Travel Blog

Starting today off with Bo’s Bagels, the place was popping at this time of day. Seth picked up a special “The Ashley” with avocado, egg whites, red onion, pepper jack cheese, and siracha. “Too siracha, not enough avocado” - Seth Next on the agenda was the Natural History Museum. Not going to lie, I was in it for the coming to life creatures aka Night at the Museum. Unfortunately, everything seemed to stay put. ...

Deciding we couldn’t resist going back a getting yum cha again, we hopped on the subway and headed to Chinatown. BBQ buns. Seth really getting in there. Knowing that Little Italy was just around the corner, we waddled out and headed a few blocks over until we came across this view. Italian waiters everywhere trying to pull you into their restaurant. Classic Italian yum cha dessert. Wandering through the streets we spotted pasta, cheese, and an abundance of tourist shops. ...

Today started with a classic New York bagel from the corner street cafe. Picking up a coffee, we are always surprised by the massive sizing. Catching a train downtown we hit the Brazilian festival, our target however, was the Rockefeller Center. Sand sculpture opposite. Fountain opposite the sand sculpture opposite. Along this street was the Lego store, Chanel, Gucci, the whole shebang. We mainly went into the Lego store, which had a giant lego dragon running the length of the store. ...

We started today off with a load of laundry, having our pick of three laundromats within a two block radius. Finding one that could actually give us change, we got out 40 quarters to use the machines and Jordan settled in while Seth went out hunting for breakfast. Bellies full and feeling clean we headed onto the subway to head downtown. A few trains later we arrived at Ground Zero. ...

After an excellent sleep on what can only be described as a chip packet in the form of a mattress (plastic protective layer), we headed out to Central Park. We picked up some cold brew, baguette, and a chocolate chip walnut cookie on the way. Trying to bring her temperature down. Best cookie ever. Our destination was the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Walking through the park we encountered many interesting things. ...

All praise air conditioning. Awakening in the first of two AirBnB’s in New York, we opened our curtain to this lovely view of our hosts garden. Loveliest AirBnB. The mini fridge in our room was laid out with our breakfast we had prepared earlier, interesting yoghurts, strawberries, and (of course) iced tea. We packed our bags, starting to get very strategic with our new purchases filling up space and headed to the train station. ...