my first day in New York

here we go! a trip to New York which we waited for soooo long!

we had flight at 10.30. that's why after evening shift i had to wake up at 6.30. i was so tired, but less than 24 hours later i would be in New York!

we had a flight from Domodedovo. what a pleasant surprise to see my friends there. they had a flight from the same airport to Dominican Republic at 11.20. 

My mom and I had a really funny neighbour. Actually he was rather cute. He had a flight from Moscow, but he was from China. And during the flight he didn't say a world. Arriving in New York (or basically in any other American city) you should fill 2 forms. That guy was surprised to have Russian version of that form and it would take ages to get English version. That's why i decided to help him. 

After we landed we had to face a HUGE queue for passport check. 1 hour of waiting... And here we are! A man who checked our passports didn't ask us any questions. That's was strange.. After i understood why. He started chatting with us and... guess what... He had been to St.Petersbourg in the end of June! We were chatting about his trip, about the difference between Moscow and St.Petersbourg. Well, there were other people in the queue , so my parents advices me to stop asking questions:)

When we went out we realised that our uncle wasn't there and we didn't know how to cntact him. Awesome, innit? After 10-hours flight we had to wait for uncle for one more hour. Actually that hour was enough for me to release that we are in NY! Different languages, different nationalities. 

One hour later we were heading toward our home! Finally! A flat where we are staying is rather nice. 2 rooms, bathroom, living room with little kitchen. I sleep in the room with TV. *yahoo!*

Our street

10 mins from our flat there is metro station and lots of Russian shops (p.s. if you ever come here it's better not to speak Russian here)

Latter we decided to dine out somewhere (actually it's better to say ANYWHERE). After 20 mins of searching for "the right place" ('cause i'm not a big fan of kebabs and all that things) we decided to stop by pizza place. 

There we had one BIG pizza and i decided to try a new drink. Canada Dry (Ginger Taste). Well, 2 out of 5. 

After diner we headed toward the ocean.. yeah, that one :) 

I was sooo excited to see it. 

What i saw was.. impressive. Huge beach, people were everywhere (mostly in swimming suits).There was a big party near the shore. The water was warm, but for my mom it was "too cold". But i really love it. 

What's more it's just 10 mins from our flat.

...and there is Strabucks near our flat. yeah!

After this day i was so tired that i forgot to switch off TV. Today is a new day and new plans