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Next Stop: NEW YORK


Supongo que os preguntaréis cómo llegué aquí. 

Divertida historia: durante mi viaje por panamá, conocí a una chica asiática con la que conectamos rápidamente, tenía el mismo vibe que yo y nos lo pasamos increíble los tres días que se quedó en la isla. Resulta ser que ella vivía en el país dónde nadie duerme: Nueva York. Tenía un buen trabajo en una multinacional y dormía en un piso en el centro. 

Así pues, nada más volver a mi querida casa compartida con 13 personas en Francia, me di cuenta que no tenía nada que hacer más que ir al gimnasio, aprender francés por Duolinguo y sociabilizar. Aburrido. Y ahí fue que escribí a mi amiga "Jessie" (nombre inventado), y le pregunté si podía ir a su casa en NY durante una semana. OMG YES. Esa fue su respuesta. 

Dos semanas más tarde, estaba en un avión rumbo a un nuevo continente llamado Estados Unidos. ¡Qué emoción! 

Llorando estaba en cuánto salí del avión. Si bien era consciente de los precios en NY, no me di cuenta realmente de lo que significaba eso. Nada más llegar quise comprar una SIM, y cuándo me dijeron el precio mi cabeza explotó. Así que yo, tan orgullosa que soy decidí no comprarlo. Y no tenía manera de contactar con mi amiga, sólo tenía una dirección. 

Estaréis pensando que fui muy exagerada, mirándolo con perspectiva sí. Pero en ese momento parecía el fin del mundo. Yo sola por primera vez en un continente desconocido sin internet. Rápidamente me espabilé y cogí un taxista con dirección a casa de Jessie. ¡Qué alegría verla! 

Días soleados acompañaron mi viaje, y el primer día visité todos los lugares remarcables en Upper East y Upper West Side: Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center y Central park. 

El segundo día recorrí Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge y The Statue of Liberty. 

Lo que supuso que los próximos 5 días conocería Manhattan en su ámbito más local. Así pues, los días siguientes me dediqué a visitar las zonas céntricas, específicamente desde Union Square hasta Soho, Little Italy y ChinaTown. Cogí el metro dos veces en todo el viaje, por lo que puedo decir que me pateé toda la ciudad. 

Volviendo a la introducción, debo destacar que mi amiga y yo estuvimos juntas solamente un día para cenar (ella trabajaba 15 horas diarias, incluso en fin de semana). por lo que prácticamente estaba sola. 

Y ahí me di cuenta de lo fácil y divertido que es viajar solo. 

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I suppose you are wondering how I got here.

Funny story: during my trip to panama, i met an asian girl with whom we connected quickly, she had the same vibe as me and we had an amazing time the three days she stayed on the island. It turned out that she lived in the country where no one sleeps: New York. She had a good job in a multinational company and slept in a flat in the center of Manhattan.

So, as soon as I got back to my beloved house shared with 13 people in France, I realized that I had nothing to do but go to the gym, learn French through Duolinguo and socialize. Boring. And that's when I wrote to my friend "Jessie" (made up name), and asked her if I could come to her house in NY for a week. OMG YES. That was her response.

Two weeks later, I was on a plane headed to a new continent called the United States. What a thrill!

I was crying when I got out of the plane. While I was aware of the prices in NY, I didn't really realize what that meant. As soon as I arrived I wanted to buy a SIM card, and when they told me the price, my head exploded. Of course, considering how proud I am, decided not to buy it. And I had no way to contact my friend, with only an address.

You must be thinking that I was very exaggerated, looking at it with perspective, I was. But at the time it seemed like the end of the world. I was by myself for the first time in an unknown continent without internet. I quickly moved on and took a taxi headed to Jessie's house. So good to see her!

Sunny days accompanied my trip, and on the first day I visited all the remarkable places on the Upper East and Upper West Side: Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Central Park.

The second day I wandered through Lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge, and The Statue of Liberty.

Which meant that the next 5 days I would get to know Manhattan in its most local environment. That said, the following days I dedicated myself to visit the downtown areas, specifically from Union Square to Soho, Little Italy and ChinaTown. I took the subway twice in the whole trip, so I can say that I toured the whole city by foot. 

Going back to the introduction, I must point out that my friend and I were only together for dinner one day (she worked 15 hours a day, even on weekends). so I was practically alone. 

And that's when I realized how easy and fun it is to travel alone.

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