Hampton Inn Manhattan Soho New York City

... salad. It felt good to sit down after lugging our suitcases to the second floor of the deli. The salads came a little while later, and we were floored at how LARGE they were…I mean these servings would feed a small village, and we were a bit perturbed they didn’t tell us that the meals were large…but I digress! We enjoyed a leisurely and tasty lunch. We decided to try to walk to the cruise terminal, as it was ...

11/10/09

11.10.09

I work up in the early hours and decided to get up and go see the city in its waking hours. I went to get a towel and passed a girl on the stairs and asked the time, 10.30. It turns out that the brick walls, just inches away from the windows of my room can make even a bright sunny morning feel like dawn.

As I am waiting for Elena to join me for a week on Tuesday I decided to avoid going to any of the "must sees ...

14 August 2009

Alright - enough already with the e-mails hounding me to write more blogs - well of the 100 memb**s on this I've actually had 2 such requests. You's are nathin' but a show** of B*%st%Rds - the lot of ya. I have arrived in Seattle (even though this blog is about New York) and my so called friends h**e keep asking me how my trip has been to which my response is "Can't you read?". I will be testing all you Oirish on the content of each entry upon my ...

... to see a line starting from 86th Street winding around the block on Broadway and ending at the next corner on 87th Street. The line moved slowly, after fifteen minutes I moved maybe ten feet. I read the book in my bag, called a friend, looked at a guy in front of me wearing red and white striped pants. A volunteer came outside to help us find which precinct we ...

... the contents of my bag... which he cut us off and said "have you got any fire arms?" I knew i forgot something! Its quite a sombre thing boarder crossings, your not meant to enjoy yourself. Crossing the boarder back in the to US was even more entertaining. They ask you the question "why were you in Canada?" like your ridiculous for leaving the United States in the first place. I was anticipating the following question to be "did you get lost on your way to Michigan or ...

... York, however, is. The people are really friendly, but that's probably because they know you're going to spend lots of money. The Hotel is nice, it's small but cosy and clean. The best part is it's just a short walk from the Empire State building. We visited it today and the view was breathtaking. Despite the fact that some of the winds could probably whoosh you off the top ...

Restaurants Abu Christo Barbounia The Big Itzik Herbert Samuel ...

... ourselves for our year away, here it is... Packing for a trip of this scale. Every person has different "essentials" matching their personal style and tolerance for carrying a heavy pack. We considered ourselves to be middle of the road but saw plenty of fellow travelers with significantly more or less gear than us. A big consideration in packing is the type of journey you are taking and the climate you will be traveling through. Our trip was ...