Savaite Niujorke / A week in Big Apple

Be problemu patekes i JAV ir pusdieni, belaukdamas autobuso, praleides slogiame Buffalo, kieciausiame pasaulio mieste atsiduriau ankstu pirmadienio ryta. Galeciau prirasyti pilna bloga, bet del leto arba brangaus interneto - trumpa septyniu dienu chronologija.

I walked into USA no hassle and after waiting hor a half of a day for a bus in boring Buffalo I arrived in New York early Monday morning. To tell everything would take ages so I'm gonna write a little bit of every day there.


Pirmadienis
Nusipirkes savaites nuolatini metro, vaziuoju i Harlema. Anskciau i si rajona neuzsuktum net ir diena, dabar tai rami vieta.

Islipus neteisingoje gatveje, tenka prasieiti pusvalandi - vaizdas kaip filmuose apie juodaodzius gangsterius. Nusimetes daiktus hostelyje, atgal i centra nusipirkti sortu, kad nevaikscioti suplysusiu klynu.

Aplink kalbu, akcentu, stiliu, spalvu mozaika, metro keleiviai sedi subede akis i telefono ekranus, gatvese visi skuba.

Sportbaciu parduotuveje dainuoja Viktoras is Kino, pietums renkuosi meksikietiska greita maista. Zmones nesisypso vienas kitam, bet paklausus kelio, niujorkieciai labai paslaugus, kartais patys pasisiulo padeti, kai spoksai issiziojes i zemelapi.

Grizus i Harlema, vaizdas keiciasi - saligatviai aplipe zmonemis, garsus hip hop, nusmukusios kelnes, buriai jaunuoliu pakampese, siek tiek nejauku.

Einu i vietine kirpykla prarasti plaukus, viduje klientai ir kirpejai skundziasi policijos smurtu, o as galvoju kaip neprarasti ausu:)


Monday
First thing I bought was a weekly ticket for subway and took a train to Harlem. It used to be no-go area but now it's kind of allright.

Walking to the hostel for a half an hour, the streets are not busy but with people around it looks like a scene from a gangster movies. Left my stuff in a hostel and back to dowtown to buy some clothes - everybody is in a hurry on the streets, in subway everybody communicates only with their phones.

Russian band on a stereo in sneakers shop, mexican fast food for lunch, millions of languages, accents, styles, colours around.

People are not too friendly but if you ask for directions they are really helpful, sometimes even stopping to offer help if you look lost.

Back to hood, went to local barber shop to get a haircut, the conversation topic there is police brutality. There are many people on Harlem streets in evening, load hip hop, groups of guys on the corners, it's little bit scary:)


Antradienis
Anstyvas startas i sv. Jono katedra patikrinti ar kunigai prie vaiku nesikabineja.

Auksu zibantis Rokfelerio centras ir nevyke bandymas gauti darba NBC (jie dar pasigailes).


JTO bustine su vejo blaskoma Lietuvos veliava, apsupta riebiu limuzinu ir daugybes kostiumuotu vienetu.

Dangoraiziai dangoraiziai ir dar karta dango raiziai. Galinga Centrine stotis, kur ne viena blogieti, belaukiancio traukinio, nukepe eilinio kvailo filmo herojus.

Madison Square Garden arena, didziausia pasaulyje blizguciu ir prabangiu skuduru parduotuve Macys su nerealiais, mediniais, antikvariniais eskalatoriaus laipteliais.

Lempuciu, sviesu, ekranu kakafonija Times aiksteje (peleda suzaveta).


Po sociu pietu meksikieciu uzeigoje kelias tesiasi Hells Kitchen ir Chelsea rajonais.

Naujausias Niujorko auksinis berniukas - parkas vietoj senu gelezinkelio begiu, pasibaigiantis Meat Packing District rajone.

Teisingas sprendimas - daugiau zalumos betono ir stiklo dziunglese.

Pagaliau Meat Packing District pamaciau Niujorka, koki ir norejau aplankyti. Purvinokas, stiliovas, pasikeles, pilnas ideju, nutriuse pastatai salia superbrangiu dizaineriu parduotuviu, fotosesijos ir filmavimai gatvese, grafiti ant sienu.




Tuesday
Sightseeing day. First thing in a morning - trip to Cathedral of St. John the Divine to make sure the priests don't touch the kids. Next - golden Rockfeller centre, UN building surrounded by fat limousines and things in suits.



Of course skyscrapers and skyscrapers again.

Massive Central station where many bastards were shot by heroes in crap Hollywood movies.

Madison Square Garden arena under attack from army of school children and the biggest store in the world Macys full of tourists.

If you like lights and big TV screens or watching people who like lights and big TV screens Times Square is your place.


Lunch in mexican restaurant (the plate of nachos is massive) and back to business - Hells Kitchen and Chelsea neighborhoods.

New golden boy of New York - High Line park instead of old railway track.


Finally the best neighborhood I visited in New York - Meat Packing district. Trendy, cocky, dirty, ruined buildings next to super expensive boutique, photoshoots on the streets.


Tired as Stallone in Rocky IV back to hood to sleep.

Treciadienis
Ankstyva varna i Wall street, simtai policijos, verslininkai, kuriu dar nepasodino, arkliai be galvu.


Kranai, saunantys i dangu, susprogdintu dvyniu vietoje.

Netyciomis uzeinu i gera parduotuve ir prisiperku ko reikia ir nereikia, grizus teks gyventi po tiltu:) Treciadieniais Bronkso zoologijos sodas dalina nemokamus bilietus (paaukojau penkis dolerius bezdzioniu kaledu stalui).

Susirinko puse miesto, Manhetene zmones ploni ir grazus, nublizginti iki menkiausios smulkmenos, cia vietiniai - pilni cukraus ir riebalu.

Sodas jaukus, bet labai pergrustas ziurovu. Vaziuoju i madinga Tribeca su skaniais restoranais ir turtingais klientais.

Dienos kelione baigiasi salia esancioje Canal gatveje, kur gali nusipirkti bet kokiu padirbtu prekiu.

Nors kojos dreba is nuovargio vakare i Cielo kluba paklausyti Louie Vega is Masters at Work seto.

Deep ir soulful house nerasyciau i cv pomegiu skyreli, bet klubas labai kokybiskas - garsas, sviesa, interjeras Sabonio lygio. Po klubo trumpas pasibastymas naktinemis gatvemis, miestas nemiega, knibzda policijos masinomis.


Wednesday
Early morning again, subway to Wall street, loads of police and businessmen who are not in jail yet, construction work at full speed in Ground Zero.

By accident found a good shop and by spending loads of green money I made sure that I'll have to sleep under the bridge after the trip. Wednesday is free day at Bronx zoo (made a donation of fiver for monkeys' christmas presents).

Half of New York came, people in Manhattan are so fit and good looking, here in Bronx full of sugar and fat. Next - trendy Tribecca, expensive restaurants and rich locals.

Things were different on Canal Street, fake good on every corner like in Bangkok. Really tired but anyways went to Cielo club where Louie Vega from Masters at Work has a reidency on Wednesday nights.

I'm not a fan of deep and soulful house but the club is quality. New York never sleeps and to make sure people are not robbed at night there are many police cars around.

Ketvirtadienis
Issiuntes gerybes namo, blaskausi gatvemis, ragaudamas visoki slamstini maista is kiosku.

Trumpas sustojimas kino teatre pamatyti Bruno, juokingas filmas.

Vel i kelia Manhetenu, Washington skveras prigrustas pasirodymu ir muzikantu, fontanas pasivertes i mini baseina.


Soho rajonas kazkada panasus i Meat Packing District, dabar per brangus jauniems menininkams.

Mazoji Italija tarsi vienas didziulis restoranas, siulantis picas, lazanijas, makaronus ir sopranus.

Zinoma, kinieciu restoranas ir atvykeliai is Rytu, kuriu dalis net nemoka angliskai (beje, Niujorke uztenka ispanu kalbos, viskas ir visur ispaniskai).

City Hall merija, oficialus, didingi pastatai.

Perejus Bruklino tilta, atsiduriau jaukiame parke, kur vietiniai sedosi ant zoles ziureti filmo.


Is leto leidosi saule, palikdama Niujorka, dangoraiziai pasidenge auksine spalva.

Griztant i metro, kulniavau ramiomis, zaluma persotintomis gatvemis kaip kokiame kaime. Vakare alaus gerimas su hostelio atstovais is Pietu Amerikos.

Thursday
Shor walk and long queu in a post office. I went to see Bruno, it's funny and stupid at the same time.

Next Washington Square - the home of street artists and musicians.


Soho neighborhood hosts record shops and art galleries, it became too expensive for young artists who move to Meat Packing District now.

Little Italy is more like a big restaurant serving pastas and sopranos.

China town and chinese who don't speak english cause they just don't need it.

City Hall, massive stone buildings, walk to Brooklyn where locals sit on the grass to watch the movie in the park.



On the way back to subway I walked through quiet and green neighborhood that reminds village. Late evening tasting american beer with hostel guests from South America.

Penktadienis
Didysis zygis - pesciomis aplink Centrini parka nuo 42 iki 110 gatves ir atgal. Prestizinius rajonus keicia daugiaauksciai inkileliai, poniutes dizaineriu apredais treninguotos damos.



Zymioji Penktoji aveniu, kur parduotuviu nuoma kainuoja daugiau nei kai kuriu Afrikos saliu biudzetas.

Apple parduotuve reklamos aukoms, kur galima nemokamai pasitikrinti emaila.

Paskutine dienos stotele - MOMA (modernaus meno muziejus).

Iejimas penktadieni nemokamas, eile aplink bloka, tuntas zmoniu viduje. Zymiu vyruku kuriniai - Picasso, Cezanne, Warhol, Klimt, Dali.


Labiausia prilipo dizaino skyrius, Aernout Mik video instaliacijos, atrasti Paul Signac, Giorgio de Chirico, Otto Dix tapiniai.

Friday
Hardest trip of the week - walking around Central park from 42nd to 110th street and back.

Poshy neighborhoods changed to not so poshy ones.


Famous 5th Avenue , shops for people who judge style by price.

Massive Apple store with free internet to check an email. Finally MOMA (museum of modern art), on Friday it's free and the queu runs around the block.

Hips of people came to see works of Picasso, Cezanne, Warhol, Klimt, Dali.

I really loved design section, video art of Aernout Mik and new names for me like Paul Signac, Giorgio de Chirico, Otto Dix.


Sestadienis
Po sunkios darbo savaites sestadieni paskyriau poilsiniam zygiui i Centrini parka. Parkas milziniskas, sporto, pramogu ir hot dogu misinys.



Nepasakyciau, kad graziausiu graziausias, bet gerai atspindi Niujorka - kulturu ir tautu kokteilis, JTO bustine. Po smagaus pasivaiksciojimo vel i eile, sikart nemokamo koncerto parko vasaros arenoje. Susirinko grazus ir stilingi, sviete saule (visa savaite oras be priekaistu).

Atidarius vartus, ziurovai sedo ant zoles, tepe sumustinius, dj vaisino tingiais ritmais. Pirmasis patiekalas - svedai Little Dragon, kuriu muzikeles pries pora metu klausiausi daznokai. Jie labiau tinka jaukiam klubui ir europieciams.

Mandagus plojimai, antri - amerikieciai Chester French, gitaros, raginimai kelti rankas ir ploti i ritma, nuobodu, bet vietiniams tinka. Desertui - Q-Tip is mano mylimu Tribe Called Quest.

Zmones stojasi kraipyti uzpakaliu, zoles dumai stengiasi uzdengti saule, Q-Tip valdo arena.

Saturday
Hard work week gone and on Saturday I decided to relax. Went to Central park, I wouldn't say that it is the most amazing park but it's so like New York - a mixture of cultures and nationalities, different sports, activities and hot dogs.



In evening back to the queu again - this time free concert at Summer stage of Central park. People sitting on the grass, dj spinning down tempo.

First to play - swedish Little Dragon, couple years ago I used to listen to their music a lot and really wanted to see the band live. They are more like band to listen to in the cosy club and the locals were more happy to see a second band - americans Chester French with their boring guitars and shouts. The star of the show - Q-Tip from Tribe Called Quest.

I love the way he raps and it was great show - dancing people, smell of the grass everywhere, brilliant weather. New York fucking city!


Sekmadienis
Laikas prasvilpe kaip urlaganas, pavoges desra maksimoj. Sventa diena nuplaukiau paziureti Laisves statulos is saugaus atstumo. Niujorkas be jokiu abejoniu -iausias miestas pasaulyje ir noriu ji aplankyti dar ne viena karta ir greitai.


Sunday
Sunday is always take it easy you have to go to work tomorrow day:) so I only went to see Statue of Liberty.

It seems that I spent in New York only two days. It is no doubt the coolest city in the world and I'll be back.