We boarded the train to go the the NY Penn Metro Station on our way to New Jersey
, Ankit suggested the idea of going for a walk at the Times Square which is in Manhattan, NY. So, it was decided and we got off the train at the nearest station to Times Square. With two large bags (total 60kgs) and a huge back-pack, we climbed two staircases to reach the ground level. We exited and I found myself standing at the Times Square. It was an amazing sight with XXL Billboards and XXXL Buildings and not to mention the fact that every single THING was lit up with endless no. of bulbs. This was the condition at 2:30 in the night. We walked on the 42nd street. I saw what I had been hearing about for years… Broadway theater, Madam Tussad’s (Wax) Museum (With wax statues of Nicholas Cage and Opera Winfrey in the window displays!!!), Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not!’ building and ofcourse, Mc’Donalds. 
We had a snack at Mc’D and then walked to the place where America welcomes its New Year (remember those visuals on your TV from NY showing thousands of people gathered for New Year?). We saw Macy’s and Virgin Store and mind you, we had walked for almost a mile to reach the (end?) of Times Square (this square is biiiiggg!). It was really irritating to walk back all that distance to reach the Metro station to New Jersey. But, so we did! I was tired but nevertheless, it was a great feeling to be sitting at the underground metro station at 4:00 in the night, waiting for the train and with the visuals of Times Square in the head! The train came, we boarded and an hour later, we were in Jersey (the garden state). A quick cab ride brought us to the doorstep of Ankit’s house at Mulock Place in Harrison.
We dragged the luggage to the second floor apartment and all I could possible do at that point was to get a good sleep. And so I did.
More on how my time in Jersey and NY was spent in next post…
I miss the East Coast. Been there twice, but did not enjoy the trips. Was financially dependent on bad, oppressive company.
I hope to visit there again. There’s a lot of museums and buildings in NYC I’d like to go. I’m a cultural person, not so much for parties and clubbing.
heey, my names Anja and im from Croatia..
OMG when i red all this stuff u wrote it was like i was reading my own thoughts!! really, its been my dream to visit new york since like forever!!! and when u describe how u felt-the same thing i think i wud feel if i were there!!
ive been learning english since elementary school and im pretty good at it..and i think its the most beautiful language in the world!! hehe
last summer i met a boy whose parents r from croatia but they live in new jersey..we became friends on facebook and one day his friend Isaac added me as a friend too juss for fun i guess..but we started chating and i really liked him!! now im making plans how to get some money to go there and Isaac keeps telling me every day that i should come..ohhhh, it wud be a dream come-true..i think im going to cry of happiness when i get there!!! it wud be exactly like this sentence u wrote:’I saw what ive been hearing about for years.’
OMG I WANNA GO THERE!!!!! tear, tear.. XD
and im gonna make my wish come true one day i promised taht to myself..juss like u said ‘my heart and not my brain drives my life’
tace care, greetings from croatia!!