American Adventure

So we made it back to New York on the china town bus which was cheap as chips and as fast as scones. Got into town at about 9ish.. with sydney, went to the hotel she had booked, checked in and chilled out. Very nice, its a ramada, but she got us a cheap deal on it so it wasnt too bad. Me and sydney went and got a slice of pizza and b.rock checked his email, i slept on the floor that night as there was only 2 double beds and i ddnt fancy sharing, but brendan has the floor tonight! We woke up today and walked for a long long walk down to central park, we are on 34th. Walked around the park, saw the dakota building, strawberry fields etc. Was really great. We then went for lunch in this very quirky (sanctuary esque) place called serindepidy 3. It was great if not a bit on the pricey side but syd recomended it so we obliged. We then got the metro back up to the hotel and took a nap as we were all shattered with v sore feet. that was about 5, got up at 7 and headed out for the empire state. Stopped for dinner on the way at this japanese place, teryaki beef, average! then we walked to the empire state and went on up! Its just as breathtaking the second time, lots of great pictures and the views streched for 30 miles aparently tonite. Walked back via a street which felt like it had every single homeless person in new york on it, including one doing a poo.. very attractive! got back to the hotel and me and b.rock decided to head over to a 24hr burger king that has v cheap internet so that is where we are now, sydneys in the room doing a bit of school reading and we are out here doing a bit of home writing. Cant wait to get home now, still having an awesome awesome time, but im defo ready for home!! Right think thats about it, me and brendan are new york pros now, we know the streets, how to cross them like locals, we feel right at home, its hilarious cos im sure we still look like a pair of tourists but we feel the business! gona go.. lots of love to u all! xxxx

So we ended up in Boston in the end. Im really glad we did, this city is gorge. Its in new england, which makes perfect sense cos it really is just like england! we came up on the bus last night and got pickedup by sydney our mate. We gpt settled last night, went out for a curry then just hung out till about 1 ish before sleepytime. Woke this morn at half elevenish waited for syd to finish her class and then at one headed off into the city.Got off the train at harvard and had a walk around there, it was v interesting, really lovely campus. We then had lunch at this place called fire and ice, it was awesome there was like 5 salad bars full of ingredients, you chose what u wanted then u watched the guy cook it on the grill thing, i had a shark, calamari and prawn sweet curry with noodles, was delish. Defo need one of them places back home! Then we went looking round Boston proper, all v historic and lovely, saw alsorts of v important places in history that i dont really know! Then we came home and me and brendan have just been hanging out as syd does some work with the school weekly paper. Plan was to party tonight but its looking less and less likely so i think sleep and dinner may be on the cards.. heading back to NYC tomorow i rekon so dad your suggestions will be put into practise! (good old tour guide dad eh mum!!) mum, hilarious about your newfound facebook addiction, welcome to the world of the addict!! Anyway, brendans getting ratty about not having the comp so i better go! Lots of love to yall! xxxxxx

Hello all! Im gona keep this nice and brief cos ive rung home quite a bit recently so you all kinda know whats going on i guess. And im incredibly tired! So since me and mr blog last spoke Ive had 260 bucks stolen, which is always fun! Moved hotel, walked an average of 10,000 miles a day and seen lots and lots of new york! We woke up the morning we got robbed, checked out of the dive hotel and walked our bags over the block to the new nicer one, checked in and then hit 5th ave hard. We spent that day wandering about looking at 5th ave and all the shops. We then strolled into central park and had a look around, watched a baseball match and chatted to some old folk from just outside of york. It was very nice and when we got back to the hotel it was like arriving in luxury as it was so so much nicer than the crack house that we stayed in the night before, and from where i write this from cos they have cheap internet access! So today we have done alot more walking, we walked up 5th to central park, then back down, all the wa down broadway, past the flatiron, through china town (saw the frogs in the buckets again) and walked all the way back up town, just caught the underground for the last bit of it. So weve had a very tiring day, we had a little afternoon nap then we went out for dinner at bubba gumps shrimp house. Its a place based on forest gump the movie, kinda cheesy but quite nice. The plan was to go to boston tommorow but i dont think we are gona bother cos theres still loads to see here and it would mean getting a very dodgy bus from chinatown which we aint keen on. Also the girl who we would be staying with wants to come back here with us afterwards but we were planning on staying with shevani for the last few nights, but if sydney(boston girl) comes back we cant really do that.. all v complicated but im happy with staying here. I love it to bits. Plan is to go up the empire state tommorow night i think, got to try and extend our stay at the hotel by two nights also, the receptionist says that at the mo there are no vacancies but some should have come up by the morning! All seems very hit and miss but we shall see.. so tommorow may be dedicated to finding somwhere to stay, but it may not! Also gona go try see some more of central park and the dakota building etc.. we shall see. Dad, if mum says thats all fine then ill defo go buy that stuff for you, depending on the size of it all cos space is pretty tight as it is.. as in no room but ill defo try! right, sorry this must seem really distant but im sure ive told both mum and dad most things anyway?! lots of love to everybody! xxxx

Hey all.. so me and b.rock made it to New York, we found our hotel and weve had a stonking first day here. The hotel is defo seriously below standards, but so far humans are the only living things we have seen in the hotel so im ok with that. We hit New York HARD today, we got off the plane, got a bus into town found our hotel then set off for lunch/breakfast/ our first meal in 21 hours! Found a great little italian pizza place and gouged on delightfull pizzary goodness. We then hopped on the metro and headed for ground Zero, had a mooch, walked dwn to the water and decided to take a boat tour out, so it went round under brooklyn bridge, back out to the statue the up the west side of manhattan and back. It was great and we got some really nice pics etc. We then got back on the metro and headed for china town. Brendan was blown away with all the cheap sunglasses and cologne but he managed to avoid buying any.. even tho we got chased down the street (literaly 2 blocks) with some chinese guy shouting "buy it, buy it" at us. It was hilare. We then got back on the metro, got massivly lost for about an hour then managed to find our way back to the hotel. Weve both popped in for an internet and restroom break and now we are about to head out up 5th to check out the NBA shop. The hotel is literaly 100 yards from times square so it couldnt get alot better for location, and im sure we will get over the stains on the walls, and the bottles under the bed, and the hairs on the soap, and the lack of power cables on the TV, and the lack of english speaking people working here... its a delight. No but really, it has its charm, in a kind of "i really hope i dont catch anything from this place" kinda way. Anyways the Big Apple is calling us.. as is Boston on Wednesday, which should be amazing. Lots of love to you all... xxxxxxxxxx