Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

For those who asked for the snow...

The Big Apple

We're 3 and a half hour away by bus (Greyhound in this particular case).

Again, we went to the Skating Club of New York Showcase competition. We had a nice trip. The bus was ok , on time, we had some problems on the city arrival (oh, come on! it's not that snowy!) but we got there safe. We stayed at Jose's brother's friend's apartment (could somebody tell me if that amount of 's is ok?). it was nice, small but greatly located (next to a subway stop and a few blocks away from Chelsea Piers ice rink.

I wouldn't say my skating program was perfect, I missed a flip jump, my back spin was weird and my camel spin lacked of the spinning part, but I felt good with myself. I placed 5th, and I won't say how many people were competing. We placed 2nd on the Theater On Ice, but our program was really nice... I'm dying to watch it!!! (that's the bad part of skating: you can't watch the show).

We went to the Empire State observatory, to the Met, and fooled around in Times Square. I wish we had more time to spend there, but as soon as my brother in law moves there, I'll go and visit him.

We Cambridge people...

So, Jose and I decided to make our Superbowl night useful: we went to the movies.

This time (and I don't know if I wrote about my first experience Boston), we went to the Kendall theater, at Kendall Square of course. I should make a note here: I've been living here in the USA for a year and a half, and I still don't understand the "square" concept. I don't know if it's just a crossroads, or a small tiny little plaza that I just can't see... ok, Kendall Square, wherever that is.

The first time we went to the cinema, we went to the one next to the Boston Common, which I guess is one of the most elegant cinemas in the area. Now that we went to the movies in Cambridge, the place was way more simple, not fancy at all... even the tickets were very simple (just a printed receipt-like paper... by the way, I'm impressed of how fancy are movie tickets back in Mexico, they're like the fancy ones at Boston!), and it was less expensive, which is good. We saw "Up in the air". It's good, I liked it, although the end of the movie, when the guy..... jajajaja, no, I'm not giving any spoilers here.

Well, the point is that I kind of noticed a difference between Boston and Cambridge (for the people who haven't been here, we're just a Charles river away... Boston is the city in the back of my picture here). I guess Boston is the fancy city, and Cambridge is its students' version.

Next: Carla goes to the Big Apple!!