NYC: Day One.

By Darragh|Internship, Travel|2 Comments

Good afternoon. A quick blog to let you know that I am alive, despite what was a hellish commute to New York City. By the time I emerged from JFK airport, I resembled Homer Simpson when he runs the Springfield marathon in that episode way back years ago. Big up to customs official ‘Mendoza’ for letting me into the country. I promise to be good.

I arrived at Jade and Gabe’s awesome apartment in Long Island City, which has great views on midtown Manhatten. I can see the UN builing, Chrysler Building and Empire State from their apartment. Awesome of them to put me up for a few days!

Despite hellish jetlag, I managed to do a bit of a tour of midtown east, taking in St Paddy’s Cathedral, Trump World Building, the UN building, Chrysler Building, New York Public Library. I wandered past the Empire State but due to my annoying sense of vertigo, I dare not go up there. Its bad, even the view from Mt Cooth-tha in Brisbane freaks me out.

I’m going to have a small kip before going to check out some apartments. I have a US ‘cell’ number now, which you can see on my facebook profile if you feel you want to text me (Mum, if you’re readin this, there is no need to text me things like “hi son, I’m on a bus, love mammy” – while I’m glad you’ve finally learned how to use SMS, I do not require to know your proficiency of Brisbane public transport, though I appreciate the thought, nor do I need to be woken up by such statements, there is 15 hours difference here).

Anyway, enough of my pointless rambling, it is sleep time.