New York Part 2

Happy Friday! 

This day 2 weeks ago I was in New York, waaah! I did this post in two parts as I couldn't fit it all in one post, here's Part 1, if you want to have a read. I honestly didn't expect to love this city as much as I did. I thought the crowds of people would make me anxious but I kinda loved the rush! There is so much to see and even though we got a lot done in the few days we were there, there is so much more we had left to do and see. 

On Saturday, we went to grand central station, which I was very excited about seeing. It's pretty cool and after taking a million pictures we headed towards the world trade memorial. This is something I didn't want to leave New York without doing however I was a bit nervous about how upsetting it might be. 

Before we went inside the museum, we walked around the area where the two towers once stood. It was a weird feeling. What is there now is two beautiful man-made waterfalls and engraved all around it the names of the people who died. Reading all the names and seeing flowers laid down was very emotional. It is such a huge area and its crazy to think two enormous buildings were there.

The museum is really interesting but extremely sad. A worker was telling a story about the fire officers in this fire truck above and I had to walk away as it was upsetting to listen to. I would recommend it to learn about things you might not know about 9/11 but it feels weird seeing people taking selfies etc in a place where so many people died. After this we decided to do something fun as the memorial had us both feeling a bit down. We took a stroll to battery park and looked at the statue of liberty from a distance. I didn't have much interest heading out to the statue but maybe next time.

After a busy day we went for a drink in The Dead Rabbit. "The world's best bar", which I found hard to see why. Its overrated and overpriced. You'll find much better bars I think. It's Irish though so I had to have a look. We went to Brooklyn that night for food and drinks and I loved the area so much. We went to a bar that was a converted car garage called Hot Bird, so cool!

On Sunday we went for brunch in Maison Kayser, it was yummy and I wanted everything from the bakery. After that we wanted to walk it off so we went to the High Line, an old railway line transformed into a park. It is an enjoyable walk and you get an amazing view of the Hudson River. The walk was very busy towards the end so we decided to check out the Chelsea Market and meat packing area. With such nice weather that day and all weekend as a matter of fact, I got a feel of how amazing this area would be in summer time.

We met up with my friend after and went for a few drinks on some rooftop bars around this area. The views were incredible! A great way to spend our last night.

On Monday, it was our last day. I always feel on the last day of a trip you're just waiting around to leave for the airport. We weren't leaving for the airport until 5pm so we made the most of it. We walked around stalking peoples houses after brunch and headed to Central Park and The MET. We only briefly walked around Central Park the first day so I was glad we got to see more. You could spend the whole day there, I would love to go back in the summer and have a picnic in there. The MET was good too, I'm not going to lie though, I was more interested in taking pictures on the steps outside. Lol!

As I said previously I really didn't expect to love New York as much I did but I honestly think it is one of my favourite places I have ever been too. We had a great few days and being able to meet my friends again was the icing on the cake. I'm already looking forward to going back, when I have money again lol. If you want to see the video I made check it out on my Facebook page.

Talk soon xx

Zita J 

New York Part 1

Happy Saturday all, hope you are having a nice weekend. So you may have seen from the overload of Snapchats, Instagram and Facebook photos that I went to New York last weekend. I had never been and one of my friends from home was going so we decided we would meet there. 

As we got so much done in our short time I said I would split this blog post into two parts. When you  take nearly 2,000 photos its kinda hard to pack it into one post!lol.

I took Friday off from work and we got the first flight out to New York on the Friday morning. We flew from Toronto City Airport which is a 10 minute walk from where we live and if I could fly out of this airport every time, I would. Its small, quiet and quick. Its amazing. 

The flight is an hour and a half from Toronto so we were in Manhattan and all for 9.30am. We walked from Penn station to our hotel and stumbled upon Time Square while heading there. Of course we stopped for pictures. Time Square was very quiet at this time of the morning.

We were able to check into our hotel early, which was great as we didn't have to drag our bags around while exploring. The hotel we stayed in was Hudsons Hotel and was very central, just a 10 minute walk to central park. It was very modern and clean and the only negative I would have was the bathroom was tiny, like really tiny. Your knees touched the wall when on the bowl and I am short haha!

After freshening up we headed out to explore and get some food. We briefly went into central park but I was getting hangry so we had to feed me! lol.

After our food, neither of us knew where we were going so we just kept walking. We walked passed the Rockefeller building and decided to go up to the 'Top of the Rock'. I was blown away by the views, it was incredible. The day was so clear and we could see so much. If you haven't been to New York I would highly recommend going up to the top of the Rockefeller building. It was probably my favourite thing we did all weekend. It really is breathtaking!

By the time we had all that done, my friend Linda had arrived from home so I was dying to see her. She has been to New York numerous time and was so helpful when it came to places to eat and see. Since it was a short trip  we didn't want to waste time doing things that you could go without seeing.

After being reunited we went for drinks in New York biggest rooftop bar called 230 fifth. They have communal igloos and blankets and when it got dark the view of the empire state was incredible.

  

After a busy day we went to Greenwich village for some food and then headed to our hotel to sleep and prepare for another busy few days. I didn't expect to fall in love with New York that fast and some more fun was yet to come.....

Part 2 to follow.

Talk soon xx

Zita J