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My Adventures in New York

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I have a sister that lives in New York, to be exactly in Manhattan. I had always wanted to visit her and see the city that never sleeps. On August, as a birthday gift, she bought me an airplane ticket to New York. I had the chance to spend a week and five days in this amazing, never-ending city. It is an interesting place with different cultures, people, food and a very different way of seeing life. I arrived into the John F. Kennedy Airport. That day, the sky was a little gray, the sun was nowhere to be found and a chill wind scattered the morning mist since I arrived at 6am. My sister went to pick me up and we head it to Manhattan. On arrival in the city, it had skyscrapers of different sizes and high known buildings, like the Empire State and Chrysler Building. The streets were all titled by numbers of streets and avenues. It was a little confusing since were the apartment was it’s a higher number, 42St. and the avenue is just the sixth (6Ave.). She told me that I had to manage by counting the streets downtown, like that I wouldn’t get lost when I’ll be alone. My “adventure” began in Korea Town, the same day I arrived, because I wanted to eat some delicious “Pocket Buns” with kimchee and wanted to see how many Korean store where there too. I didn’t know how to arrive, if we had to use a car or take the train but when I asked my sister, she told me that we could go there by just walking 5 minutes and that I could even see part of the famous 5th Avenue. Arriving to the Korean restaurant I was getting dizzy with all those delicious aromas of beefs, soups, different rices and multicolored vegetables that were cooking. After we order and ate, I felt so satisfy because It was something I wanted to try and it was wonderful. I went to the Empire State, to see the museum and I took many photos when I arrived to the top of it to the afternoon and night in Manhattan, New York. Other days I went to Chinatown. There I saw many th

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