Atlantic City Boardwalk

Today was a lot of fun!
We woke up at around 8AM and went out of our room at around 10. We had breakfast (American pancakes!) at the boardwalk, meals here are so huge! I can never finish my plate!! It was so very hot today, the sun burned my sunburned skin. So I bought some sunblock with the highest SPF they had. I became so tanned after only a few hot days.

After breakfast we walked down the whole boardwalk. Donald Trump is definitely ruling over Atlantic City, with his Trump Casino, Trump Mall, Trump hotel etc. There is a Hard Rock Cafe at the boardwalk, so we had a drink there to escape from the heat. After a few hours of walking in the friggin hot weather, we decided to go back to our hotel.

Around 6PM we went back outside to have dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. I love that restaurant!! They have waiters dressed as Park Rangers and they have moving elephants, gorilla's and frogs in the restaurant. At the middle there is a huge fish tank with exotic fishes. Every half an hour there is a show. Thunder effects and animals making sounds etc. The food is very delicious!

After dinner we went to Steel Pier, a mini- fun fair. For 50 dollars we could take a helicopter ride through Atlantic City, but we didn't do it. There was a lot of UFO catchers and to my surprise they had Domo-kun plushes. Boy tried out shooting hoops to win a Domo-kun but still failed after 12 attempts so we gave up.

On our way back to our hotel I bought some Salt Water Taffies for myself and my parents, a specialty of Atlantic City.

Tomorrow we'll travel to Jersey Shore (It's T-shirt time!!) and we'll travel to Tony Soprano's house and the diner where the last episode of the Sopranos was shot.

What's up Obama and Abe? :)

Hi guys,

I am currently in Atlantic City, the city of Casino's and the place where Boardwalk Empire was shot. We are staying at the Tropicana Hotel, a HUGE hotel/ casino/ shopping mall. I can definitely feel the Dead Rising 2 vibe around here.

Yesterday we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Washington, a very nice hotel with a free shuttle service from and to the Union Station (station of Washington). We have visited the White House and the Korean, Vietnam and Lincoln memorials. It was quite eerie to see all the names of the deceased on the memorial walls. Sadly the weather was very very hot today, so we couldn't stay outside for too long. I have sunburns on both my arms, stupid of me for not getting any sunblocks. Around 3PM we went back to our car and continued our journey to Atlantic City. We ate at the Waffle House on the road, friggin delicious waffles!!!

We are going to explore our hotel in a few minutes and maybe we'll go outside to the Boardwalk.

I'll blog ya later!! :D

We are currently in Baltimore, almost arriving at Washington. I am making a quick update since we are heading for the road in a couple of minutes. I was talking about Saturday, but that wasn't really an exciting day since we only went shopping at the Fifth av. We went to the HBO store where I have bought some Game of Thrones merch. Also to the Nintendo World Store and Nike Flagship store. Sunday was the gay parade in Broadway, due of the legalizing of Gay marriages. We didn't want to see that, so we went to Soho. Soho is love love love, I could spend my whole vacation in that area if it wasn't for my disapproving wallet. We went to Flightclub, I saw some awesome Iron Man Nike sneakers, I will buy them later I think. After that we went to the Bape store, which was really disappointing. I fell in love with the Anna Sui, Uniqlo and Muji store.

In the evening we ate at Yoshinoya, which was also disappointing since the food was no way comparable with the Yoshinoya in Japan. After that we went to Regal cinema to watch Super 8, awesome movie, awesome cinema. How a cinema should be.

We are hitting the road again, so I'll blog when we have arrived in Washington!

Hello New York! :)

Hi guys!

Here is my first post in New York, made with my fresh-out-of-the-Flagship-Apple-Store @ Fifth Avenue- iPad 2 White! :P
We had a nice and calm flight; with minimum turbulences. British Airways is really a nice aviation company.
When we arrived at the J.F. Kennedy Airport, the weather was quite gloomy. We took a yellow taxi cab to our hotel in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. When the cab passed through Harlem, I was quite happy our hotel wasn't stationed at that area; I would definitely not feel safe there. Our hotel is alright for the money we paid, a nice budget hotel. The only thing is: we have a shitty toilet. It doesn't flush toilet paper and it's nearly impossible to take a big dump there. Aside the toilet there is a trash bin where you have to throw your used paper in. Actually, all New York toilets are quite nasty. :S

But enough with the toilets, let's talk about the journey itself. After arrival at the hotel I took a shower while Boy and Dope went patrolling the area. Since we were dead tired from the flight, we ate at the McDonald's near our hotel and went back to our room to sleep.

We woke up at 6AM the next day and went out of the hotel at around 7.30AM. We travelled to Time Square and walked around for a bit (most of the stores were still closed). After Time Square we went to Fifth Avenue to check out the Apple Flagship Store. We couldn't find the store at first, so after a lot of hussle we took a cab. The iPad 2 was first sold out but the store clerk told us to drop by later the day since they expect a restock. So we walked down the Fifth of Avenue again....

I will tell the rest of my first day tomorrow, since the Starbucks is closing for today!!!

Almost take off!

After a hectic week the moment is there: today I will be flying to New York! :D It is now 4:23AM and we'll be heading to Schiphol Airport in less than 2 hours. I am now 98% fully packed, only some small things left to pack. Just took a power nap of 1 hour, so I think I will catch up some Z's in the plane.

I am going to have a slow zombie breakfast now (low level of energy = zombie mode ON), you'll hear from me later again when I have arrived in NYC! :)

New York: 12 days until take off!

Hi everyone,

Long time no see! As a lot of you already know, I will be going to the States this Summer for 3 weeks. I am excited about it, since it will be the first time for me to visit U.S.A. Well, technically the second time, but a one day trip to New York to see the other side of the Niagara Falls doesn't really count for me. :P

This blog was intended for my trips to Japan, but since I'm too lazy to make a new blog, I've changed this one into my general travel blog.

I am the most excited about Independence Day (Fourth of July), that we'll be able to experience in New York! It is one of the biggest holiday in the United States with lots and lots of fireworks.

Anyways, since it's still 12 days until take off I'm going to cut this short. I'll speak to you later! :)