New York, New York

What else should be my first post, than the trip of my life - first time in USA, first time in New York. The top city of my TO-VISIT list, my dream... Altough half year later, I still think of it every day.

Boring Thursday at work, sometime in late October 2014. I was going through all of my favourite "fly-4-free" websites, when I found an amazing offer - 240€ return ticket from Milano to New York - WOW! With Christmas coming, we decided with BF, that we buy the tickets to each other as a early present - he was not so thrilled as me, which gave me an opportunity to plan the trip really according to my wishes.

We had pretty tight schedule - 1 day in Milano, flying to JFK, three full days in New York and forth day back in late afternoon. Plus one extra day in Milano on the way back. I know, not much time, but I was happy - for that price it was more that I could ask for.

Leaving Amsterdam, we almost didn't catch the flight to Milano, as the amazing dutch trains were on strike or something - so typical! Arriving to Schiphol with just 20 minutes to board, we were pretty nervous, but of course we made it - thanks to our priority boarding cards - love iiit!

In Milano we just had one plan - chill, see the city, get some nice aperitivo, drinks, meet friends... It was cold as hell (early January, bah), raining and really ugly. But we enjoyed.

After very pleasant day in Milano, the Day has come. Just a short connection flight from Milano to London, and we finally stepped on the board of BA Dreamliner from LHR to JFK. I was scared of the flight a bit, but it was all ok - we slept a bit, watched three movies, eat, talked... And there it was - landing at 6p.m. EDT, we were in my dream city! Getting to center was super easy. We checked-in to hotel, and decided we are way too excited to stay in hotel, although after 8 hours flight we were pretty tired. Our hotel was on 86th and Broadway, so we just decided to walk around and see what we can find. By the time we got out of hotel, it was around 10p.m. (so for us around 4a.m.) and we were really tired - we only decided to grab a burger and go back to sleep.

Early in the morning, turning on the TV to watch Good Morning America, we decided that the first day will be a walking day - short walk after the breakfast from hotel through the Central Park, hitting the 5th Avenue. The highlight of the day - few hours on the top of the Empire State Building, followed by the visit of Flat Iron district, having lunch in small bistros in the mid-town. Ooooh... I loved the walk through the city so much. And the view from the top of Empire State Building - it was even more than what I imagined... I loved loved it...

To be continued...