Blogs from Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 5

Day 4 we are still waking up early, so breakfast with playtime then we headed out. We headed to Times Square and I lined up to try and get matinee tickets for the new hit musical Spiderman turn off that dark on broadway. While I did this i ended up on a billboard in Times Square - a niffty vodka ad puts the crowd in the ad. So the queue went quickly so I'd gotten our tickets by 10.05am. The kids and Greg returned later from window shopping with very exciting news, They were standing outside the Disney store in Times Square when they approached Kasey and asked her to open the store for them, she got to use the HUGE Disney key and opened the store - very exciting. They also gave her a replica ... read more

Empire state of mind Lauantai päätettiin alottaa lauttareissulla Staten Islandille. Toki syötiin aamupalat ja tehtiin aamutoimet rauhassa, mutta siitä sitten suunnattiin downtowniin, josta kaupungin metroverkostoon kuuluva staten island ferry kyyditti meidät saarelle. Reissun tarkotuksena ei tosiaan ollu muuta kun kattella loittonevaa manhattania ja matkan varrella ollutta vapauden patsasta. Manhattan näytti kaukaa koostuvan kuin legopalikoista. Vapauden patsas taas oli aika oletetun kokonen. Itse saarella ei keksitty mitään tekemistä eikä meillä olis oikeen ollu vielä voimiakaan hirveeseen lenkkeilyyn, joten otettiin lautta saman tien takasin. Tää lautta oli rauhallisempi ja saatiin istuskella rauhassa ilman suurempaa hässäkkää yhdessä ja kattella patsasta, joka vei voiton kaupungin kattelusta. Oli se kuitenkin aikamoinen jötkäle ihmisten rakentamaks. Paljon työtunteja on nähty sen e... read more

Hello to everyone!! Well, its hard to believe, but I'm sitting here writing this entry with just one day left until I get on a plane and head over to Thailand to start this adventure of a lifetime. If there's one thing I know for sure about this trip, its that I am definitely not looking forward to a 21 hour plane ride. Sunday, January 1st 2012 - NYC to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Bangkok. Since I moved back home fourweeks ago I've had a lot of time to think, and it dawned on me just how much of an adventure it has already been. Some say its reckless. Some have called it ballsy. I say its what life is all about. What started as an idea back in June has now come full force ... read more

New York We stayed in a lovely flat in Brooklyn (arranged via airb&b.com), a stones throw from the subway and local restaurants. With only 9 days and plenty to see off we set! Day 1: Massive breakfast in Brooklyn (maple syrup bacon & steak - meat feast!) and then out to Time Square to meet Tory’s friend Mark for a drink. On the way to the pub we passed a theatre in which Daniel Radcliff was performing and looked with pity at the line of people waiting for his autograph...an hour later we joined the line! Tory found her way to the front and competed successfully for Radcliff’s signature, alongside a 10 year old girl and a middle aged man with a tea tray and silver pen (No ordinary tea tray at that - It had ... read more

Could the start of a USA road trip begin any worse? Everything you could think of that could go wrong went wrong. Drenched and standing in front of an empty building with a For Lease sign on it. My road trip through the states was about to not even get started. My first port of call before seeing the sights of New York was the motor registration office to see if I could register a car. It turns out that a 3 month tourist visas doesn’t allow tourists to register. That meant I was left with the possibility to just risk it and buy a car on craigslist (a classifieds that provides a laugh or two on the prospect of driving the states in a ridiculous looking old car) and get pulled over. The other option ... read more