NYC

Posted in Travel, RPCV by Dom on November 10th, 2008

I’ve been hanging out in New York for a few days. Expensive is the word. It works out with the budget a bit though because I spent a lot less than I thought I would earlier in the trip. It’s been a good time indeed. I’ve been staying with a friend from the Peace Corps; and the first night we met up with a friend from Augusta. It’s been real nice being able to see people again. New York is a lot of walking. This girl I’m staying with claims to have been too busy to really get out much so she doesn’t know where many things are and so we end up wandering a lot looking for stupid things like bars or breakfast places. It’s fun though. I finally made it to a guitar store. Guitar Center actually. I checked out some of the local ones and was a bit disappointed. I did find something at the Guitar Center though, something that turned out to be just out of my price range and not even close enough to fudge. A 1972 Gibson Hummingbird acoustic, it was real sweet. I learned a lot from talking to the guy though so it isn’t a total disappointment. I rode around all yesterday too. Riding with traffic here seemed a lot easier than in Atlanta for a number of reasons, cars are used to you, the land is flatter, things aren’t as sprawled. It’s still fun to pass drivers and taxis during rush hour too.