Macy's was kinda cool, and if you want to buy perfume, watches or accessories the first floor is great! We didn't though, so we headed up to the second floor, and found a huge selection of men's clothing. Different brands in every corner, they had stuff for any taste.
Later that night, we teamed up with Kelly again, and went out to Meskel Ethiopian Restaurant in East Village. We arrived kinda late, at like 9 pm or something. We met two of the local guides on the hostel, and a few people who lived in New York. It was kinda nice to get a different perspective on things compared to only hanging out with tourists.
Ethioptian food is very different, you get a huge platter with different stuff, and you´re supposed to dip some kind of bread into the platter and pick up different kinds of sauce, lentels, meat etc. And the bread you're supposed to use, felt like a kind of spongey material, almost like a kitchen rag or something. Weird!! It was however very good, even if Chris felt his stomach working hard the entire night.
After the restaurant we went a couple of blocks north in East Village, into a small bar where a jazz band was playing. It's so great that you can go out to a random bar on a monday night in New York, and there's actually a band playing! Even if they were only 2 of them, the music was beautiful and really set a nice mood the the evening.
The bartender was very good, and after I tried a couple of drinks, I got him to recommend one for me. He came up with The Green Hornet, which is Gin, Cointreau and Fresh Lime Juice chilled straight up in a martini glass. It was delicious, and I have to learn making those at home now!
We took a short trip by the Meatpacking district afterwards, but only got to see one street and one bar before we had to go home. Tomorrow was our last day, and we had to get up kinda early.
The last day we got up early and packed our things. I suddenly realized I had forgotten the camera outside, and it was raining! I ran up the stairs to get it, found it, and picked it up from a puddle. I was sure it was done for, but thankfully it was fine after it just dried up!
Also, we found the missing iPod! It was standing upright on the side wall of the security locker, and we only found it because we almost tipped the security locker over while packing..
This was our last day, and we met up with Kelly again for breakfast, and went shopping for an iphone for Chris. Then the time came for us to leave, and it was kinda sad. I'd have loved to stay longer, and I really hope I can come back one day!
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