I mean, 'Love Actually' VS 'Home Alone 2'
New York or London? We know that choosing between both destinations is complicated. One of them is the city that never sleeps, where anything can happen and where —at least that's what they say— all your dreams can come true. The other is the European city that gathers more gentlemen per square meter, where music is considered a religion, the birthplace of Peter Pan and where Sherlock Holmes solved his unusual crimes.
But… what if one more ingredient is added to this great dilemma? **Christmas **. In Traveler we have helped each other in two of our favorite films for the month of December, home alone 2 Y Love Actually , to solve —if it is possible— the great dilemma. What is the quintessential Christmas destination? And even more difficult, Macaulay Culkin or Hugh Grant?
NEW YORK CHRISTMAS ACCORDING TO 'HOME ALONE 2'
1. See the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Kevin is not stupid and when he realizes that he is alone in the Big Apple, he does not hesitate for a second to follow the classic Christmas itinerary point by point. Seeing the Rockefeller Center tree lit up is the first stop for any Christmas lover. Its more than 20 meters high and its more than 30,000 little lights They would soften even the Grinch himself.
Witness the lighting of the Rockefeller Center tree
two. Cross the Brooklyn Bridge in the famous yellow taxis, while sticking your head out the window like an amazed dog.
3. Skating in one of the most emblematic ice rinks in the world. The skating rink Rockefeller Center , along with the Top of the rock, undoubtedly shares the spotlight with the gigantic tree. From 8:30 a.m. to midnight, Any Javier Fernández López impersonator can skate for $25 . Although the city that never sleeps has an extensive offer. Central Park and Bryant Park are other dream places to slide on the ice.
Four. Although it is also very cold in London, we are not going to deny it. In New York it is more likely to snow.
Cross the Brooklyn Bridge
5.**Go to the MET Opera at least once in your life**. Although Kevin's friend —the woman with the pigeons— had a privileged box from where she listened to the best North American and international voices and without paying a penny, going to the Metropolitan Opera House It is not a bad idea. Watch L'amour de Loin on Christmas' Eve, The magic Flute after christmas or Romeo and Juliet December 31 —and without pigeons around you— can be the perfect Christmas plan.
6. Book a room at the Hotel Plaza ... and ask for a luxury room with your father's card to end up giving the bellman a tip of used chewing gum.
In one of the rooms of the Plaza
7. Feed the pigeons and on top of that make a friend for life.
8. That they give you a pair of turtledoves to decorate your tree , the representation of a friendship that will live forever.
9. Saving Christmas from an entire orphanage and help the owner of a huge toy store. Although after the closure of the mythical toy store FAO Schwarz , due to high rents, we may stay with Hamleys in London.
10.**Finally, send your fetish offenders to jail (again)**.
the lady of the pigeons
LONDON CHRISTMAS ACCORDING TO 'LOVE ACTUALLY'
1. Go to Heathrow Airport to see how families and friends get together before Christmas. If you're a hopeless romantic, this scene is perfect for realizing what really matters during the holidays.
two. Attend a wedding (or just visit) the Grosvenor Chapel on South Audley Street. We cannot promise you that a choir will appear singing All you need is love.
3.**Buy your Christmas presents at Whiteleys Shopping Center** and find Mr. Bean doing some Isasaweis-worthy wrapping. It is the oldest shopping center in the capital and his tree has more than 10,000 bulbs . Although London has a very long list of addresses where to find gifts for all audiences: Harrods, Harvey Nichols Read or Savile Row, for the wealthiest, and Carnaby Street, Covent Garden or Notting Hill for the most eclectic.
Attend a wedding in Grosvenor South Audley Street
Four. Although New York has its acclaimed Central Park, London has nothing to envy with its most emblematic parks: Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens . Strolling under the snow – if you're lucky – while looking for the hidden statue of Peter Pan, is an instant return to childhood.
5. Go see a performance of a primary school where a lobster and an octopus also have their place in the manger. Who wouldn't line up to see that? especially if it ends with Hugh Grant kissing Martine McCutcheon.
Go see a performance of a primary school
6. Who remembers Rockefeller Center, if you can skate on one of the most beautiful ice rinks in the world. Neither more nor less than on the banks of the Thames River and one of Britain's great historic buildings, Somerset House with christmas tree included.
7. Sit on South Bank , while a little boy confesses to you that he has a crush on the coolest girl in school. And it is that the views that are obtained of the city from the bench that is in front of the Riviera restaurant are incredible. Just south of the River Thames, near the station Waterloo , you can see the London Eye, the suspension bridge Millennium Bridge or St Paul's Cathedral , among many other emblematic monuments.
Love Actually
8. Go through an airport exempt from any type of security to declare your love to that girl you like.
9. Walk around trafalgar square and enjoy one of the most popular Christmas events in London: the lighting of the tree. Also, if you are a big fan of these festivities, in the same square you can listen to a choir singing Christmas carols at the foot of the fir tree.
10. someone tell you “To me, you are perfect” at the door of your house and… with posters!
To me, you are perfect
Although after weighing the points in favor of both cities, we believe that the best solution is to spend Christmas in each place to make a decision. And only at that moment, choose the christmas destination . There are times that not even the seventh art can give us all the answers.
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