Xmas & NYE in USA

December 2018 – January 2019

December 2018 - January 2019
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kateishandstanding Xmas & NYE in USA
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- Day 1
- Sunday, December 16, 2018
- 🌧 4 °C
- Altitude: 57 m
- United States Manhattan Church of the Nazarene 40.755723, -73.98487740°45’21” N 73°59’6” W
A Very Long December 16th 2018
December 16, 2018 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 4 °C
We departed Sydney at 9:15am 16th Dec 2018, arrived in Tokyo after a 10.75 hour flight at 5pm 16th Dec 2018. After a 12.75 hour flight to NYC, we arrived at 6:10pm 16th Dec 2018. We were nearly tricked into paying $137+tax+tolls+tip with a dodgy driver pretending to be a taxi/unmarked Uber. Happy to say we escaped and paid a real taxi $75 inclusive to get to our hotel safely. We ate dinner at the restaurant in our hotel and turned in for the night.Read more
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- Day 2
- Monday, December 17, 2018
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- United States WQXR-FM (New York)40.748451, -73.98559640°44’54” N 73°59’8” W
Day 1 NYC
December 17, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Probably hard to call it Day 1.. more like 0.5 as we set the alarm for 8am but didn’t drag ourselves out of bed until nearly 6am Sydney time.. (2pm NYC). We went straight to Times Square, where I must admit I was a little disappointed. I didn’t even know what to take a picture of because nothing was that cool. Also, not impressed with the smell of the streets or the subway. I’ve smelt loads of different smells today and none of them were a Sweet Pea Candle like scent. We looked a couple of Macy’s windows and made our way back to the hotel for Mike to make a work call. We are Chipotle for dinner (again disappointing). Our nighttime activity was exploring the Empire State Building! We went to floors 80, 86, and 102. We came, we saw, we froze. Great view though. $1 oysters for dinner and Dunkin Donuts for dessert. Yum.Read more
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- Day 3
- Tuesday, December 18, 2018
- ☀️ 1 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States Statue of Liberty 40.688821, -74.04450440°41’20” N 74°2’40” W
So much green.
December 18, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
Today we had booked to go to Liberty Island to see Lady Liberty but unfortunately we missed our train to the ferry terminal which resulted in missing our ferry time. We decided to head down to the terminal anyway. Leaving the train station we got sucked in to taking a harbor cruise out to Liberty Island and past Ellis Island. Our commentator was great and we enjoyed hearing facts about NYC. I personally liked being warm inside the boat. After our tour, we took the ferry to Brooklyn and ate pizza at Grimaldi’s. We stopped for a quick photo of the Empire State Building and headed back to Manhattan. The evening was filled with music at Gershwin Theatre where we saw Wicked. Amazing! Before calling it a night, we had endless salad at Olive Garden and did some late night shopping in Times Square.Read more
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, December 19, 2018
- ☀️ 2 °C
- Altitude: 56 m
- United States Grand Street Market 40.752788, -73.97722140°45’10” N 73°58’38” W
Icons.
December 19, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
Once again we got out of bed after noon. We ate “breakfast” and headed to Rockefeller Centre. We snapped a few photos of the famous tree, ice rink, and fountain. We did some shopping at the LEGO store, Nintendo store, and the NHL shop. We walked down to Grand Central Station and oh my it was grand! Beautiful, massive building. We tried to watch the hockey game at the Australian but they didn’t get NBC Sports. We ended up 2 doors down at an Irish Pub called Blaggard’s where we got to watch the Pens beat the Caps and Ovi display some poor sportsmanship. We took advantage of the free drinks at the hotel bar and ordered pizza to the room. The pizza was ginormous and we ate less than half.... Friday morning as I write this, the room stinks of pizza.Read more
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- Day 5
- Thursday, December 20, 2018
- ⛅ 5 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- United States The Meatpacking District 40.735124, -74.00671840°44’6” N 74°0’24” W
4 bottles of wine.
December 20, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Again, got out of bed in the afternoon. We had a stroll around the block to the Flatiron Building. Then we met a friend living in NYC from Oz for dinner at Aria West Village. We had 2 bottles of red at dinner, went to another restaurant for another red, and found a late night bar with another red, Nutella toast, and gelato. Best night in NYC. Happy Birthday Mum!Read more
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- Day 6
- Friday, December 21, 2018
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- United States Federal Hall National Memorial 40.706906, -74.01125640°42’25” N 74°0’41” W
FiDi. (Financial District)
December 21, 2018 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
After another long sleep in, we headed to the Financial District to see the NY Stock Exchange, the Charging Bull, Fearless Girl, and Wall Street. Then we crashed an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party for Mike’s NY office. I had to wear the Christmas gift I bought for my brother as it was all I had to wear.Read more
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- Day 7
- Saturday, December 22, 2018
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- United States Bethesda Fountain 40.774723, -73.97120340°46’29” N 73°58’16” W
Last day in NYC
December 22, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
We actually got up early and headed to Central Park for a Horse and Carriage ride. Our driver only could give us facts based on movies but that was cool. We also saw some of the most expensive real estate in the world. After our carriage ride, we took two trains and an hour later we arrived at what would have taken 20 minutes to walk to get to Ess-a-bagel. The line was wrapped around the block. Needless to say, I didn’t get to bring the dozen home to Pittsburgh that I planned. We hobbled back to the hotel, packed our bags, then headed to the airport. We flew in a tiny 18 row plane to Pittsburgh where we were greeted by my wonderful family! Dinner at Burgh’s and Penguins on TV on arrival with a 3-0 shutout for
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- Day 8
- Sunday, December 23, 2018
- ☀️ 4 °C
- Altitude: 263 m
- United States Mellon Square Park 40.438197, -79.99782540°26’18” N 79°59’52” W
Holiday Train Party
December 23, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
After a nice sleep in, I went to the mall to find Mike a Christmas present. Before I knew it, friends started showing up for our annual train party. So good to see everyone!
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- Day 9
- Monday, December 24, 2018
- ☁️ 1 °C
- Altitude: 279 m
- United States Carnegie Library of Allegheny 40.439139, -79.99834240°26’21” N 79°59’54” W
Christmas Eve
December 24, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
A full day of preparation and family dinner to celebrate Christmas. 🎄
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, December 25, 2018
- ⛅ 0 °C
- Altitude: 232 m
- United States Pittsburgh Downtown Branch Library 40.440423, -79.9999540°26’26” N 79°59’60” W
Christmas Day
December 25, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
We opened the rest of our presents and did nothing! It was great. Tom and Tom also teamed up on Pittsburgh-opoly that I was gifted for Christmas making it impossible for a single person to win.
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