We woke up early, at 8, to the alarm, because there's no time to sleep, we need to see everything in NY, it's our last day here. The night was okay, but it wasn't comfortable to sleep, the sofa was too soft and it was cramped ))) but we were so tired that we just passed out as soon as our heads hit the pillow and we didn't care anymore. In the morning we went to the laundry to wash our clothes. Lesha went to work. While we put them in the machine, we went to the beach. There it is... the ocean... blue... clean... but basically the same as the sea) Not many people, probably because it's 10 am. We sunbathed, swam in the ocean, opened the swimming season this year =) waves... ocean... sand almost white... beautiful. We picked up our clothes and went to get ready to walk around. We decided to go see the green lady, meaning the Statue of Liberty, but we were unlucky, we were 10 minutes late, the last boat had left. A bummer. But what can you do. We'll stop by on the way back when we fly to Russia. In 3 months =).
We went to pick up Gosha's salary. While waiting for him, we went into an Apple center with Anya to use the Wi-Fi. Wow!!!! It's impressive! Both the center and the laptop itself, convenient, cool, modern, I want one for myself)))) we spent about an hour there.
Lesha arrived, we went to Chinatown. Well... we thought it was a big tractor market with a bunch of Chinese people))))) but no, there are Chinese shops there, like Calvin Klein, Levis, etc. Well, naturally, everything is a knockoff. Jeans, hoodies for $12, etc. We went into a Chinese McDonald's – oh, the horror ))) we tried to ask the Chinese guy for a McFlurry, he started explaining in his broken Chinese-English what we should have it with. It was very funny ))) in the end, we had to point with our fingers. The whole store joined in =) Yeah. We chatted, bought it, and left. We didn't buy anything else, mugs - I love NY cost $6, we decided it was expensive and we wouldn't waste money, which we already have little of. We'll buy them later.
We went to Brighton Beach - the Russian district. Indeed. A lot of Russians around, you could even say Russia, damn! ))) we saw a cafe – Skovorodka. ))) We ate pizza for $4 with Anya for two. So-so again. The food is gross. I want normal food, but there's nothing! We reached the ocean, people passing by said "Hi" to us =). We spent 15 minutes there, because there was no time, took a couple of photos and went home.
It's 8:00 PM, we decided to leave tonight for the state of Virginia to look for work there, Gosha has acquaintances there. We'll hope for that. So there's no time to walk around anymore. At home, we tried to persuade Lesha to go with us, but no, he didn't agree((((((( It was very sad to part with him, he's a good boy. He walked us to the subway, Anya and I had a suitcase each and Gosha had 2 large, heavy suitcases. We had to leave before 12:00 AM because the subway pass was expiring. We left. We got to the Bus Station, bought tickets to Richmond for $69, got on a Greyhound and left. It's 2 AM. We're driving fast, smoothly, the roads are flat, in Russia you can only dream of them =) Gosha said - it's close, about 3 hours... We drove for 7 hours =) he was surprised himself ))) he was wrong. We didn't manage to sleep, just dozed off. Morning - we were driving through the outskirts of Washington, it didn't impress me. No high-rises. The city itself might be better. We saw the White House - aaaaaaa, get the camera out fast!!!!!!!! we took a photo =))) satisfied.
Richmond... we arrived... took a taxi... Ashland....
