I went to the desk and asked for a ticket, but the lady was reluctant to give me one, she said that it was too foggy and cloudy and you couldn't see anything, and there was no refund..etc..

" I have about 5 hours left in NY, so just let me go up there, i will figure it out, " i said.

She seemed to be surprised by my determination, and asked where i was from, when i answered-Bulgaria, she immediately turned to her colleague and said:

" She is from Bulgaria as well! "

At that point the other girl just turned lazily and said " Zdraviei " in accented Bulgarian, i returned the gesture and got in the elevator. The ride up was quite exhilarating, 0-70floor in about 10 seconds...Wow...

There were 3 terraces, the first two with glass walls, and free unobstructed view on the top. I was warned that i should use my tripod only on one leg, because it's not allowed to use three. I did some shots with three anyway, but then they warned me again, and i decided to use the natural tripods around- the stone fences. One of the security guys was from Croatia, and we chatted a bit in a mixture of Bulgarian, Croatian..and something else, which i like to call "Balkan". It was pretty  cold up there you can imagine- wind, rain and all sorts of cold stuff, that makes you shiver. I spend around 40 minutes up there, and headed down frozen and happy.