WHAT I ACTUALLY DID IN NEW YORK CITY - PART 1

After planning, researching and having a brief idea of what I wanted to do, I feel I successfully did everything and more! We crammed so much in, it literally feels like I spend about 3 weeks there, not under 1! As we did so much, it makes more sense to break up the blog posts into days. Starting with Monday night and Tuesday!


MONDAY-
So Monday was a full 24 hour of travelling. From waking up at 3am UK time, travelling to London Heathrow, stuck in traffic, waiting, 8 hour flight, more waiting, we finally arrived at the hotel just before 7pm (12am UK time). After attempting to unpack, moving the mattress out of the 'mini-room' into the main room and topping up our make-up to at least try and make it look like I hadn't been awake since 3am, we finally headed out to explore our surroundings.

We stayed a block or two away from Harold Square, so with Victoria Secret, the terrible Macy's (two bad experiences in there in 4 days... Don't ask!) and Sephora right on our doorstep, there was plenty of things for us to see and do. We headed to TGI Friday's for something to eat - leaving us shocked at the portion sizes. Why is everything bigger in the US?! We all had starters as mains as at this point we were all just tired and wanted something lighter to eat before bed! As you can see these portions are basically bigger than a UK main meal, so that plan went out the window. We all left feeling very sick! How people could possibly go out for a three course meal here is just beyond me!

TUESDAY-
Tuesday morning we went to Chelsea food market and had the nicest breakfast. Whilst taking full advantage of the free wifi, we wondered around all the little markets and shops resulting in a purchase of 2 books. Both fashion and uni related!

Tuesday was also the day I went along to FIT, to the perfume workshop. It was really fun and interesting listening about how you make a perfume and what goes into it. Smelling the 'bases' if you like of a perfume really shows the work that goes into making a fragrance due to the many different oils that make it up.


Later on that day, we went to Times Square to look around and then went to Broadway to see a show- Matilda the Musical! You can't go all the way to New York, and not go to a Broadway show, right?!

And that's pretty much all we did on our first days in New York! Come back in a few days to see what I got up to on Wednesday and Thursday!