.

$ 955.80 for a double room with bath and shower.

Monuments, Museii and Things to Do:

If you have never been New York is a great way to see a fairly complete and without problems and supporting the sightseeing tour, or bus routes in the guide, we have chosen the NY Gray Line Tours (with all loops, valid for 72 hours , $ 64 each), the city has many stops and during the period of validity of the ticket you can get on and off as often as you want.

addition to the duration of the ticket you can also choose a range of packages, more or less wealthy and that is why we refer to the site, where you'll find the information you need.

last piece of advice regarding tour, if you choose to do that as well at night we recommend you cover yourself adequately, we have frozen us in May! ;-)

If you are you should do the helicopter ride, only we did during our first visit to New York because costicchia (about 100 € per person), but we assure you that it really worth it (too bad that only after September 11 is no longer possible to turn one of the skyscrapers).

Alternatively you can enjoy great views also from the 102nd floor of 'Empire State Building Unfortunately I do not remember how much we spent, you will still find all the info on the site.

And what about the Statue of Liberty? Well, see it at least once is a must, even if it seemed to us much more majestic and impressive view from afar and close up. You should now be possible again climb to the crown, but that does not I can assure you, during our trip was possible only until salil "pedestal", but it seemed pointless given the lack of ground clearance.

To get to the island is available un traghetto che parte circa ogni mezz’ora (12 $ a testa).

Oltre a questo vi possiamo suggerire una visita a:

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum (9,75 $ a testa) costruito su una delle più famose portaerei statunitensi.

Bodies The Exhibition (11,65 $ a testa) questa in realtà è una mostra itinerante, può capitarvi di vederla anche in molte altre città, raccoglie tantissimi scheletri e muscolature umane, illustra anatomia ma anche le conseguenze di alcune malattie gravi quali i tumori.

Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church , una chiesa ad Harlem dove ho assistito ad una messa Gospel.

Mi stavo quasi dimenticando di Central Park!

Il miglior modo di vederlo? Bicicletta... Troverete numerosissimi chioschi dove noleggiarla, meglio diffidare dai noleggiatori non in regola e spender un po' di più, altrimenti potrete ritrovarvi come noi con delle bici sgangherate. ;-)

Food and Restaurants:

course, you will even eat sometimes, no?

So here are some nice places for lunch, dinner or snacks!

Dunkin 'Donuts : chain spread all across the U.S., we offer all conceivable types of donuts, plus all drinks for breakfast, a memorable Dunkaccino (a kind of rich cappuccino with chocolate).

Penelope (bakery cafe bar) : very intimate restaurant offering from breakfast to dinner.

Obika Mozzarella Bar : Needless to say, the main ingredient used by this chain is the mozzarella! Which comes directly from Italy along with the ham and other ingredients. Prices are a bit 'expensive, but God will give you snacks!

Da Nico (Italian Restaurant): where might be if not in Little Italy?

Reverse : a Western setting fantastic, with equally delicious meat. And if there happened to someone's birthday, tell the waiter, bring a slice of cake to celebrate ringing a bell and singing good wishes!

Shopping & Shopping:

Century 21 : stores with great prices.

Macy's : department stores, numerous plans and famous brands, change € / $ in favor of it are good business ;-)

J & R : chain of electronics stores.

Apple Store : do not think there is a need for feedback ;-)

NBC Studios : here we found a Lots of gadgets of our favorite TV shows. If you want you can visit the studios real and also attend some live broadcasts!


And here's the first part of the diary of our honeymoon, we hope you enjoyed!
soon with the second part ...