Going To America!
tee hee... thats a favourite movie of mine. But after doing our taxes this year, my mum and I have decided that we can afford a quick trip to New York in the christmas holidays! yayy! We're going on the 10th of January for 10 days. So any advice and recommendations are completely welcome, particularly where to stay, eat and shop. and of course what to do! We're thinking of staying in two different places, rather than being in the same place for 9 nights so we can see different parts of town. So which areas do you think we should look for? As for what to do, we're both interested in fashion - she teaches it at high school and I study it at uni. So we want to know the best shopping districts and maybe if there's any museums up that alley? We both also have a vague interest in architecture, not just the main big buildings but if there's any nice neighbourhoods with lots of houses to stickybeak at then we always enjoy that too. Another thing mum wants to find out about is how to find where different movies and tv shows set in New York are filmed - I know they used to/ still do sex and the city tours, but we were wondering if anyone knows of any websites or books where you can wander around and find things by yourself? We pretty much only know New York through movies and tv shows so we'd be extra nerdy and touristy in that sense. So if anyone has been to new york or lives there, we'd love to hear your advice! - oh and regarding the accommodation, we're on more of a 'family holiday' budget rather than a backpackers... my mum wants a good location and her own bathroom!
ps. the only advice we don't want is regarding our plans themselves - everyone here seems to have an opinion about the '10 days in new york in january' idea and i'm sick of hearing them. yes, we know it will be freezing and probably much nicer some other time of year, but this is the only time we can both go. no, we don't want to make it a big trip and go anywhere else, we have both been to the US and canada before and we just want to go to new york. And we don't think 10 days is too long, we can always find ways to entertain ourselves!
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