After this flight, I found another group of J-1 visa holders, and we took a real yellow taxi to the airport. It cost each of us $15, which was cheaper than any other option.

We gradually entered downtown, where buildings literally fall into the sky and mourn their older twin brothers.

At the hotel, we spent 2 hours just waiting for check-in, but it went by very, very quickly, so by 3:00 PM I was already standing in the middle of a double room for four with a girl I already knew from the taxi.

Our room has furniture suspiciously similar to Soviet-era pieces, only the top part of the window opens, and there is no refrigerator. Even though the fifth floor comes after the Lobby, A, B, C, M, 2, 3, 4, Manhattan still makes itself known and knocks quite loudly on the window with the sounds of the subway and passing cars. By the way, about the floors. In the elevator, the buttons are arranged in a block, that is, horizontally from bottom to top and left to right; there is an LL button, which confused us, and we couldn't figure out how to get to the first floor. There is a Lobby sign - there is a button. Lol.

On one floor, there are room numbers, room numbers with the letter A, and room numbers with the letter B, which often leads to confusion. But overall, it's fun :)

We decided to spend the evening copying documents for tomorrow's orientation, so we had to take a walk around Manhattan.

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