During spring break 2018, I travelled to Maine with two of my friends (Carla & Surenna) and New York with my boyfriend (Roberto). These two states are the complete opposite Maine was more relaxed but in New York everything was hyper-speed.

My friends and I had planned the trip to Cape Elizabeth, Maine for the 13th and 14th but we decided to go to a day early because there was going to be a huge snow storm and we wanted to avoid driving in the middle of that. So on our first day there we went to go see the Portland Headlight.

Order from left to right: Surenna, me, & Carla.

Lighthouses are Carla’s favorite and that why we decided to go Maine. It was freezing in Maine but in our defense New England had been having some weird weather were it was like 70 degrees one week, so we just kind of assumed the weather would stay like that, least-to-say, we were wrong.

On our second day, we were snowed in but thankfully our airbnb was amazing and had a sauna inside (I didn’t use it, but it was still nice to have) and we were able to relax, watch movies, cook, and goof around (as you can see by that third picture.)

Order from left to right: Carla, me, & Surenna.

On the third day, we checked out of the airbnb and went thrifting. We didn’t think we would find anything but we all actually ending up finding a ton of cool things.

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Now onto New York, let me begin by saying there was nothing “relaxing” about New York. We were on the move the whole three days we spent there. According to my phone we walked an estimate of 33,215 steps, but I am pretty sure we walked more.

On our first day in NY, we checked into our airbnb in Brooklyn then took the train ti Manhattan where walked around Times Square and ate some pizza, but most importantly we watched the Phantom of the Opera on broadway at the Majestic Theater. The play was phenomenal! The tickets were a little pricey at about $100 each but I would highly recommend that you take the time to watch this play if you are ever in NY! The props were amazing, the details were meticulously designed and thought out, the actors performed with such grace and passion. This will definitely be an experience I will never forget.

On the second day, we went to go see the Statue of Liberty, but I stupidly forgot to adjust my camera settings and the pictures came out way way way too bright, and of course I didn’t check till we got home that night. So the best picture I got of Lady Liberty is that picture in which Roberto is standing in front go her.

After that we headed over to Canal st. and Little Italy, we went to this really cool market on Canal St. called Canal St. Market. The market had little shops which were very artsy and trendy. There were also a few artists displaying their work which was really unique (but also common in NY). Then, we kept walking in Chinatown till we entered Little Italy in which we had dinner at a restaurant, that I can’t remember the name of, I am horrible, I know. After that we kept on walking a few and went home for the night.

On the third day, we checked out of the airbnb and walked around the city some more. My cousin had told me about this old railroad track that had been turned into a sort of garden called High Line and the Chelsea Market so we went to go check that out. High Line was very much hipster and we were able to get a ton of cool pictures, it had amazing views of the city. The Chelsea Market was kind of like the Canal St. Market, artsy and trendy, we got some souvenirs from there. Afterwards, we ate some more pizza and started on our way back home.

Let me know if you guys have any questions about any of the places I went to this week and/or if you have any suggestions on where/what I should go see next!

warmest wishes,

Winny ❤️