And with that, welcome from Brooklyn, New York City!
After a long travel day, I finally arrived and can spend two weeks of vacation here.
Typical for New York, the hotel room is small, but has a nice bathroom, nothing to complain about.
Now I just want to lie down there. We see each other the next days, so, stay tuned.
Alright, good morning!
Day 2 already, yesterday was just for relaxing and eating, I didn't filmed anything.
Today I'll go to B&H, Midtown, Manhattan. Some shopping and just looking around.
It is loud in New York!
See you in a bit.
I know they won't win a beauty competition, but...
if you want a burger, nothing fancy, just a good fast food burger: Five Guys! There's nothing better.
B&H Photo, there's nothing that they don't have.
If you need anything for video or photo... this place is heaven.
Video trends 2017: Vlogging with a Legria, old school but still possible, and as an addition: A ring light.
Looks good.
I think the most...
Sshht!
I think the most funny thing that can happen in B&H is,
that the salesmen ask you about your camera, that you're using right now,
instead of you asking the salesmen for help.
It is known, that Macy's is one of the largest stores in the world,
but that you can go to three different Starbucks in here, that's really too much.
I don't know how many floors there are here, eight or nine?
Ok, looks like I didn't filmed anything else after shopping.
And today, after a lazy morning, we head to Chelsea and maybe, not maybe, definitely to Chelsea Market,
maybe even to the YouTube Space and look what you can do there.
And in the evening we'll go to Sleep No More, let's see how that is. Let's go!
That is the door to the YouTube Space, but they didn't want to let me in.
I thought it said 'open houses' on their website.
I thought that means access for all YouTuber, but apparently not or I was on the wrong floor. I'll look that up again.
Alright, Sleep No More is over now, the show was about three hours long after all.
Really, immersive theater...
It's...
definitely something interesting and different.
You try to follow a scene and a few moments later, everybody is running away and the next scene plays.
And there are multiple scenes at once and you don't know what's going on...
Ok, I shouldn't talk about it too much.
If you're in New York, definitely check it out. It's a bit pricey, I know, but it's worth it.
You can also look it up online for more information.
Ok, I can show you the masks, that you have to wear to be somewhat anonymous.
And then it can happen, that you get involved into the play twice, like I did, and that's where the kissing marks come from.
Going to dinner at 11:30pm and finishing at 12:30am... only in Manhattan.
But now really, time to sleep.
Quick tip: Use the express trains whenever you can, definitely worth it.
Ok, time to take a breath in Central Park and enjoy the nice weather.
It's always fascinating, how quiet is here, away from all the traffic noise.
And in the meantime: Pokemon Go. It's not as hyped as it used to be, but you can still play it.
After that we're going to eat.
And a quick update about the YouTube Space situation: I think there was a German-English translation mistake on my end.
Open houses is more like 'day of open doors', and not 'come in whenever you want'.
So yeah... Maybe I can ask them on twitter, if I could go in anyway.
Sunset in Central Park? Definitely nice, but yesterday's was a little bit nicer, vibrant and orange.
Today's sunset is nice too, but a little more average.
Ok, the plan was to visit the Museum of Modern Arts, since it's free on Fridays from 4pm to 8pm.
Looks like some other people had the same idea. Quite busy here, I think we'll come back on a different day.
Ok, brunch, lunch, breakfast, something like that, at Jing Fong is finished.
Crowded by now, but worth stopping here every time.
And after a nice coffee, we can go through Chinetown to SoHo now, a little bit of shopping and then let's see what's up later.
Google store in Manhattan and the people were right, the light in there is perfect for filming.
You really want to film all the videos in there, but it's probably a bit to busy for that in there.
That was a good day that ended with a good meal. I can't remember the last time I had food that's that good.
It's still early evening, but the day was long, so there's nothing wrong with going back to the hotel. See you tomorrow.
Good morning from Brooklyn.
It's cold this morning, somewhat around 30 F.
Nice and cold.
Today's breakfast is from McDonald's, very relaxed.
The day is going to be relaxed, some YouTube stuff, and then let's see what happens later.
After a few hours of relaxed working in bed, subtitles for tomorrow's video are done.
Only thing left to do is writing the blog post, so that everything can be published without any problems.
There are cartoons on TV all day, which can be very entertaining, but I think I should go out, I'm sitting here for a few hours already.
Yeah, maybe Brooklyn Bridge Park and eat something over there, probably pizza to match the shirt.
Now that's a pizza, that's worth going out for.
We went to Table 87 out of coincidence, really good for pizza and well, basically everything.
Apparently the waiter never saw someone eating the Nutella Pizza Pie that quickly...
I mean come one, it's just like a crepes with Nutella :p
Now it started to snow here in Brooklyn.
Winter is coming!
New day, back in Chinatown.
Up there is Casey Neistat's studio, kinda cool to walk by here.
If you look closely, you can even see decoration and tools on the wall.
And now... back to the Google store, since I want to pick something up.
So, I quickly tried out Google VR, Google Daydream.
Very interesting, but I think with a smartphone the image is just too blurry.
But cool to try out, and at this time before work ends in the US, it's very relaxed here too.
And since I couldn't buy it in the store directly, quick stop at Best Buy.
Ok, that Best Buy didn't have any Google Home, probably because the Google employees send everybody there.
We also didn't managed to go somewhere else, so...
Visited a few stores and had dinner here in K-Town, I think you saw some clips.
Now I have a hot cider tea and head back to the hotel, see you later.
I hope you can here me despite the construction site across the street, new building popping up here in Manhattan.
This is 'The Glass Room' behind me, a cooperation of Mozilla and others.
It's illustrating how much data is collected about us, and what is being and can be done with this data.
Sure it's interesting and scary to see, and yet you keep using your devices like before. What can you do?
Well, it's late again, and now we're in Madison Square Garden for a Louis C.K. show. Hope it's good.
I should start to end my vlogs properly.
It was surprisingly crowded while leaving yeaterday, didn't expect that.
Entering the Madison Square Garden is done in a clever way, I'd say,
but leaving is a nightmare.
Today it's snowing here in Brooklyn, you see it's getting white in the background.
Got a quick breakfast from Dunkin Donuts, we'll see what else we do today.
A good old American breakfast later, and I'm on a boat to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
We'll see, it's quite cold outside, the waves look big, could be funny...
That's Manhattan,
somewhere back there is Ellis Island, which is the next stop,
and behind me, oh look, I found an European.
The good old Statue of Liberty. Hard to imagine that it was brought here by boat in pieces from France.
Now you can keep walking here for a bit and then head to Ellis Island.
I really want to check out, if someone with my surname immigrated to the US, would be interesting to know.
You've probably seen this memorial in other vlogs already.
It's basically two rings of metal plates with lots of names on them, as well as a third section.
So three sections in total, separated by time periods.
The list has 500,000 names of immigrants to the US who came here through Ellis Island.
Let's check if we can find someone with my name.
Ok, no Beuster among the early immigrants.
Also no Beuster between 1993 and 1995.
Even after 1995, no Beuster in the list. Maybe I should add one?
Behind me is the main building of Ellis Island, where all immigrations were processed.
We walked through it, lot's of big rooms that were filled with people and seating back then.
I would have liked to see a bit more of an exhibition instead of just information texts, but it is what it is.
Now back to Manhattan in roughly that direction, and I think we won't see each other before tomorrow.
Outside it's cold, rainy and not nice weather at all,
perfect day to stay inside, later with the Museum of Modern Arts, but first a good lunch and a juicy bison burger.
Mmm...
Definitely good!
That's it for the Museum of Modern Arts on a Saturday afternoon.
Noticeably less crowded then the free Friday evening, but now it's closing.
Let's see, maybe we find a holiday market, a cider, something small to eat, and tomorrow is a new day.
We're back, new day new luck, this time at the Flatiron Building. It's really flat and always fascinating to look at.
There's a art installation right here, were hammocks should be, but due to the rainy and snowy weather in the past days, they've been removed.
In front of me is Empire State Building and over there is Eataly, where we'll eat something small before the more fancy dinner tonight.
And later tonight at 11:30pm we go out and watch Star Wars.
After all, it's my birthday, time to have a nice and relaxed day and treat myself. Come with me.
And for those who don't know what Eataly is: It's basically like a big mall with lots of small food vendors,
as well as cafes, gelato places and restaurants for pizza, pasta, seafood and so on.
Plenty to choose from, there's even one vendor with Nutella products only, I think I will go there.
Definitely a cool movie theater, also I'm the last one in here.
Who sees it? Cursor on the screen.
It's really nice here with reclining seats and adjustable foot rests, very comfortable.
So if you're in Manhattan at Times Square and want to see a movie, Dolby Cinema at AMC Empire is worth a visit, even though it's more expensive.
$24 for a ticket is a lot, but absolutely worth it, sound and cinema feeling are on point here.
2:30am, 42nd St in the heart of Manhattan and close to Times Square, and there's nothing going on here.
Absolutely nothing, I've never seen it like that.
See? Nothing, except maybe two or three cars. But besides that? Nothing!
Even back there at Times Square, almost nothing. What's going on?
I mean come on, I'm standing right on Broadway and there's nothing, just nothing!
Even here at Times Square is nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Except for people walking through my shot.
Oh, mum wanted a selfie, so...
I think that's good.
Well, that almost brings this trip to an end.
New day with beautiful weather, maybe a bit windy and cold, but nice anyway.
Behind me is Manhattan, nice view from this small park here.
To the left is Jersey City... they try to get bigger but can't keep up with Manhattan.
It's impressive to see from here, how dense Downtown Manhattan really is.
Now I'm heading to JFK airport, going to Zurich, then Berlin, then home. Come on and join me on the last journey.
Finally got off from this plane.
One thing is for sure:
I'm not flying American Airlines again anytime soon.
The customer experience was awful right from the beginning.
I waited for 1.5 hours at check in, because there were issues.
And during the flight, they're not even trying to make up for the outdated airplane with good food.
At least in economy, American won't see me back anytime soon.
I mean, the 1.5 hour wait was not the check in, really just the queue for people with issues.
Or maybe I'm just grumpy because I couldn't sleep on the flight.
And the coffee is not kicking in yet, I need another one.
Did I mention yet, that an airport at this time is really cool? So empty... like Times Square.
A quick security and passport check later, I know have to wait.
My next gate to Berlin is announced in an hour.
So, I sit down here somewhere, probably close to a restroom, and we see each other in Berlin.
And now we're in Berlin!
Arrived, getting in the car and driving home.
Thanks to you for joining me on this trip.
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