Sofia Somewhere

I've been living in Valladolid for two months (round two of my  auxiliar de conversación  stint) and finally(!) got around to updating my blog. To get me back in the groove, here's a quick post of my New York trip. I'd only been in Spain for two weeks, when I set off. (In fairness, I had this trip planned months ago, and had asked permission from my school to take the week off). My cousin was getting married and Angela had the marvellous idea of all three of us sisters attending, so we did. That was probably the best part of the trip for me - all three of us together again. :) (The last time we were all together was probably a year and a half ago). Sisters reunited  ♥ Naturally, us being together again meant many crazy moments throughout the week. At the High Line At the High Line At the High Line Walking down the streets  It was a jam-packed week of good company, good food, and good times. First up was the wedding of my cousin Pilar to Gabe....

I started off my last full day in New York with an early lunch at Eataly , an Italian market and food place in Madison Square Park. The place was incredible. They sell all kinds of Italian products - from pasta to chocolate to sauces to coffee, and many more. The set up is also really interesting. Aside from the open market, they also have restaurants. So they sell the meat beside the meat restaurant, the pasta beside the pasta restaurant, so and so forth. Fruits Fresh pasta Focacia

The next day, I put on my rubbershoes and prepared myself for a day of walking all over Lower Manhattan. First, I went back to the High Line , since I wanted to walk it again, but this time more slowly. (In a bobo moment I realized that I brought my camera but left my memory card at home. Buti na lang it was still the start of the day, so I was able to take pictures on my iPhone. So not so great quality photos for this post). It was my second time around at the High Line but I was still so amazed and impressed by it. Walking along the High Line

Spent the whole day today visiting museums in Manhattan. First up was the Museum of Modern Art (also my favorite among the three). The 5th and 4th floor were the paintings gallery. They had a lot of classics, including one of my favorite paintings: Van Gogh's Starry Night . Van Gogh's Starry Night Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans

Before Dan left, we woke up at 6am to try and get on The Today Show ! The Today Show is filmed live every morning at their studio in Rockefeller Plaza, and at the Plaza there is always a crowd of people with signs hoping to get 'interviewed.' The crowd outside the studio The guy in pink selects several random people who are interviewed/talk about their signs

Dan just had a weekend in New York, so we squeezed in as much as we could in the next two days. First up: the Statue of Liberty . We set out early in the morning and took the subway all the way to the tip of lower Manhattan. From there we went to the ferry dock and lined up for the ferry. The ferry to Liberty Island Manhattan from the ferry

On Friday, I waited for Dan to arrive from Ecuador. He came in at around noon, and then we set out to explore. First up, Chelsea. We visited the Chelsea Market and bought some pasta for lunch. It was a make-your-own-pasta sort of take-out; you could choose your noodles, sauce, and add any toppings you wished. They had some pretty interesting flavored pasta Four cheese & bacon fusilli for me and pomodorro & mushroom meat ravioli for Dan