We are going to NYC next month!
A couple of years ago, I put the trip on my list of 30 things to do before I turn 30, and heading there when I’m 29 seems like a great (possibly) last trip to end my 20s.
..And not that the end of my 20s means the end of carefree life, but lately I’ve been feeling a little too old for my age. I want to make this trip fun and nonstop and exhausting just because I can. Could I use a relaxing vacation? Hell yes. But the next decades of life are for sleep. 😉
For this trip, we’re keeping it all about experiencing every bit of the city we can, scrimping on the amenities in favor of spending our vacation budget on the fun stuff. We’re flying in on a red eye, so we’ll be starting the trip out with immediate sleep deprivation. We’ll be staying in a hostel! ..Where we rent towels and share a bathroom with European college kids, Korean families and assorted hipsters. And, we are backpacking it. Carry-on only, for a week, just in case we want to pick up and move locations on a whim, and so it’s just not about the hassle of stuff. Thus the following edited packing list {you know I can’t pass up a packing collage}.
On the agenda:
Empire State Building, ferry to the Statue of Liberty, art museums, Broadway show, Brooklyn, SoHo, rocks shows, vegan joints, divey bars, nice clubs, Times Square, Central Park.. what else do you recommend we try to fit in?
What are your favorite things about NYC?
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Yay! Sounds like it’s going to be an awesome adventure. I spent Xmas in NYC this year and I always love just wandering around. It’s such an amazing city and you never know what you’re going to discover when you just wander around for a bit.
There will definitely be much wandering. 🙂
Love the first picture!
Go to Beacon (train from Grand Central). It’s stunning there. Great art space there too (Dia:Beacon). Also, can’t recommend Greenwich Village and East Village enough!