It should probably embarrass me that I am awful at geography. It took me a while to remember that Manhattan is a borough inside New York City which is inside New York state. It's not just a guy saying New York twice, oops.
I could claim that, as I am not American, I wouldn't necessary have a good understanding of America, but I am just as bad at Canadian geography. Not that my geography grades were bad - on that one day we had a test, I knew everything.
Last summer, not quite a year ago, my friends and I embarked on a four-day trip to the States. First to a City and Colour concert in Buffalo for a day, then we took an overnight bus to New York where we spent the remaining three. It was busy and packed full of interesting, unforgettable, occasionally frustrating experiences. I might have gotten us lost. There might have been arguing. We might have gotten locked out of our hotel on Staten Island due to a faulty electronic keypad at 2am in a thunderstorm, are you kidding me.
We did all the typical tourist things (because we are tourists): Times Square, New York Public Library, Grand Central, Central Park, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Bridge. I tried Shake Shack and loved the burger yet was disappointed with the shake. (It's $5 USD and it's their namesake. I was expecting a life-changing experience.) I loved it all.
I never got around to putting these pictures up here for no reason in particular. However, I am now posting them here because I will be embarking on a trip to Hong Kong, then to Seoul, then to Tokyo, then back to Hong Kong for a month. This was kind of a spontaneous decision. I'm not a traveller (mainly due to finances, which is most people's reason), but it was kind of the result of a combination of ideal circumstances. I've never been to Asia before. I was seven the one and only time I left North America, so, not old enough to appreciate it yet. We're leaving in May, I'm so excited.
Also, I need a job.
