Tourists who do not know the concept "low profile"
1. DON'T LOOK UP ALL THE TIME
With a shocked face. "Wow, how big is everything in this city."
two. GO QUICK
Do not walk slowly and stop every few minutes, dry, to consult the map. Or the guide. Or the map and the guide at the same time. Or take a photo with the iPad.
book tourist
3. TAKE THE SUBWAY
“I have been told that you can go everywhere on foot and that the metro…”. Yes, it's dirty, it smells bad, it's very hot in summer and also in winter, but also It's the best way to get through Manhattan.
Four. AND IF YOU TAKE IT...
a) Do not take too long to buy the ticket. Leave with the lesson learned: what is the Metrocard, what is better, for one day, top up, for the week. Try looking at the faces of the New Yorkers you're keeping waiting, to realize that something is wrong.
b) Learn, by mimesis, to pass the card to enter the subway. “Please, swipe again” (“Please, swipe the card again”). Not too fast, not too slow, and by magnetic stripe. That's what that New Yorker who bumped into you with that growl is trying to tell you.
5. DON'T TALK SLOWLY, BUT MOST OF ALL, DON'T TALK LOUD
Don't do it in your own language either: "I want one of these". They speak English, they are not deaf They don't understand you.
6.**DO NOT WEAR THESE T-SHIRTS**
7. OR THOSE STATUE OF LIBERTY CROWNS
Foam rubber!
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8. WILL YOU REALLY SMILE WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAOS OF TIMES SQUARE?
Don't fall into the cliché of saying, "It's like I've already been here, because of the movies, you know, Mari?" And then, avoid taking a picture with a flabby Batman.
Photos PHOTOS and more photos in Times Square
9. SKIP THE LINE AT ABERCROMBIE & FITCH ON FIFTH AVENUE
Or at the Apple store. Are you going to wait until you see a toy store (F.A.O Schwartz)? Do it, instead, in the places that are cool according to the New York Times.
10. WILL YOU LINE UP EVEN TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH A BULL?
And she ends up touching his balls. To the bull. NO.
Queue up to see a bull
11.**AVOID QUEUING AT THE BURGER JOINT**
Secret burger joint they say, ha. The queue goes around more times than the Disneyland attractions.
12. DO NOT TAKE PHOTOS HERE
The pro tourist even ends up making one by eating a croissant. And then he walks in, not to buy anything. Or buy the cheapest. That Tiffany's looks like El Corte Inglés of opportunities , Oh my God.
One of the most photographed shop windows
13. ALSO AVOID TAKING PHOTOS HERE
That the neighbors are up to their noses, of course.
14. AND STOP PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOUNTAINS OF GARBAGE
Those that New Yorkers no longer see, feel, or suffer from.
fifteen. DO NOT DRAG A SUITCASE THROUGH THE CITY.
A suitcase for each member of the family? It's okay that somewhere you have to put the purchases but...
drag your suitcase
16. ONLY YOU (AND OTHERS LIKE YOU) WILL FILL BUSES TO NEW JERSEY
To the outlets in New Jersey.
17.**DON'T DRIVE ALL OVER MANHATTAN TO GO TO B&H**
(Better known as 'The technology store of the Jews') to discover that it is closed for a Jewish holiday.
18. IF YOU STILL NOTICE THE BAD ODOR OF THE CITY, YOU ARE A TOURIST
The smell of the subway, the smell of accumulated garbage, the smell of kebab mixed with Chinese food and Cuban food and pizza.
19.**IF YOU SEE ONE, DON'T YELL "A RAT!" (AND DON'T PERPETUE IT ON YOUR CAMERA!)**
While the New Yorker thinks: “So what?”.
twenty. DON'T PAY $3 A MINUTE TO GET ON A PEDICAB.
Or a rickshaw, or a bike taxi. Whatever you want to call it. But it's 3 dollars a minute! Be it cold or be it hot.
new york rickshaw
twenty-one. AVOID THE TYPICAL RIDE THROUGH CENTRAL PARK IN A HORSE CARRIAGE
Believing you to be the Robert Redford and the Jane Fonda of barefoot in the park . Really? Tourists and coachmen are the only ones today who regret that they may be prohibited.
22. THE LIST OF 'NEW YORK FREE PLANS' SURPLUS
Because you've probably paid $3 a minute to ride a bike taxi.
23.**DO NOT TAKE THE FERRY FROM MANHATTAN TO STATEN ISLAND (GOING AROUND ON THE SAME FERRY)**
As much as I put it on your free New York list.
24. AND YES, IT WILL BE INEVITABLE FOR YOU TO SAY "WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK LONGER NEXT TIME"
Proud in your I LOVE NY t-shirt and mug.
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Naked Cowboy, the 'monument' of Times Square