Blackhawks vs Islanders..... Big storm brewing!!! I left the hostel around 3 to make it to the Nassau colosseum for the start of he game at 7. Google maps says it would take around 2 hours by public transport so I figured I would have plenty of time! I get on the subway and next thing you know we are stopped in the tunnel because of malfunctioning trains ahead of us! We were stopped there long enough where I started to wonder if I should have left even earlier, ...

Pretty low key day...... I mainly just relaxed most the day and let the legs recover just chilling with people in the hostel! I went for a bite to eat at the Seinfeld diner so that really completed my to do list for New York! Later the hostel put on a local pub crawl and about 16 of us showed up so that was fun!

New Year's Eve on Times Square!!! I asked the hostel to put up a poster telling people to gather in the cafe for if you want to see the ball drop. Matt and Aliza from Australia, Aliza from France and myself left the hostel at 1pm thinking we would get a pretty decent spot. Oh my the people......... So many people!!! Thinking we would get in on 44th street or so we ended up between 48th and 49th! We could see the ball good, hear the music and see the screen so w...

I woke up early so I could get in line for rush tickets for Spider-Man on Broadway! Was about twentieth in line and got an amazing seat front row on the balcony!!! Awesome! Afterwards I walked around Times Square and scoped one the situation for New Years a bit and then headed to the Empire State Building. I arrived only to see a line up about a block long and said no way! I found highland park, a walkway above the city with trees and such, I walked the length of...

Made it to Penn station on time and bought a metro card found the C train to take me to my hostel, well what I thought was the C train until I got on it and it said A express when I got inside...... Haha.... So I jumped off as soon as I could way past my stop, found the right train and I was back on my way...... to my hostel Jazz on the park! Then off for a slice!