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    Statue of Liberty

    27 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    After some chicken and chips for lunch I boarded the free Staten Island ferry! This passes close by the Statue of Liberty and again offers great views of Manhattan, particularly at the back of the boat but there was absolutely nobody there for some reason!Leer más

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    Roosevelt Island Tramway

    27 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    As we headed towards the late afternoon I boarded the Roosevelt Island Tramway. These red cable car type vehicles take 7 minutes to ascend, cross the West Channel and descend into Roosevelt Island.

    Fun fact: It was once an Impractical Jokers punishment that Joe had to stand on the top of one of the cable cars dressed as Fat Man whilst it crossed the river. Whilst watching the show I didn't think it was a bad punishment but now I realise how scary it must have been!    Leer más

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    Pier 35 at Sunset

    27 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    After leaving the ferry at pier 11 I wandered down to pier 35 to enjoy the very last of the sunset over Manhattan, with Brooklyn to the left and their corresponding bridges down river ahead. What a way to end the day! Another busy one racking up 30,000 steps 💪Leer más

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    Flatiron Building & Harry Potter

    28 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    My next stops were a Flatiron Building absolutely covered in scaffolding and then a Harry Potter shop with everything you could ever imagine. It must have sold 50+ different types of wands including those of charachters I've never heard of and a few of those I have heard of, but thought why on earth would you want the wand of Malfoy's mum or Professor Slughorn (about 1/5 of the wands are pictured here). Similarly, it had extensive ranges of Hufflepuff merchandise, equal to that of Gryffindor and still I beg who is buying Hufflepuff merch. Either way, an impressive shop.Leer más

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    Random Manhattan

    28 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    From Little Island I took a walk some way down the river. It was a lovely pedestrianised area that I took no photos of.

    What I can provide photos of however is:
    Pic 1: Stat Wars art.
    Pic 2: The Friends apartment.
    3 & 4: Washington Square.
    5: Me eating an apple in the Big Apple.
    6: Serhant HQ from the Netflix series 'Owning Manhattan'.
    7, 8 & 9: Ghostbusters HQ which is also a real working fire station!
    10: The HQ of YouTuber Casey Neistat, not overly glamorous.    Leer más

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    Natural History Museum & Banksy

    28 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    I was heading to see the fair ground / fire bell Banksy and just happened to get off at the metro stop of the Natural History Museum which I'd forgotten was even in New York. Of course this is where A Night at the Museum is set. I then headed on towards the Banksy.Leer más

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    NYCFC v Queretaro

    28 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    This evenings activity was New York City FC v Queretaro. Previous representatives of NYCFC have been Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, David Villa, however I'd heard of precisely zero of their current squad.

    The game took place at the Yankee Stadium, home of course of the New York Yankees, and became the 100th ground I've seen a match at. Not a bad place to mark the centenary.

    The game itself was part of a tournament between at 29 MLS teams and the 18 Mexican Premier Division teams, this being the first game of the group stage. The match itself was relatively uneventful but NYC missed some very good chances. In the end it was a 0-0 draw but with a penalty shootout at the end for an extra point which NYC ended up winning.    Leer más

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    Rain & Central Park

    29 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    In a few days I was set to leave New York using the Frontier airlines GoWild! pass. I thought I'd have a go at signing up and discovered that you needed to be a US citizen to buy one. Oh no. So, I spent last night devising a route of bookable flights through all of my desired destinations, and spent this morning booking said flights and a few of the accommodations. It was also absolutely lashing down so wasn't a bad time to do it.

    Since I'd covered pretty much all of New York in my first few days I was a relatively free spirit today. So I wandered through the east side of Central Park and read my Kindle for a while at a lovely spot l by a lake. I also passed my the MET art gallery and an Alice in Wonderland monument.    Leer más

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    5th Avenue

    29 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    5th avenue is arguably New York's most famous street so I wandered from Central Park all the way to the very end of it. Passing all of the major shops plus the Plaza, Trump Tower, the cathedral and of course another Ryder lorry. I treated myself to a Corn Dog at the end.Leer más

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    NYC > Boston

    30 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    After 4 busy days in NYC it was time for probably the first proper travel day in a while, with a 4.5 hours bus in the middle of the day to Boston!

    First however it was time to wave goodbye to my bug rucksack as I leave it in storage until I return to NYC at the end of my trip! I took the smallest storage unit they had (4 ft x 4 ft) which my bag nowhere near filled up! For £40 for the month in Manhattan you could definitely sleep in this space if you curled up a bit! Follow for more bargain New York tips!

    The journey to Boston was very smooth and I used some of the time to plan what I would be doing once I arrived.    Leer más

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    Fort Point Channel

    30 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Next up I headed towards the centre of town to the Fort Point Channel with great views over to central Boston! This area is also home to the Boston Tea Party Museum, commemorating when the Americans hijacked a British shipment of tea and dumped it all into the river, which is what really kickstarted the war for independence.

    Also close to here was of course a PwC!    Leer más

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    Harvard University

    31 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    First of all this morning I wandered into town to pick up some breakfast before jumping on the metro to Harvard University! The University is not in Boston itself but just across the river in the neighbouring town of Cambridge.

    Alumni of the university include Barack Obama, JFK, Matt Damon, George Bush, Mark Zuckerberg, Al Gore and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

    When I arrived it was hammering down with rain and this continued on and off for a while. Nevertheless I enjoyed wandering the red brick campus and was surprised to find a 'Lesley University' literally across the road.    Leer más

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    Boston Common

    31 de julio de 2024, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    I returned to central Boston to grab some lunch and had a look around the start of the 'Freedom Trail' beginning at Boston Common, the US' oldest public park. The first few stopes were the state house, a church and a cemetary where lie 3 signers of the Declaration of Independence.Leer más

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