My first official full day in Washington D.C began around 11am when I woke up. (When I woke up? Obviously - reading that back sounds so obvious but I'll leave it there to admit my own obviousness) New day new city. I was excited for one of the perks of this new hostel - free breakfasts yeaah. Unfortunately it only runs until 9:30am so it's unlikely that I'll get a lot of use out of it. It's a good reason to get up early and get on with the day though. But ...

My very last day in New York only had one thing on the agenda - get the bus from 33rd & 7th to Washington D.C at 1pm. I got a bus through a company called Boltbus. I only booked it the night before but it still only cost $21 which isn't bad at all. If you book about 3 weeks in advance when the fares first come out you can land a $1 fare from NY to DC which is mental. The journey was about 4 and a half hours and I wish I could say I looked at the scener...

The morning after the night before. That's a phrase that people say right? I slept till around 12 lunch time which gave me around 6 hours sleep. Strangely enough I didn't feel too bad apart from the tiredness. My 5am OJ and pizza must have helped. I got up slowly and started to think what I wanted to do with the day. My roommate Scott mentioned that President Obama was in NYC right now and he was setting off to hopefully see him. I had heard that he was vi...

Okay most of Wednesday day time can be wrapped up very quickly. I did plan to go to Central Park on Wednesday but it rained. All day. I decided to go to the local Starbucks in the morning anyway to take advantage of some decent wifi. I briskly walked the one block and entered to a packed Starbucks. No seats, damn. I ordered a hot chocolate and some breakfast wrap thing that has spinach in it. I stood around holding my laptop, drink & food awkwardly, hop...

Tuesday. I hadn't made any specific plans for Tuesday. I ended up going out with Michi and Tim for a wander. I love just going out and seeing what will happen. Tim and Michi hadn't been on the ferry that goes past the Statue of Liberty yet so I said I'd go with them acting as tour guide again. Our hostel is located in Upper West Manhattan on Amsterdam & 103rd (God that sounds so cool) which basically means that it is roughly in the centre to the left o...