2026 April 20 NYC #3
I have never seen so many French people outside of France. Bloody metropoles with their mushmouthed loquaciousness. More complicated vocabularies that I'm used to, which is a me problem. Working from 8:30 to noon to finish the notes I didn't get done on the train. Switched with someone so they could sit together and got a seat with out a tray table. Probably wouldn't have finished anyways but didn't help. The computer is a black hole. Finally made it out of the hostel at 2PM and up to Washington Heights, Lights up on Washington Heights - ((The Lin-Manuel Miranda of it all is not lost on me.)) Climbed the mountain - okay, a hill, but it was TALL and I have been walking up lots and lots of steps for DAYS. Woman I met on the way down says people lose an average of 10-15# when they move to New York. I can see why. Aside - in the subway yesterday there were three doughy looking white people who were so clearly "NOT FROM AROUND HERE"...