Laters London - MC and JD's adventure back to NZ
Today we are partaking in one of America’s greatest Sunday rituals, American Football! We are going to watch the New York Jets vs the Miami Dolphins.
The stadium is situated across the river in New Jersey. We gave ourselves what we thought was plenty of time to get there and left at 10.30am. After getting to Penn Station we were left hanging out for 40 minutes waiting for a train with a lot of Jets fans. There was then four trains in five minutes, which was random. We had to change at Seacaucus in New Jersey and wait again for the train to go before lining up for security at the stadium. It took us three hours to get from home to our seats and that meant we missed the start. Fun fact ... you can be asked for id to buy alcohol if you look under 40! Beer in hand and finally in our seats we set to work sussing out how this game works!
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September 16, 2018
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Meadowlands Complex, New Jersey and New York, USA
Today we are partaking in one of America’s greatest Sunday rituals, American Football! We are going to watch the New York Jets vs the Miami Dolphins.
The stadium is situated across the river in New Jersey. We gave ourselves what we thought was plenty of time to get there and left at 10.30am. After getting to Penn Station we were left hanging out for 40 minutes waiting for a train with a lot of Jets fans. There was then four trains in five minutes, which was random. We had to change at Seacaucus in New Jersey and wait again for the train to go before lining up for security at the stadium. It took us three hours to get from home to our seats and that meant we missed the start. Fun fact ... you can be asked for id to buy alcohol if you look under 40! Beer in hand and finally in our seats we set to work sussing out how this game works!
American Football is a very stop start sport, but it is extremely exciting. In the breaks there is so much going on with cheerleaders, fireworks and giveaways. Al and Craig turned up at halftime, but were a bit hungover and left 15 minutes later. Guess it’s not for everyone, especially on a hot day.....
Unfortunately the Jets didn’t come out on top today and even though many people left early getting home was as much as a faff as getting to the stadium. Took us two hours to get back to Penn Station. NJ Transit really is terrible. We decided to go for a walk around Manhattan seeing the Rockefeller Centre, Trump Tower, and some of Central Park. A great way to kill a few hours. The night was a bit longer than planned as our train decided to change and we were rerouted. After some help from a local who could tell we were lost,
we finally made it home and collapsed into bed. Big city life is tiring!
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On our way!
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The second longest travel day... so far!
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What we came to Norway for
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Travelling through postcard worthy scenery
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The city of seven mountains
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Our first overnight train and Ryanair sucks
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Tiger Woods and Ellie Lock
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Scotland in the school holidays
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A sleep in and a distillery
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Island hopping in Scotland
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A Ben is a mountain
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Highland weekend
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Hopefully the earliest start of the trip
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Catalonian culture and Spanish summers
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Travel lessons
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The Moorish Kingdom in Europe
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Exploring sunny Granada
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Holy shit it's hot
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Seville round 2
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Back to Madrid
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Spanish Culture and 101 Montaditos
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Travel days and Swiss facts
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Toddlers and Mountains
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Cow fighting and Swiss horn orchestra
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À bientôt Suisse et ciao Italia!
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Back to the seaside!
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Wine tasting and the beach
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Scenic walk and the beach
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Falling Towers and the Renaissance
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Michael and David
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Florence round two
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Avoiding flying Italians
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Tour de Umbria
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Don't go chasing waterfalls between 1 and 3pm
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Saints and signal failure
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Floating city and random catch ups
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Sunsets, pasta and tiramisu
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Ciao Italia, zdraveĭ Bŭlgariya
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More Romans and the Ottomans
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Balkan bites
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Victory Day!
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The oldest city….we have visited
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Pilgrimage to ANZAC Cove
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Living in caves
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Sun comes up, sun goes down
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Hiro tour let’s go!
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It’s a party in the sky with Turkish Airlines!
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Corn, fish sandwiches, and the art of bargaining
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The longest travel day by far
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Chilling and a cultural education
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Famous graves and forest walks
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Living like a local
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Escaping the city
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New York, New York!
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Bagels and memorials
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Old faces and sexy shoes
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Green space in a concrete jungle
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“Bonus” night in NYC
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Toronto!
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We can play dodgeball!
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The bright lights of the big waterfall
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Roughriders and Whiskey
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The Sunshine State
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Going to the zoo zoo zoo
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California Sunsets
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I feel the need, the need for speed!... and shopping!
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Beverley Hillbillies
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A day at the beach
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Escape to suburbia
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Back to the hustle
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Last day on tour
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The most beautiful country in the world
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