Someday I'll Visit New York...

After years of saying "Someday, I'll visit New York" - I can finally say I have.

We took a few extra days off around Memorial day and made the plunge to visit the Big Apple. Perhaps it was because our last trip was to Italy, that I really felt like i was taking another international flight - except we could still read the signs and not have to exchange our currency.

As you know, i'm usually one to go 'budget' as much as possible, but with New York, I realized that we could really 'get what we pay for' if we went too thrifty with our lodgings and activities... So the hotel was a good 40% of our trip budget, but in the end I think it was worth it to have a totally comfortable place to stay and be local to so many things.

We did a whirlwind visit of Museums, mainly due to the fact that i purchased a Citypass for both of us (6 attractions for one low price!) - but it was only worth it if you actually went to all 6 attractions. It worked out though because it gave us a solid gameplan of things to do - and we made every hour count towards something.

Overall, i couldn't have experienced a better first NY trip... we got to do and see everything to our own schedule and liking - we had marvelous weather - and we made it back safe and sound. (Other than our colds)

To see a full recap, i blogged it here:


Hello New York!