And there I was, again. Saturday morning I started my tirp and I was so happy the weather was beautiful. Rich and I hit the road and we had a nice ride. We spent our time walking around, visiting all of the bakeries and places I wanted to see for my externship and just the fact that outside was like 25 degrees celsius, it was amazing. I was wearing a tank top how warm it was! Unbelieveable.
I think I got a little bit tanned :)) We also ate at this amazing place called Artisanal. Since I was in the City with my parents I wanted to go there. It is basically a cheese restaurant. I was sooo excited, trust me. Our meals were amazing. If you ever so to NYC, go to Artisanal. About 5 in the afternoon Rich dropped me off at Sunčica's place which was another exciting thing. Sunčica, if you don't remember, is my hometown girl who lives in NYC for like 6 yeras already and she arranged the transportation for me when i first came here. After that accident I went through, I don't think I could've made it to Hyde Park from jfk airport. So again, a big thanx Sunny (that's how they call her, because Americans can't pronounce her name)! Her mum and nephew from Split camr to visit her, for a mont actually, and so I came to see them and spend some quality time with my people. I was reborn. You have no idea how much that meant for me, I enjoyed it a lot. On Saturday night we went out to this Budha bar place which was a nice experience. Good to see what's the night life in the City like. What amazes me the most is how the air inside is clear. Yep, smoking is prohibited! :)) Sunday was again extremly hot and after we had an amazing lunch in a Greek restaurant called Avra (make sure you go there!), Sunny's nephew Bruno and I were wandering around the city, shopping and enjoying the summer weather. Later that day, around 6pm I went to the train station and tooik my train to Poughkeepsie. My girls Brittany and Stacey came to pick me up which vas very nice :)
Now, concerning classes, everything's fine. I still like it as I did the first day. Yestarday we did our puff pastry and then our first apple strip. You'll see some photos eventually..Today our team does some spritz cookies and pies. Everyday each team does something different. And we are half way through the block already! Yeey!
Let me go back to Croatian now...Talk to you soon! ;)
Split u New York-u. Upravo sam se tako osijećala. Ok, prvo sam započela moj vikend vožnjom do NYC u drušvu Rich-a. Uživala sam već u samoj vožnji, jer je vrijeme bilo prekrasno i mogla sam stavit naočale! He he..Kad smo stigli u NYC, nisam znala što da kažem. Sve je bilo krcato ljudi! Da vidite tek Central Park, nevjerojatno. LJudi su se sunčali, leželi po travi, bilo je toliko toplo, sigurno 25 stupnjeva. Mislim da sam čak dobila i malo boje :) Tako smo šetali gradom, obilazili dosta mjesta za moj potencijalni externship, ali nisam ništa našla da me baš oborilo s nogu. Moram bit 100%, jer mi je važno da donesem pravu odluku. Kasnije smo otišli na ručak u ovaj restoran Artisanal kojeg sam oduvijek želila posjetit, još dok sam s mamom i tatom bila u NYC. Oduševila sam se. To je u biti, ako ga mogu nazvat tako, restoran od sira. He, he. Specializiraju se u posluživanju raznih sireva i jela sa njima, a možeš također kupit sir. Hrana nam je bila fantastična, nemam riječi. Kad se tek uđe u restoran, miris sira je onako dominantan, ali navikneš se. Kasnije to popodne Rich me odveo do Sunčicine zgrade, jer sam se dogovorila s njom da ću doć za vikend. Sijećate se Sunčice, ona mi je organizirala prijevoz do škole kad sam tek došla. Puno hvala za to Sunny!! :)) Zovu je Sunny još od školskih dana, jer naravno Amerikancu ne mogu izgovorit pravilnio Sunčica. Njoj su u posjet došli mama Mirjana i nećak Bruno iz Splita, tako da mi je bilo stvarno super s njima. Teta Mirjana me dočekala sa domaćom spizom, tj. paša fažolom i suhim mesom, mmmmmm. Nisam imala uopće osjećaj da sam u New Yorku. Tu večer smo izišli vani, tako da sam mogla doživjet i night life. Bili smo u jednom Budha baru i oduševila sam se. Prvo, ineterijer je fantastičan, i zabranjeno je pušit! Svaka čast.
U nedjelju smu imali ludilo dobar lunch vani, u jednom Grčkom restoranu, Avra. Sunčica je morala otić, a Bruno i ja smo ostali u gradu, šetali i kupovali (zapravo ja), sve do otprilike 6 popodne. Kad smo se vratili kući, malo sam još ostala s njima i onda krenula nazad pema Grand central station i uhvatila svoj vlak za Poughkeepsie. Brittany i Stacey su došli po mene :))
Što drugo reć, nego da sam se provela samo tako.
U školi je sve ok, još uvijek uživam kao od prvog dana, a sada bi stvarno morala ić, jer moram nazvat u Jamijev restoran...Zvala sam jučer, i ostavila poruku, ali ništa ot toga...Moram bit ustrajna..


Post je objavljen 25.04.2007. u 14:30 sati.