#BuyExperienceNotThings: New York Day 1

City that never sleeps.

I finally made my first trip of the #BuyExperiencesNotThings  to New York. It’s day 1 of 8 and it’s already off to unusual start.

The day before my flight, I worked until 11:30 pm at Fox Sports. I had already packed most of my things and was anxiety to take off to New York. I went to bed around 1:15-1:30 am on the morning of my flight and slept for about three and a half hours (more so like a nap).

I woke up. Drove to my mom’s place so my sister could drive me to the airport at 5:45 in the morning for a flight that left at 7:25 am.

Everything was smooth sailing from the LAX to JFK, even though I had the middle seat of the section I was sitting in.

Once I got off the place, it was an adventure.

I was going to stay at place where my high school friend live in Brooklyn and according to a New York Transit map, I was going to take me about an hour and 10 minutes to get to my friend Dylan’s house from the airport.

That wasn’t the case for me.

Visiting New York for the first time by myself, I was a little lost. Little lost for about two and a half hours. I had to ask employees and pedestrians at the train station how to get to certain stations, what ticket(s) to buy and how to get to Brooklyn.

I asked one of the employees by the Kiosk machine on how to get to Brooklyn and she gave me the “stank” face and said “BROOKLYN?!” Then proceeded to explain what ticket to get and how to get there.

So after going in to wrong terminals, riding on a train that the breaks weren’t working with being lost for about two and a half hours, I saw Dylan waiting outside of his apartment.

After I got settled in at his place, we went out to go grab a bite and walk around the city of Brooklyn.

For those of you who haven’t been to Brooklyn, it has the Venice vibe in California but on the east coast. And for those of you who haven’t been to Venice, book your flight now.

So after a day of  traveling, I am already overwhelmed with New York which I only covered a piece of the state. 7 more days of the city that never sleeps. Lets get it.

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