I am getting quite excited about my upcoming trip to the ‘Big Apple’.  It seems quite sad that I haven’t been to either L.A. or NYC, but I’ve been to Europe.  Especially being that NYC is only 10 hours by car, and only 2 hours by flight.

Well that changes in just a couple of weeks.   Getting to see Yankee Stadium is priority number one, however I must stick true to my nature of secretly being ‘tourist’ and hit up the major spots of NYC.  Maybe I’m the only one left here on travelpunk, who knows.  My friend Nathan, who is picking me up in Philly and heading to the Yankee’s game has insisted on calling me a Turon, or a tourist/moron.  That has to be my favorite word of the year so far.

Next item up for bid, is finding a place to stay.  I’m content with spending more money, to be closer to things.  Being that I only have three days, time is outweighing the cost of things.  Plus, this may be my only summer trip so my budget can allow for more lavish spendings.

Thats all for now.

This is my first attempt at a blog. Well this is untrue, I did start one for my studying abroad trip in London in 2005. However, it lasted probably the first two weeks until I got lazy. Hopefully this time around things will change.

Currently I am in the final stages of completing plans for my trip to Philadelphia and New York City May 5 - 10. I was going to go for Spring Break to NYC, thankfully I didn’t for the weather wasn’t very nice. Regardless this time around I am going for one main reason, Yankee Stadium. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a baseball fan, and I could care less about the Yankees, but the nostalgia behind Yankee Stadium makes me want to visit it. It will be destroyed after this season and the Yankees will be opening a new stadium that I believe is just across the street.

Here are my plans for the trip:
-Independence Hall, and that whole area of Philly.
-Flight of the Conchords show(tickets purchased!).
-Maybe a Phillies game, and if we’re lucky, we could come across a playoff game of the 76ers or Flyers.
-Although I wont have much time in NYC, hit the major tourist spots. Times Square/Statue of Liberty and such.

Thats about it, anything else extra would be fantastic. Hopefully all will work out, and I wont be getting stuck like the hundreds of thousands of people around the U.S. with their flights being grounded. However, I have already had one of my flights canceled, due to the folding of Skybus. So we’ll see!

Cheers,
Andrew