Herbert Can Be Ever Ready

I was actually on my way to Europe, but I purposely purchased airline tickets that would make a stop in New York, JFK and made sure there was a serious lay-over, 12 hours serious. I figured that would give me plenty of time to travel to see a bit of Manhattan. When I was younger, I went to New York, but only to Buffalo; the experience was great, but it wasn’t New York City. I have my heart set on getting at least a little bit of the city.

When I arrived in JFK and passed customs, I checked my bags again, which made me bag free for my little excursion on the Metro into the city. I did a little bit of research on the Internet to find what would be the best sites to see and the best New York restaurants to eat at, so once I was there I could save some precious time. After asking people for direction and information, see, I’ve never been on a great transportation system like the Metro, coming from a small town, so I was a bit nervous.

I did manage to find my way to 9th Avenue and 42nd Street and the first thing that hit me was the cold weather, the noise of all the cars, a massively tall skyscrapers and the sheer spirit of New Yorkers. Everything was awesome except the rain! Awww! I didn’t have an umbrella, so I just ran from one over-hang to the next, but all that didn’t keep me from getting wet. I couldn’t take any pictures either, but not losing my cool, and despite the rain, I was going to enjoy the city no matter what.

I ended up walking around for a few hours and managed to find one of the restaurants I looked up on the Internet, and fortunately, they let me in wet clothes and all. I really appreciated that, when I left, they pointed me in the direction of a Metro station, but before I reached it, there was a lone brave hot dog stand offering up New York hot dogs, I was already full from my wonderful meal at that wonderful restaurant, but I couldn’t resist ordering a single hot dog with mustard on it; it was so good.

I caught the E-Line and made it back to JFK in an hour! I wasn’t too upset about not being able to experience a dry New York, because I also arranged my flight back to the States, and this time I’ll have a 15 hour lay-over!

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