Christmas Eve...1:05pm...get on the plane in melbourne bracing and mentally preparing myself for the 24.5 hour journey ahead...only thing keeping me going is that after this monster of a plane ride, I still get to NY in time for christmas!!
Get to the airport, check in without any dramas...after all what could possibly go wonrg with my 2 almost completely empty suitcases?! Had been previously warned by Ben to pack light and only bring 1 jumper as I would be doing a lot of shopping!! Board the plane...get the seats that I had previously reserved, settle down, and before I know it, I'm in sydney...time to get off...wait for a couple of hours in the airport...but thats cool - coz I still have my phone so I sms people, call people...walk around and check out the international terminal...and its finally time to board again!! Actually, I almost missed my flight from Sydney to LA coz I was so busy talking on the phone I didn't hear the final boarding call..I mean I saw everyone get up to leave but I figured I still had time...and before I knew it, everyone had disappeared so I literally ran to the gate and found out that I was pretty much the last to get on!! hehe...ok not so funny at the time but its pretty funny now!!
Anyway its a LONG flight to LA and when I got off, I had to go pick up my luggage and get everything checked again before I left from LA to NY. Its here that I think I got black marked coz I fiogured I didn't need to declare the apple I brought off the plane...I mean afterall, it was from the USA so why did I have to declare it?! hehe anyway I tried walking through the green line but got caught by this guy who asked me 50 million questions and I then got directed to the red line where I had to lug all my bags on to the belt to be scanned. Of course they found the apple and I had to explain that I had taken it from the plane etc etc..they then asked for my passprt and scanned it and typed all this stuff into the computer...this is why I believe I got black-marked!! Anyway...I gave them the stupid apple and went on my way...
Boarded the plane for NY...arrived...tried to put on my shoes and collect my bag but - hang on a minute...my feet wouldn't fit into my shoes!! They had swelled so much that they just would not fit!! haha...so I slid them half on and stumbled to collect my luggage... walked out...it was cold!! All these people kept asking me if I needed a lift and I had to tell them no...but after waiting an hour, Ben had still not arrived to pick me up and the same people were still looking at me wondering if I really DID need a lift so I had to keep smiling and shake my head at them!! Finally, Ben arrived...actually, he kinda stumbled across me sitting in the corner on my suitcase looking around and trying to look occupied with myself!! I didn't recognise him!! haha...just heard someone yell out my name and I looked up and he was standing there kinda looking at me going...what are you doing?!
Anyway after the whole hello thing, we had a 3 hour subway ride to tackle...and I mean tackle...had no idea where we were going...took the wrong line numerous times...missed the subway so had to wait for absolutely ages!! And finally, we reached the christmas house party...me in my travelling clothes meeting all his friends...what a site!! haha
So that was my trip to new york...more to come!!
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