New York

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. ...

We left Chicago with some delay but have made it to New York. Catching the blue line one final time all the way into O’Hare airport, we arrived at 7:30am and headed to the nearest Starbucks. We shouldn’t have worried though, there were three total in the building. You can’t step without joining a line for a complicated order. Emerging with a 12 ounce almond flat white and a mumble of words that formed into a coffee for Seth. ...

There’s not much to see at the moment but over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing some of our experiences while we’re overseas.