Day 12:
Today we did the Statue of Liberty and a short stopover at Ellis Island. We had a big lunch that day. I had chicken tenders (which is pretty much fried chicken..), fries and a shit load of honey mustard. Yay.
I honestly don't remember much about this day..
After that my cousin Jessica had to buy a gift for her friend so we went shopping. I paid for the gift which was a pair of tights.
After that we went to this Mexican place called Chipotle where I had a burrito bowl which was AMAZING.
Oh I remember what else we did. We went to 5th Avenue and did some higher end shopping. I went to Hollister and bought the skinniest motherfucking jeans EVER. Yay. We went to the Nike shop which was 6 floors, wow. And my aunt bought something from Juicy Couture. I had to stop myself buying something from Armani in the hope that it'll be in the West Coast..
Budget for today:
$20 tights
$30 jeans
I think I spent more as well so let's just add another $10, but I don't remember what else I got.
Oh that's right
$4 empanadas
Day 13:
Today was my final day in New York. No, I love it so much, and it feels like this 6 days has flown so much. I could've stayed like 6 days in Miami and it would've felt like a month..
And guess what.. I got my wish! I woke up to snow! Yay! It was beautiful and I loved it so much. However it wasn't snowing in NY (I was staying in New Jersey), but was raining instead. But hey, I got snowed on!
I ventured on to walk the Brooklyn Bridge at midday. It was cold as fuck. I walked from Manhattan to Brooklyn and it started to have little specks of snow as I walked back! I was going to get the subway back from Brooklyn but walked through a war memorial park instead and couldn't find it so I just walked back.
I did one final trip of Times Square and purchased an $100 gift voucher to Hard Rock Restaurant as a symbol of my gratitude to my family which paid for me so many times and treated me with so much kindness and compassion.
I had mcdonalds for lunch which is the first time in like a month that I've had it.. Strange.. Tastes the same though. I got nuggets. In sydney I always get barbecue sauce and people are like "why don't you get sweet and sour" but over here everyone gets barbecue!
Oh I also went to the M&M store and bought the speciality M&Ms: dark chocolate, almond, pistachio, peanut butter, dark choc peanut, and coconut. Coconut was the best one tbh.
I got home and saw my grand aunt who is dying and has dementia. The last time I saw her was when she came to Sydney in 2004? And she was perfectly fine. She doesn't remember me, let alone her own children but I think she had a brief recollection when I sang her the song Memory from the musical Cats. This is because when she came, I played that on the piano and she would sing that song. Ugh. I don't want to grow old.
That evening we are at a Chinese buffet which only cost $11 a head, the wait was 40 minutes though, but so worth it. I got a really awesome hibachi, and I love bean sprouts. Random I know. I got pretty much bean sprouts, rice, beef, chicken, and prawns, and tofu. I just love meat more than I love rice or noodles.
I said bye to everyone and gave them the gift. I washed all my stinky motherfucking clothes (thank god) and packed my bag. I took everything out and re arranged it and I actually have so much room it's crazy..
Tomorrow I fly to LA from JFK. Even though I'll miss NY, I'm excited to have my solo adventure in LA, and hope I meet amazing people in the hostel. For the first time I want to go home back to Australia. It's not even halfway through my trip and I'm just so tired.. Fork it out Stefano. I'm definitely coming back to NY during or after my exchange in Paris in 2015/16.
And 2 weeks till meeting Britney!
Budget:
$80 hard rock
$10 mcdonalds
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