{"id":1981,"date":"2009-06-20T02:19:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T00:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2009-06-20T02:38:39","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T00:38:39","slug":"valor-y-al-toro-transfer-nyc-to-london-heathrow-via-aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/traba.org\/trabablog\/?p=1981","title":{"rendered":"Valor y al toro! (transfer NYC to London Heathrow via AA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intentar\u00e9 recordar qu\u00e8 vam fer fa 2 dies abans de marxar de NYC. Recordo que plovia, i molt. Vam sortir de casa amb la intenci\u00f3 de no mullar-nos massa i anar a veure el Chinatown de Queens que es veu que \u00e9s bastant millor que el Chinatown est\u00e0ndard. Primera decisi\u00f3 err\u00f2nia; per qu\u00e8 no agafar el metro al costat de casa (literalment a 5 metros de la porta), ja que plou, i en comptes d&#8217;aix\u00f2, anar caminant durant un quart d&#8217;hora per sota de la pluja i mullar-se ja de saque els peus i pantalons? Bona pregunta. Vam decidir mullar-nos. Vam agafar la l\u00ednia 7, que \u00e9s la que porta directe al Chinatown de Queens. Normalment triga 30 minuts en arribar a la \u00faltima parada. Aquest cop en va durar 60. No s\u00e9 quin desaprensiu va deixar un paquet desat\u00e8s al metro, i ja se sap, para el metro, registra el paquet&#8230; va acabar sent una fiambrera amb menjar.<\/p>\n<p>A l&#8217;arribar a Chinatoen ja era l&#8217;hora de dinar i vam acabar al Happy Holidays, on un men\u00fa com aquest no arribava a 5$. Bo, no es pot dir que fos. Barato, si.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0843-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0843\" width=\"484\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vam menjar tot el qu\u00e8 vam poder (no de quantitat, \u00e9s clar), i cap a la pluja un altre cop. Aquella mateixa nit a les 21h hav\u00edem d&#8217;agafar l&#8217;avi\u00f3 cap a London, i hav\u00edem d&#8217;estar a l&#8217;aeroport cap a les 19h. Eren passades les 16h i encara estavem per Queens. Per\u00f2 el dia encara es va tor\u00e7ar una mica m\u00e9s. La \u00fanica l\u00ednia de metro que ens portava a l&#8217;apartament on ten\u00edem les maletes, s&#8217;havia quedat sense electricitat i no funcionava ni hi havia cap mena de previsi\u00f3 que funciones en la propera hora. Haviem de buscar un plan alternatiu! i despr\u00e9s de passejar pel barri (ben bonic per cert, que val la pena donar una volta), vam aconseguir trobar la via alternativa a casa: el tren. Que no tenia tarifa integrada!!! Argh! per\u00f2 no va passar res. El tren era gratis perqu\u00e8 el metro no funcionava. Ens va deixar impressionats aix\u00f2. Dues companyies privades, es comuniquen i a sobre la que ha de treballar no cobra&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sense m\u00e9s entrebancs vam arribar o hem arribat, ja no s\u00e9 perqu\u00e8 encara no he dormit, a London. I com no, a dinar a un japo. El tercer del Time Out Japos de London. Per l&#8217;aspecte de la porta, mai hi haur\u00edem entrat, per\u00f2 un cop a dintre, bo i barato!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0850-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0850\" width=\"484\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Com \u00e9s habitual en aquest restaurants que els porta un matrimoni japon\u00e8s, l&#8217;home cuina i la dona serveix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0845.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0845-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0845\" width=\"484\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Els nigiris d&#8217;at\u00fan, de salm\u00f3 i de toro. Que la senyora ens ha vingut tota compungida a dir que el toro no era tan bo com hauria de ser, i que ens el cobraria el mateix que com si fos at\u00fan. Ojal\u00e0 ens haguessin fet aix\u00f2 el dia que el toro no valia res al Yamadori! A preu d&#8217;or que el van cobrar &gt;:(<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0846.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0846-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0846\" width=\"484\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I els makis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0847-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0847\" width=\"484\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Els makis amb la Laia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0849-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0849\" width=\"484\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finalment hem arribat a l&#8217;Aparthotel, rebentats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0851.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0851-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0851\" width=\"484\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I una altra pseudodesgr\u00e0cia. Veieu alguna cosa diferent al Francesc, a part de la barba de 2 dies?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0855.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0855-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0855\" width=\"484\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ho heu endevinat? Si? Les ulleres! Si si, no noves!! I \u00e9s que ha tingut un petit problemilla quan s&#8217;ha tret les ulleres, i minuts despr\u00e9s quan no recordava on les havia deixat, s&#8217;hi ha assegut a sobre i les ha partit per la meitat. Jo he anat a coprar cola per pl\u00e0stic\u00a0 cinta a\u00efllant per\u00f2 cap de les dues coses ha servit per res. Se les ha trencat pel pont entre els 2 ulls i no hi havia manera! Aix\u00ed que hem anat a una \u00f2ptica i despr\u00e9s de v\u00e0ries etapes semblants a una gimcana, hem aconseguit que ens facin unes ulleres en menys de 20 minuts.<\/p>\n<p>Aquesta guia que s&#8217;est\u00e0 llegint el Francesc \u00e9s la guia que ens iluminar\u00e0 aquests dies per Londres: la guia de London seguint la ruta dels Pubs de Real Ale. Si Llegiu coses rares el blog, la culpa \u00e9s de la guia. Com avui, qu\u00e8 ser\u00e0 que escric tant? El Jet Lag&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0860-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0860\" width=\"484\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finalment, a l&#8217;hora de sopar ja han arribat el Leo, la Luza l&#8217;Ermen i l&#8217;Ada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0862.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.traba.org\/trabablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/img-0862-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0862\" width=\"484\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despr\u00e9s de sopar, vol\u00edem comen\u00e7ar per un Pub, per\u00f2 tanquen a les 23h i hem arribat a les 23:05h \ud83d\ude41 dem\u00e0. De totes maneres hem anat a un pub on tenien cerveses normaletes. Han servit igual.<\/p>\n<p>Per cert, que l&#8217;aparthotel, que es du Grand Plaza, est\u00e0 prou b\u00e9. Tenim un d\u00faplex amb 3 habitacions i 2 banys. Nom\u00e9s na cosa, per arribar a l&#8217;habitaci\u00f3, hem de fer un graaan passillo!<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/tE5t8q-rkO8&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/tE5t8q-rkO8&amp;hl=es&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intentar\u00e9 recordar qu\u00e8 vam fer fa 2 dies abans de marxar de NYC. Recordo que plovia, i molt. 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