bla bla bla, i have nothing to do........

yay..... i have nothing to do. at all. first night alone, and i'm on the puter. hurray me ;)

i had a nice flight to Buffalo, had all of one cup of water as on board catering. buffalo's alright. not too much going on apparently and the TGI surprisingly sucks. [insert sarcastic look here]. it's the falls tomorrow morning, and some artsy fartsy thing in the afternoon. then i guess i should prepare for the first stint of the train journey. it's about 20 hrs cut in half by a stop in Chicago. the Lincoln HI has not been answering the phone so far, so i'm not sure still where i'll be staying. at least now i have some options for Denver as this hostel has some leaflets. the place looks nice and clean, has a kitchen and a lounge, so i'll be fine where i am. i'm glad to have an extra day in SF though. 2 did seem a bit short..... Ron: i might be able to go to alcatraz after all ;)

anyway, while hoping for some peace and quiet, there's a german girl in the room looking for a chat, and rather desperately too. anyway, nothing much to do here but catch a movie. which i don't really want to go there right now. i'll just crawl onto a couch with my book which finally got exciting :)

that, and i really want another book, and i can't get one until i finish this one.


bye for now, still no pics unfortunately.

important msg!!!!!! belangrijke mededeling!!!!!

for all who care: the amtrak schedule has moved one day back

therefore, i'm leaving Buffalo the night of the 9th aso.

voor wie het aangaat: de treinreis wordt 1 dag naar voren geschoven, dus niet de 10e uit buffalo weg, maar al de 9e. dus kom ik 1 dag eerder in SF aan........ tijd is weer op, doei!

eh yeah..... washington

ik heb vandaag wat tijd, dus doen we het maar eens zo......

NY was leuk, maar het is nooit echt 'i <3>

maar nu zijn we in Washington DC. gister aangekomen, maar gaan lopen naar het witte huis (slecht plan) daar was niet veel te zien, behalve politie mensen, guards and what not. daar achter licht het WWII memorial, wel mooi, en de reflecting pool van 'i have a dream' ook het lincoln memorial en het washinton memorial. daar een beetje rondgehangen en de taxi terug genomen naar Adam Morgan (onze wijk) hapje gegeten, pilsje gedronken, en weer op tijd naar bed..... wat zijn we saai ;)

vandaag het smithsonian en capitol hill. wie weet, misschien staan daar ook wel stijgers omheen.

amerika is een grote bouwput. een echt ontwikkelingsland.


groetjes, Judith en heidi

bai bai NY

the last day here was at least better than the day before. MoMa was very nice, bought new knickers at H&M of all places. had a late lunch in the park (yes, another hotdog) and went to pee at Bloomingdale's and Saks (B's is much nicer). we also got sprayed at to smell different (won't say nice, cuz it wasn't always nice ;) ). H got new sneakers, and a bd present for her eldest brother. woke up at a little more acceptable time, 4.30am, which means our neighbour got home late. second awakening was around 8, so yes, a lot better. consequently, i've been tired all day. my feet are about to go on strike, but we're not giving in just yet. there's 66 hrs on the train to look forward to. phone's def. working but have decided against voicemail. turned up the sound of the ringtone, so i should hear you. if i don't, i'm doping something else :p. anyway, it's the 3 min sign again, time to check email.

see y'all later in DC!!!!!

yesterday...... all my blisters....

short recap of yesterday: got the Greyhound tickets, went on to the rockefeller centre, then lobby of chrysler building, grand central station, picked up the tickets for Rent and got changed, saw Rent, went to the comedy cellar, spent way too much money there, but it was fun. then went in search of an Irish pub, got no result there, but did drink a bud light (yuck) and a guinness at some peculier pub (c). sore feet too.

today was Central Park day. we started good by just getting into the abyssinian mass in Harlem. sat for 2 hrs, then sat at the subway again to the park. had a chicken inspired lunch on a boat while burning my shoulders. life is bad, i know.......

anyway, the Met was nice but huge, and the Guggenheim was a very square experience. in other words, it sucks. more sore feet, but tonight we're going to have a burger at the empire diner, and try to get into a film, chucky's bride by another name

/me looks at heidi......

the corpse bride, that's the film. anyway, just 3 more minutes, and my feet are really very sore, there a pics to prove it, just be patient, they will be here some time in the future.

'neways, gotta check ma mail too, so bai bai for now, see y'all later!

the death of a bag.......

alas, today mrs glittery bag died...... i pulled off all i could, but the lining is dying too. too bad, cuz i liked it. anyway, in short, times Square, chrysler building, grand central, rockefeller, dinner at chinatown, Rent, and now on to the comedy cellar. time's up almost, so i'll see what else to put in
blister count: 2.

eh..... hairt doesn't like the town, but NY is great at night from the empire state building. got to go again, bye bye all

day 1.5

there's little time, and much to tell, so excuses for m,y dutch audience, i will add the translation when i have more time.

in short, NY is warm (no not hot, you texonians). my feet hurt and so do my hips and thighs, but we did walk Brooklyn Bridge, all the way from Wall St. had to come back to change, wrong cloting choice, me of course. no pics yet, no full cards yet, so no cr's with them on it. haven't made many yet anyway, not while i have my personal photographer with me still. anyway, we got kicked out of the Woolworth building, no visitors. we did not see the stock exchange, no visitors. we did take the staten island ferry, which of course does not stop at Ellis Island ;) but we saw it all, even the WTC site. please excuse me for my rudeness, but only the fact that we all saw those people land on the pavements moved me a little. the entire ground 0 area, well....... it's another building site. for some reason, it did not, just like the rest of NY i've seen so far, impress me greatly. i like NY, i like the skyline, i kinda like the ppl, the atmosphere...... but i don't see what all the fuss is about. yeah those skyscrapers are high, but not as i expected. anyway, it's not all semi-nice ;)

by accident, while looking for the pedestrian path on BB, we found TKTS or whatever it is spelt. we got half price tickets for Rent, tomorrow afternoon!!!! how cool is that?
we walked mosty of the day, so decided to skip on the free and probably busy Guggenheim. we'll do that another time. got me some much needed sandals and a new phonenumber as well. i'll put it in in a bit, so if you need me, call me at

00 917-664-2944

i guess that should work.
anyway, i'm off now, see y'all in a bit