New York in a nutshell.

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Today we had brunch at Le Pain Quotidien, a really cute French place with great coffee and good service. As I was going to the bathroom I discovered something that has reappeared everywhere we´ve been eating:



Apparently, that is not an implicit action after having visited the restroom. I find this a bit disturbing.

After eating a great brunch, we went for a walk down fifth avenue on Manhattan, I´m sure the most expensive place in earth.



We visited the Applestore, and saw great brand shops like that of Gucci, Armani, JustCavalli, Van Cleef and Arpels, Botticelli, Banana Republic and more.


And suddenly we were at Trump Tower!



No Donald today, only his golfclubs. No, not his personal ones, the series they are selling. Along with Trump hard liquor and signed ties. Was anyone saying large ego?

After the walk down the fifth (which felt like being in a movie - it was so famliar!), we went to Rockefeller centre. This is what Nancy and Julia saw:


This is what I saw:


As I am afraid of heights it was only Nancy an Julia who made it to the top. I did mnage, however to get to the sauna. To be honest, we all managed that.


This sauna is in the East Village, and has had visitors like Chris North, Julia Roberts and several other celebrities. None of which were there today though. It was extremely relaxing, and it made us feel very clean, fresh and hungry. Fortunately our restaurant, Mara´s homemade, was just close by. This was my dinner today:


Spare ribs, yams, corn pudding and jalapeno and corn bread. We eat our dinner in what appears to be called "family-style", which means that everyone is tasting everyone´s food. It was a very intimate but pleasurable experience!


The spareribs were delicious and greasy.

Of course we had to get dessert as wel. Because it is famous we went to the "Dessert truck" not far from the restaurant. It is not as famou as it should be. We had the Moltn chocolate cake. This dessert alone was worth the trip from Norway, and I am now sure I will return. This was like tasting a piece of heaven. It was like I always imagined Willy Wonka´s chocolate river would taste like. It was perfection, and I cannot praise it enough. Go try it for yourself.


This is Nancy and me beeing very happy with our dessert.

The subway was really great today, taking us everywhere we needed. I haven´t managed to get a picture of the rats down there yet (I will!), but I have been able to capture some of it´s other inhabitants:


This night was finished at a new winebar near Time Square. I have no pictures as both the wine and the conversation became more interesting than the camera, unfortunately. Now it is night in New York, and the moon is high in the skies. Good night!