New York Sightseeing Day 1
On the first day of New York sightseeing, I took a 24-hour Big Bus from the Big Apple Pass
This bus can fully enjoy the Uptown Downtown night course and three
You can almost go around Manhattan.
In the morning, I look for a stop to catch the uptown bus, and there are a lot of ticket sellers dressed in red.
They usually sell tickets to downtown, and they don't know where to stop uptown.
They say silly things like 'over there' or 'over here'
When I finally got to the bus stop, the bus went in front of me.
and then i had to wait another hour at the bus stop.
The people in New York are kind, but the people who work there are not kind.
Because it's about making money, when you ask them or ask them to do something, they just treat you coldly.
There were fewer people on the uptown bus, at least one bus an hour.
It takes about an hour to ride around Central Park.
What was surprising was that Harlem was developed, and there was a university around it, and it was very beautiful.
The famous place is the Dakota Apartments, where John Lennon lived.
In the afternoon, I could easily catch a bus to downtown, and I decided to walk along the Brooklyn Bridge.
After crossing the bridge, there is an area called Dumbo, which is also famous and often seen in pictures
It was October in New York, and it was very hot, almost 30 degrees.
By the time it was crowded, my throat was dry. I bought a cola, but it was about 3 dollars and 50 cents
It was the first day, and I couldn't figure out how to get on the subway from there, so I walked back across the bridge.
It took quite a while, so if you wait for the next bus as it is, you will not be in time for the night tour at night
I decided to take the subway for the first time.
Later, we found out that the Brooklyn Bridge was a one-mile round trip, and if you add up the distance to Dumbo, you'd have walked about five miles.
I think I walked 7 or 8 kilometers on this day, including wandering around without knowing the bus stop in the morning
Somehow I was able to come back at the last minute, so I got on the night tour bus without having dinner
That's the Empire State Building, glowing red at the top.
The Brooklyn Bridge where I walked during the day was also beautiful Fireworks went up at some event Lucky
Manhattan is a small city, so you could walk to famous places.
「バスから見た景色」を目的に観光バスへ乗るなら、個人的にいちばん良かったのは“最初に2階席を確保して、景色の区間を逃さない”ことでした。ニューヨークの2階建て観光バスは、上から見下ろす目線になるので、ビルの谷間を抜ける感じや街の奥行きがすごく分かります。車窓というより「街の上を流れていく」感覚で、マンハッタンの高層ビル群が続く景色はずっと眺めていられました。 私が乗った日はアップタウン方面が特に本数少なめで、停留所も分かりにくくて時間を取られました。もし同じように「どこで待てばいいの？」となったら、チケット売り場の人だけに頼らず、公式アプリや停留所ポール（路上の看板）を先に見つけるのがおすすめです。赤い服のスタッフがいても、行き先が違うチケット案内をされることがあるので、路線名（アップタウン／ダウンタウン／ナイト）と停留所番号を自分で確認できると安心でした。 景色のハイライトは、やっぱりブルックリン橋。バス移動の途中で降りて歩くと、橋の上からワンワールドトレードセンターを含むマンハッタンのスカイラインが広がって、写真で見る以上に迫力がありました。橋を渡った先のDUMBOはレンガの街並みとマンハッタン橋の構図が“あの有名な景色”で、ここは徒歩で入ったほうが楽しめると思います。ただ、天気が良い日は想像以上に暑くて、歩く距離も伸びがち。飲み物代もそれなりにするので、乗車前に水を一本持っておくと安心でした。 夜のナイトツアーは別世界で、2階席から見るタイムズスクエアの電光掲示板はとにかく明るく、街全体が光っている感じ。遠くに見えるエンパイアステートビルのライトアップも「今ニューヨークにいるんだな」と実感できて、昼の景色とは全然違う満足感がありました。昼は景色重視で窓側を、夜は写真より“目で見る”つもりで乗ると、バスから見た景色をいちばん楽しめると思います。
