One of my most anticipated days, JETS vs PATRIOTS game day. Game was at 1pm so I left for a 11.30pm arrival. Metlife stadium is in nowhere New Jersey, so its a bit of a journey to get there, but with the crowds its easy to navigate. Once you get off the train at Meadowlands, you really get into the atmosphere of the whole day. Tailgating is one of the coolest things ever, drinking, eating and playing games before the game gets you in a good mood. I went to a public tailgate I found online in L7 where there was heaps of Jets fans and a beer pong table and other people. It was cool to see the whole tailgate experience. The game itself, was awesome, freezing cold but awesome. I was on the 2nd tier in the 1st row so I had a great view. All the chanting and cheering really made the game awesome, and even though we lost by 1 it was a great experience.
Day 15
Today I wanted to explore the Bronx, and see what the differences were. I made my way up to the top of the Bronx, near the Botanical Gardens. I then walked to Arthur Avenue to get some food, some of those places had massive lines but the place I went too wasn't too bad. I then decided spur of the moment to go to the Bronx Zoo. It was actually quite a good zoo, very big with a load of different animals. I think the only bad thing about the zoo is there is quite a difference of resources between some of the animal enclosures, but nonetheless it was a good choice to visit. After the zoo I walked back to the train station, the walk itself was a bit nerve racking. I was definitely out of my comfort zone in that neighborhood but I wanted to break that stereotype that I had associated in my mind.
That night I ended up walking around midtown and found an awesome korean spot to get a great Bi Bi Bab. Wasn't on my list but what a great find.
Day 16
Today I went to eat another excellent sisig dish in the East Village, it was with garlic rice, so good. I then went to eat some dessert at Ray's Candy Store, deep fried oreos with a small cup of vanilla ice cream. It was one of the best desserts ever, and what made it even better the place is super small and I had a chance to talk to the guy running it and some other customers. After this I decided to go to Roosevelt Island, so I went up to Upper East Side to get the tram across. I ended up walking pretty much the whole island and in the middle. So much bigger than I thought, a very residential island with schools and shops and everything.
That night I went to Dyker Heights in Brooklyn to see the famous christmas lights of that suburb. What I did to make it even more christmassy was playing christmas carols and listening to it whilst I walked around. It was so cool to see so much of a neighborhood all put out christmas lights. Most people put it up themselves with some really cool displays. Some of the richer and bigger properties had people put up their displays for them which was also very cool to see. One house had their own Santa there as part of the festivities. Another place had put up loads of inflatable characters and had another Santa out front and was giving toys to kids walking around. After this I was gonna go eat at Pok Pok in Brooklyn but it was too busy, so I ended up going to Popeyes for my first takeout food of the trip. The biscuits were cool, they really are different to what I was expecting, they were flavourful and not bland.
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