May 2013
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For the memory box...
Bronx Zoo Tickets and Zoo map.
Philadelphia Wrist band, receipt, and ticket for the Franklin Institute. As well as a Titanic boarding pass, handed out to you before entering the exhibit - the boarding pass featured the name of one of the real Titanic passengers, as well as their back story (reason for travel, etc). At the end of the exhibit you found out whether or not ‘you’...
April 2013
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New York City: Goodbye 2606
The alarms went off at 8:30 for the final time on the trip. We all lazed around, people got showered, packed some final things. Then it was time to say goodbye to 2606 (and 2602), head down to the Lobby and check out.
We had to be back at the hotel for just before 3pm, to get the shuttle to JFK, but we had a good few hours left before then, so we went for one last meal together, then had a walk...
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New York City: I'm a Fucking LOL a Minute
This morning Ryan, Allan and me went to Yankee Stadium, while the others did shopping or something.
We headed to Grand Central, got out our metrocard, ready to go.
Nope.
Insufficient funds.
The cards ran out at midnight last night. A quick trip to a ticket machine and we were on our way.
Once there, we got to the street and looked around.
Where do you think it is?
Ryan turned around first -...
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New York City: 69's Good Right?
We all had to be up, out and at NBC for 10am, so we could make our slot for the studio tour.
We made it with time to spare. The tour itself was shorter than I thought it’d be, but it was still pretty cool. We visited Brian Williams’ news studio, as well as the SNL studio - which was tiny.
After we were done with the tour, we looked around the store, then headed to Pier 86 to get...
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New York City: A Fancy Stroke
Today was Natural History Museum day.
We woke up to the news of Margaret Thatcher dying, or rather we woke up to the multitude of jokes about her dying.
We got a subway direct to the museum, which saved my feet a little bit. Got ti jets for the museum and planetarium and started to explore. Our planetarium time was 12: 30.
I had never done a planetarium before, it was pretty awesome. While I...
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New York City: If we're not number one, who is?!
Today we all woke up pretty early (for us), got dressed and headed out to the Empire State Building. We wanted to get there early-ish to avoid any massive queues, which I’m glad we did, because walking through what would have been the queue area made me think about just how awful it’d be to have to wait in it. Though, if we did wait in the queue, we would have seen all the...
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New York City: Shine Bright Like a Fucking...
Today I lay in bed while everyone else got ready around me, they were all going to some car show which I had zero interest in.
Once they left, I got up, took a shower and attempted to skype my mum. She wasn’t on skype though, so ended up texting her a bit.
When I was finally ready, I left the hotel and ventured down Fifth Avenue, until I reached Madison Square Park, where I sat for a bit, taking...
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New York City: 25 - 30 Burbs
After the long day yesterday, we all decided to sleep as long as our bodies let us, opting not to set alarms.
We all woke up around 9:30am, with 2202 (we are 2206) going to the deli and choosing not to ignore our WhatsApp pleas for food.
We had a plan to meet Dee and Ray at Shake Shack for lunch, but when they got there, it was packed. We, instead, made our way to Planet Hollywood. The place...
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New York City: Philadelphia edition
“Philadelphia fucking loves a sculpture”
We woke up at 5:30,got ready and headed to Port Authority bus station, for a bus going to Philadelphia.
It marked the first time I’d been on a bus in the US, and surprisingly, it was a pleasant journey. The two hours flew past in no time.
Once in Philadelphia, we made our way along Market Street until City Hall, where we saw ‘The Rocky Steps’ -...
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New York City: You Soccer Good?
Woke up a few times last night, noticed Paula was awake too. Eventually, Tain sent a WhatsApp, revealing that we were all awake.
We put the TV on, ending up on NBC’s today show. Having seen it loads before, seen all the people outside the window, etc. It was really weird seeing it, having actually walked past that window just a few hours before and knowing that all that was happening just...
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New York City: "I can't wait to see your pad get...
Showed up to Aberdeen airport at around 5:30am, meeting up with everyone else, ready to start the adventure.
We all checked in our bags, I was one of the last to do so and because I have a rucksack type, as opposed to a proper suitcase I was told to go and put it through a special door. I did so and joined the rest of the gang.
“Why’d you have to go over there?”
Paula had...
July 2011
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Paris: Au revoir!
July 4th, 2011
The alarm went off at 5am. By 6:30 we were at Joinville-Le-Pont RER for the last time. We got to Charles De Gaulle in good time, and so we sat for a bit before saying our goodbyes. From Charles De Gaulle, I went to La Défense, to see the Grande Arche and ended up sitting there for a while utilizing a WiFi hotspot I found. The whole défense area is pretty nice, if you can see it...
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Paris: Mona Lisa's Smile
July 3rd, 2011
I woke up, happy to see that I wasn’t in a pool of blood, and waited for Emily to finish getting ready before getting ready myself. Once in the bathroom, I looked in the mirror, decided my hair was fine and threw on my clothes.
The plan for today was to go to Notre Dame, the Louvre, get some pictures at the Moulin Rouge and Sacré Coeur, then go to Père Lachaise cemetery...
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Paris: The Macbeth of Traveling Companions
July 2nd, 2011
Well, its official, Emily MacAgy takes the longest to get ready of any one I know…
We left the hotel and got out to Disney just after 10. Because I was hungry for the first time since arriving in Paris, we went for some breakfast opting to visit Annette’s diner, because it appeared to be the only place actually serving breakfast.
After Annette’s we headed into...
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June 2011
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Paris: Very Bad Trip 2
July 1st, 2011
Woke up at 9:30am, I’d woken several times before that, but figured that the alarm was due to go off in half an hour, so there was no point in going back to sleep.
I lay in bed for a while before getting my phone, to finish the previous days blog and then published it.
After that, I tackled the shower. The hotel is nice, nothing fancy, but definitely comfortable. The shower...
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Paris: A Car, Two Planes & Some Trains
30th of June, 2011
I woke up at around 5:30am, which I wasn’t that happy about, given that it was long before my alarm was due to go off. Once conscious, I went online for a bit, and generally woke myself up before getting out of bed. I then showered - new haircut doesn’t do well overnight - and got all my stuff together with the aim to fitting everything I needed for the weekend...
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Florida: Hey Jude
Day 6 I spent most of the day feeling extremely tired.
After waking up, I went and ate some pancakes and then we went to the beach to take some photos. When we got back, Emily came over and we watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. During which I almost fell asleep. It was hard watching it having seen the Fight Club trailer for it.
After that, we had dinner. A big meal made by Cathy. Pasta,...
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Florida: Are you hungry?
Day 5 I woke up around 10 and enjoyed the fact that I didn’t have anywhere to be. I opened the bedroom door, so the others knew I wasn’t still asleep and went onto the computer to sort through and upload the pictures from the past couple of days.
I didn’t actually make a proper appearance until about 2pm. By which point, Cathy seemed sure I must be starving. Later, she also...
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Florida: Are they all Young-hee?!
Day 4
We woke up today, after a night of re-dubbing Korean soap operas and got our stuff together before saying goodbye to Stacey and checking out of the hotel.
Today’s adventure was to the Kennedy Space Centre. First though, we went with the MacAgy sisters to Cracker Barrel. I had some pancakes and syrup, our server, Chara, said my accent was sexy. So, I was happy.
Chara was in her...
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