Category: New York City
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NYC By the Numbers
After an amazing three days in New York City (plus two days which included travel), it’s time to break down how much I spent! When we first started planning New York, we explored a lot of different options for how to get there (where I live, we could have driven down and taken a train…
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NYC Day 5: Final Goodbyes
Our last day in New York City came with rain. We got a slow start to the morning, sleeping in a bit before making a quick trek to Starbucks. With coffee in hand, we returned to the hostel and took our time packing up our stuff. (This trip was done with my 40L Osprey Fairview…
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NYC Day 4: Shopping, Greenwich Village, & Broadway
Easily one of my most anticipated days of the trip! (And if you’ve been keeping up with my other posts, that’s definitely saying something.) We started the morning in our usual way: coffee in hand and a jaunt over to the subway. Destination? Times Square. It was quite a bit quieter there before nine a.m.,…
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NYC Day 3: Statue of Liberty, Central Park, & the Financial District
Today was action-packed! We were up and out the door to get bagels from the Brooklyn Bagel and Coffee Company, who reputedly have the best bagels in New York City. While I can’t exactly speak to that, I can say that they are enormous, and positively loaded with the cream cheese spread of your preference.…
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NYC Day 2: Brooklyn, the Met, & the Empire State Building
Today started after quite the long night’s sleep. I’m used to the constant drone of a highway, but the city that never sleeps dishes up a whole cacophony of noises through the night, including but not limited to, slamming doors, horns honking, and people talking. Too bad this place doesn’t have thicker walls. But thanks…
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NYC Day 1: Travel & Times Square
Day One started bright and early at 7:00am (yes, that’s early for me) as we woke up, gathered a few last-minute items for packing, and headed to the airport. My first time in an airport in two and a half years . . . I can’t tell you how much I missed it. The smell…
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