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Originally Posted by BLAXTOR
When you visited the U.S., what did you do in NYC and L.A. and how long did you spend in them?
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In LA I was there for a total of about 6 days (on the way there and back) with my friend and my mum. Some of what we saw/did:
We stayed on Hollywood Blvd, so it was on our doorstep. Checked out the strip, Grauman's Chinese with all the hand and footoprints, Egyptian, Capitan, Walk of the Stars, tacky souvenir shops, posing with actors in costumes, nearly getting mugged early in the morning, seeing the cathedral/church were Sister Act was filmed.
Went on a star tour that went to Beverly Hills but also went along the Sunset Strip, saw all the famous spots like Whiskey'a'go'go, Chateau Marmont, Beverly Hills Hotel, the place Elvis liked to eat, comedy club, Viper Room.etc. Saw the Hollywood Bowl, drove across Mulholland Drive to get a view of the Hollywood hills and the sign. One night we went to the Viper Room to check out some live music.
Took the bus down to Santa Monica, strolled down to pier, checked it out after dark and had Philly cheese steak at a restaurant. Walked down to Venice beach after dark and saw lots of homeless folks on the beer, stopped by a bar and had some Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Took the metro into downtown at night (was walking around there at 10pm at night when no one was around!).
Other trips downtown, walking around, went to the LA library, the financial district, went to Little Tokyo and had excellent Japanese, mochi ice cream, Japanese American Museum, Chinatown...the cultural highlight of the Olvera Street Plaza area, Avila Adobe (oldest house in LA), colourful Mexican stalls.
Went to Little Armenia, Thai Town and Koreatown, had some food there.
Went to Union Station and took the Amtrak to Anaheim. Went to Disneyland, which was magical, a childhood dream come true lmao.
Took the metro to Long Beach, just explored the area, watched a movie.etc. Saw South Central etc from the train.
On the last night took a taxi to Griffith Park Observatory, saw a show in the planetarium.
Afterwards it was on to San Diego via Orange County.
IN NEW YORK:
Stayed at the Gershwin hotel on 27th street for awhile, and Best Western Prospect Park in Brooklyn, all up like 9-10 days. I'll just list the attractions we saw, aside from walking around the streets of NYC:
Empire State Building
Top of the Rock (went to the top)
Chrysler Building (saw interior)
Grand Central Station
Penn Station and PAT station
Stephen Sondheim Show to see a musical
Times Square inc Toys'r'us store
Central Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art including a 'Hebrew National Hot Dog'
A slice of NY pizza
Guggenheim Museum
Harlem
Ground Zero
Battery Park
Coney Island, including a 'freak show' where a midget lady stuffed a giant balloon inside her throat lol. Seeing interesting architecture from the subway. Taking the subway a lot and seeing rats on said subway.
Statten Island Ferry, seeing the Statue of Liberty
Walking round Statten Island
Prospect Park, went to a cemetery there and had Mexican and Peruvian food
Chilling out in 'Tudor City' while looking at the UN Complex
Walking round Chinatown in the evening
Walking through Greenwich Village, Soho, Chelsea, Lower East Side to Katz's deli
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at night-time
Driving through Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx (to/from Boston and to the airport)
Was also there when the 2011 Pride Parade was on so saw some of that.
Tons more in both cities I wanna check out.
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