Week 4-5-6: Montreal-New York-Montreal

I had two good reasons to be happy about Montreal. One, I got to hang out with Stefa, Giova, Tania & co, guys I love you! Second, because the city is super cool: huge mix (huge Italian population!), beautiful nature (especially at this time of the year, ask Stefa about the color of the leaves ;) ), and … yes I can speak French there, which makes me feel homey. This week made me think of Friends, “whenever whatever”, you know people who are just up to anything, I think “conditions were perfect” (private joke).

We started Week 5 by driving from Montreal to New York. It took us nine hours to get there (it would be six hours for normal people), wonderful time: we stopped to look at the stars, made one or two stops at McDonalds, etc, and of course a lot of music! To conclude our night we ended up in a jazz bar, then having a pre-breakfast in a bakery, and finally sleeping in five in one bed… no comment! ;)

On Week 5, Marie and I got to explore the big apple, mainly though walking and eating… We probably walk and eat in each district of Manhattan: Italian (ma dai!), Jewish (Pastrami sandwiches….haaaaa!), etc… Wonderful food! Almost every morning, we went to this Chocolate by the bold man café on Union Square, where you can have a chocolate “de puta madre”, but also amazing brunches! We also went to Ellis Island, which was the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States for the first half of the twentieth century. Guess what, my great-grandpa and my grandpa went through it, so you can imagine how close to my heart this was. I even found my grandpa in the database! Aged seventeen, Giuseppe Laneri arrived in New York, now you can understand why traveling is in my genes! ;) We also went to MoMa, a very nice experience. Of course I forget many things, such as this super nice market n Union square where we were buying fruits in the morning, this amazing singer in the metro (we stopped to listen to her for half an hour…), the Apple Store where I played with the iPhone, Pier 17 where we enjoyed the sunset, Central Park, etc, etc. Thank you for coming to me mys.