NYC

 Ines came to meet me here in New York and we went to spend the Saturday in the City. First stop was the Empire State building. The day was windy with perfectly clear skies, and afforded spectacular views of the City. Unfortunately, it also meant that it was extremely cold, specially up on the Empire State, so it was hard to just stand around and enjoy the views. But we managed. Afterwards, we went to see the skating ring at the Rockefeller Center, then had lunch on Chinatown at a little, very packed place called New Wonton (tip: don't get the soups with noodles, it's a waste when the wontons are so good). Later we went to the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art), where we discovered, for the first time, reasonable prices for cultural attractions/events in the US - $10 for students. Plus, they are recommended fees, so if we wanted, we could have paid less (no, I paid full price!). We were in the Met only a little over one hour, and didn't see much. But I did see the Egyptian collection, which was cool, and the installation for the Temple of Dendur (see picture in Photo Album), which was awesome! They reconstructed this little Egyptian temple in a large, beautiful room, with Egyptian ornaments spread around in a sensible manner. It was very impressive.