17.10.2010
London was amazing. I made a walking tour of about 8 hours and took a lot of pictures of interesting places and buildings. Tired and happy I went to the bed and left the next day for USA.
In New York I also gathered a lot of new impressions. Basicaly I walked through the Central Park in Manhattan, went on to the Fifth Ave and along it to the Rockfeller Square... Somewere around this place among all the skyscrapers I spotted a fastfood kiosk and asked the guy to sell me the beef over rice for 5 instead 6 bucks – what he readily did. I guess it's all over the world the same – the tourists have to pay more, but it also includes a negotiation permission.
I just remembered an interesting case, when me and Michel (my roommate) went to the Spencer Plaza in Madras, India. He wanted to buy a shirt and was not sure if it is apropriate to bargain, so he just asked the guy if he could bargain... It was kind of funny, because if you ask somebody whether it is apropriate to bargain, you have already accepted the price.
Another day in New York I went to a copy shop to print some documents which I needed for my trip to Miami. I printed alltogether 4 sheets in this shop and they wanted 3! bucks for it. I knew it actually in advance that it would cost me that much but still I negotiated for one dollar... which they did after more than five minutes hot discussions with three guys... and then they just gave up

Right now I am sitting in KFJ Airport (New York City) waiting for the boarding to my plane to Miami. Some guy is trying to play some country or bugee tunes on his electro guitar, which is turned off, another one is speaking with somebody on his cell phone. The airport like everyone else in the world and there is nothing special or extraordinary about it, except I am sitting in it and heading to Miami... And that means that I am one step closer to my dream than the last time.
Well, one thing which I found in this airport a bit extraordinary are the Rolex clocks on its walls... they make it look kind of luxorius

PS: I'll try to upload the pics of London and NYC next time ;-)