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Freedom feedom Freedom!!!
Dec. 23rd, 2021 09:02 pmSo, today I'm out of isolation. 11 days since first symptoms. Not that that allowed me to have breakfast in the breakfast room. The woman in charge insisted that I need a negative test. that's not the rules. But she also seemed to think that masks work when not over the nose so it wasn't worth arguing,
Anyway, went to get a nose poking done. Need that to travel home. After a somewhat anxious 10 hours it came back negative! There really wasn't any doubt, but I was still terrified.
11 days and a negative test means I'm free. So I went out and looked about.
First stop - Lego store. The bit one near the Rockefeller center. Decided I didn't want to queue. Went to the Natural History museum instead. Apparently it's timed tickets only so I booked a ticket while standing outside and joined the queue. Should probably have done the booking from the queue. Once I got inside it turned out nobody cared but at least I didn't have to do more queuing to buy the ticket.
Not sure how I feel about the place. It is rather large. Although a lot of the exhibits are models of animals, which aren't that interesting. There's a space section which is a little wordy but there are a lot of cool dino skeletons and fossils.
My feet were getting a bit tired so I went back to the Lego store and bought myself a Lego Taxi. Had another look at the tree outside the Rockefeller center I think we looked from the wrong angle last time. It really looks spectacular in front of the tower. Then went to the WTC to celebrate freedom at Freedom Tower. Was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to get tickets this late. Well, I could but not at the general entry price. I went instead for the premium package which allowed queue skipping and a $15 voucher. Didn't have a lot of time up there. It was already 5:15pm and it closes at 6:00. But I got to see New York at night. $15 was spent on an overpriced coffee and chocolate brownie.
After getting kicked out, went to find food. My only real rule was I didn't want to eat in my room. So I went to the winter market and eventually settled on Chicken Tikka Masala. It was a very confused process where the vendor was offering free samples but not eager to actually actually take orders. But he did. And then I got the wrong order. Ah well. Was still tasty.
Finally returned to hotel.Had a dip in the pool and a cocktail at the bar.
My feet hurt like hell. I've done more walking today than for the past week and a bit!
Anyway, went to get a nose poking done. Need that to travel home. After a somewhat anxious 10 hours it came back negative! There really wasn't any doubt, but I was still terrified.
11 days and a negative test means I'm free. So I went out and looked about.
First stop - Lego store. The bit one near the Rockefeller center. Decided I didn't want to queue. Went to the Natural History museum instead. Apparently it's timed tickets only so I booked a ticket while standing outside and joined the queue. Should probably have done the booking from the queue. Once I got inside it turned out nobody cared but at least I didn't have to do more queuing to buy the ticket.
Not sure how I feel about the place. It is rather large. Although a lot of the exhibits are models of animals, which aren't that interesting. There's a space section which is a little wordy but there are a lot of cool dino skeletons and fossils.
My feet were getting a bit tired so I went back to the Lego store and bought myself a Lego Taxi. Had another look at the tree outside the Rockefeller center I think we looked from the wrong angle last time. It really looks spectacular in front of the tower. Then went to the WTC to celebrate freedom at Freedom Tower. Was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to get tickets this late. Well, I could but not at the general entry price. I went instead for the premium package which allowed queue skipping and a $15 voucher. Didn't have a lot of time up there. It was already 5:15pm and it closes at 6:00. But I got to see New York at night. $15 was spent on an overpriced coffee and chocolate brownie.
After getting kicked out, went to find food. My only real rule was I didn't want to eat in my room. So I went to the winter market and eventually settled on Chicken Tikka Masala. It was a very confused process where the vendor was offering free samples but not eager to actually actually take orders. But he did. And then I got the wrong order. Ah well. Was still tasty.
Finally returned to hotel.Had a dip in the pool and a cocktail at the bar.
My feet hurt like hell. I've done more walking today than for the past week and a bit!
