Finally actually got up when the alarm went off this morning! 9.30 I was up and had a shower, finished getting ready, and then headed off to meet up with Mark and Jon for brekkie, yet again at our favourite diner – Metro Diner! I went for the bacon and eggs option again! Following that, Madi headed down to get her social security number, and Mark, Jon and I went to the American Museum of Natural History to see the Brain Exhibition, and go to the Planetarium. We bought our tickets, and went straight to the Planearium. This show was narrated by Whoopi Goldburg which was pretty cool, and the visual effects were brilliant. However, her voice was quite soothing and as we were pretty much laying in these seats to watch the roof, I was ... read more

Sunday morning I got up and dressed, rather late in the morning, and headed to catch the subway towards Times Square. Had a bit of a walk around, and then wondered over to the Box Office at the Shubert Theatre to see if I could get tickets to see the musical Memphis at 3pm. I managed to get a seat up on the 3rd level, 2nd last row. I figured that would do! I had an hour or two to kill, so I had another walk around the Times Square area. I looked in a couple of little shops, then saw a nice looking pizza place, and headed it for a slice of Cheese Pizza. Brilliant! Cannot get enough of Cheese pizza!! Once I’d finished, I headed back out, and decided to have a look in ... read more

Day 2 was my first full day in NYC! I woke up early because it was so so hot in our room. We don’t know how to turn our heater off, though I’ve had another fiddle with it. And even with our window open it’s not really cooling the room down at all, you just have to go over to it for some relief! Plus I’m on the top bunk so it’s probably even hotter up here! I made a note to try and find some more summery pjs cheap if I could! I attempted to snooze a bit more, and before I knew it, it was 11! Got up and had a shower, then headed out! Our street is off Central Park, so I had a walk through there. It was so unbelievably pretty with ... read more

Or should I say forward to the past..? I arrived at Melbourne airport at around 10am, with plenty of time to spare before my flight was due to leave, at 1pm. After checking in my bag, Mum and I headed to good old McDonald’s for a quick bite to eat, where I realised I’d left my credit card at home… No big deal really, I wasn’t planning on using it when I have my travelex card… But would have been nice to have just in case. Needless to say I started to freak out a little bit.. I actually got quite nervous before flying this time, I’ve no idea why… I don’t think I did last time. I said goodbye to Mum – she cried =P – and went through the international gates. Firstly had to ... read more

As we had a late checkout of 2pm, we had our first sleep in in what felt like forever! We packed up all our belongings for the final time, and headed down to the lobby at around 1.30pm. They let us leave our luggage in a storage area, and bought tickets to catch the trolley car down to Manhattan Plaza. The half hour trip took us along the scenic route, along Manhattan beach which was lovely. We found a Victoria's Secret, so we had a good look around there, but there wasn't anything else too exciting there. We went into a CVS to grab our last supply of US candies (yum!) then headed over to a California Pizza Kitchen. Fantastic pizzas, didn't disappoint. We followed it with the biggest sundae I think I've ever shared! Amazing ... read more