So that was my first week in NYC.
After a trouble-free flight from Vienna to NY John F. Kennedy Airport I first checked in to Hotel Pennsylvania at 7th Avenue. Though it’s nicely located, the rooms are kinda shabby. I stayed at the Hotel until March 1st when I moved to my room at the de Hirsch Residence. The size of the room could be compared to my room at the Kolpinghaus Dornbirn where I stayed at my first year at FHV.
Unfortunately at the de Hirsch Residence I have to share bathroom, toilets and the kitchen with about 20 other people. I had to deal with that in Dornbirn and it keeps getting me sick. So I think I might move to a shared apartment during the next 2 months. I currently pay a lot of money for this room (USD 1150 per month) and I think it must be possible to find some nicer place to stay at that price.
On Wednesday I was so smart to go to a Deli for lunch - and ended up in Lenox Hill Hospital at midnight. My stomach hurt and I must have had fever too. The doctors and nurses were very kind and friendly which helped a lot. After some check-ups and scans they let me go on Thursday, 9pm. There must have been someything bad with the food at the Deli (I’m really sure)…
A very varied first week. To be continued…