This is an article about our trip to New York and about our very first impressions.
No doubt it was the longest day of our life. Literally, it was 33 hours long (24 + 9 ours of time difference). The departure was at 15:40 (Moscow time) so we woke up at 9, left the flat at 10 and set off for Sheremetjevo International Airport by Aeroexpress at 11. As you can notice we had 4 hours in advance to pass the veterinary control and check in the cat, pay for extra baggage and other airport procedures.
Surprisingly, the airport was not as overcrowded as it usually is and in less than an hour we were peacefully sitting in a waiting area soothing our cat and watching the planes take off.
The flight took 10,5 hours, but surprisingly it was not as hard to withstand as I thought. Entertainment system did its work just fine offering a great deal of recent movies, games and music.
We landed at about 6 pm (NY time). Customs and other control took just an hour and we were on our way to the hotel at 7 pm already. During our ride we were like 2 stupid dogs staring at everything around without even a clue what was going on. It was like a movie. Real 3D High Quality and High Definition, Dolby Digital and stuff. It was 4 in the morning in Russia thus such a perception was not a surprise.
By the way, this is when we did our first mistake in the US. Instead of taking a standard yellow cab we were allured by some "taxi" guy at the airport. That is now when we understand that it was just some guy who was making money on stupid newcomers like us, but then our brain, snowed under piles of new information and excitement and exhausted by the long flight, wasn't able to think reasonably. So we payed way too much for the ride.
We arrived at the hotel at 8pm, checked in and fell asleep, exhausted and excited about our new life at the same time.
Unfortunately, because of the jet lag we woke up at 2 am next day but this is a completely another story...
No doubt it was the longest day of our life. Literally, it was 33 hours long (24 + 9 ours of time difference). The departure was at 15:40 (Moscow time) so we woke up at 9, left the flat at 10 and set off for Sheremetjevo International Airport by Aeroexpress at 11. As you can notice we had 4 hours in advance to pass the veterinary control and check in the cat, pay for extra baggage and other airport procedures.
Surprisingly, the airport was not as overcrowded as it usually is and in less than an hour we were peacefully sitting in a waiting area soothing our cat and watching the planes take off.
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| She hates us with all her cat heart |
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| A plane with authentic Russian paintings |
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| Aeroflot planes everywhere. Snow and ice at the background. This is all you need to know about Russian civil aviation. |
The flight took 10,5 hours, but surprisingly it was not as hard to withstand as I thought. Entertainment system did its work just fine offering a great deal of recent movies, games and music.
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| Arina is drinking tea and playing some game |
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| A330-300 cabin. Generally, people preferred watching films to everything else. To my honest surprise quite a lot were watching superhero films like Man of Steel or The Avengers. |
We landed at about 6 pm (NY time). Customs and other control took just an hour and we were on our way to the hotel at 7 pm already. During our ride we were like 2 stupid dogs staring at everything around without even a clue what was going on. It was like a movie. Real 3D High Quality and High Definition, Dolby Digital and stuff. It was 4 in the morning in Russia thus such a perception was not a surprise.
By the way, this is when we did our first mistake in the US. Instead of taking a standard yellow cab we were allured by some "taxi" guy at the airport. That is now when we understand that it was just some guy who was making money on stupid newcomers like us, but then our brain, snowed under piles of new information and excitement and exhausted by the long flight, wasn't able to think reasonably. So we payed way too much for the ride.
We arrived at the hotel at 8pm, checked in and fell asleep, exhausted and excited about our new life at the same time.
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| Our room before going to bed. A complete mess, but we didn't care |
Unfortunately, because of the jet lag we woke up at 2 am next day but this is a completely another story...
Good luck=)
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