Our first two days in New York were a little on the slow side. Unfortunately, Mum and Chris became quite ill on the day we arrived, meaning we spent our first night predominantly in our hotel room except for dinner down at the Irish Pub (we also somehow ended up in an different Irish Pub every night?! Why do New York even have so many? 🍀)

On the 2nd day, we woke up to rain which looked like it had no end in sight. With most things in New York being outdoor activities and with two still sick members in tow, we headed down to New Yorks most famous museum called the MET (and also venue for the filming of gossip girl!)

The museum is so huge and features so many different exhibits!  What is even more amazing is that everything in included in the admission price and that said; there is no admission price! The museum operates on a pay-what-you-like basis! Honestly we could have spent the whole day there but after seeing 5 Ancient Greek statues, Nathan and Mum were over it, and after around 20 I was too 😂 Chris and Dad explored a fair bit more while the rest of us sat down and admired 😜

Thats about all we got up to on our first two nights. We saw it as important for everyone to rest and be in full health rather than rush around to see every single thing and be more sick than before. It does mean we missed a few of the smaller things, but the main bucket list items were all ticked ✅

– Sarah