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2013, aparthotels, Central Park, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NYC, Summer, Travel, Vacation
We’ve come to the very sensible decision to not go to New York this year. It was a tough one though, and one that was almost painful to make, we love going there so much.
We really wanted to be there on our Silver Wedding Anniversary in August, but a number of factors – not least my being out of work since July last year – have just made it totally impractical. We did think of doing the ‘wait and see’ kinda thing where if my work situation improved in the near future, we might be able to save up for a Christmas or New Year trip, but rather than have that rollercoaster ride, we thought it’s better to draw a line under this year – do something fab in our own city for our anniversary – and look to sort something out for next year. In addition, I think 2012 will be another tough year for the global economy – having said that I’m an ‘eternal optimist’ and a ‘glass half full’ kinda girl (my sister’s nickname for me at the moment is ‘Pollyanna‘ 🙂 ) – I really think it will really start to stabilise & improve towards the end of this year / early next year.
So, I’m starting to sketch out a rough wishlist for a 2013 trip next, looking to maybe try stay for a couple of weeks, maybe around June time.
I’d at long last get to see Central Park with leaves on all the trees, and full of flowers! I still have a yearning to sit under a tree in the shade there, with a picnic and a good book, watching the world pass by…
Ahhh...bliss... Image via Wikipedia
And what about a day trip to Washington…? (yes, I said day trip LOL). Maybe one to Philadelphia…?
It might be interesting to see if we can find decently priced self-catering type accommodation – one of those hotel apartments sort of thing (I’m not going anywhere near the nightmare of illegal sub-lets!). I think it’d be cool to actually cook a few meals during our stay – even if it’s just breakfast in the morning!
Then again, if we can find a good hotel for a better price… That new Yotel looks pretty amazing, run by the same group who run Yo Sushi!, and is decently priced! Hmmm…decisions decisions…
Anyway, I know it’s absolutely ages away, and we’ve got some pretty special other stuff happening this year – including our Spring trip to Barcelona – but it’s nice to think about 🙂
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Sad for you guys. You can have fun organising next year’s trip though. Lots of time to do more research and you can’t knock researching NYC.
Hey I’ve got EVERYTHING crossed that you guys get to see Mr S there this year!!! 🙂
Silver Wedding – I noticed your countdown. We didn’t have much choice on ours (18 months ago) – everything had been nicked on a trip to Spain so we had no ID, passports, papers of any sort 😦 so we were marooned in Gib. Kind of good in a way as we didn’t have to think of what to do to make it special. Truth is, you don’t have to do anything. It was a lovely day, and yours will be too, whatever you decide to do, or not to do.
I must admit, I keep thinking about whether we should just have a lovely day at home in the garden with nice things to eat and drink, listening to some favourite music and just chilling together…
For the first 5 or 6 years after we got married and didn’t have two pennies to rub together, we used to do that sort of thing for birthdays and anniversaries – not spend tons obviously, just squirrel a bit extra away to buy a nice bottle of wine and some foodie things we couldn’t afford every week – put a bit more effort into the meal that was made, actually sit at the table laid with our nice tablecloth/napkins etc to eat our meal and talk about this and that, investing in ‘quality time’ together…
Maybe our 25th is a good time to do this again – sort of acknowledge the good times, and the harder times, and that we’ve come through it all together…
You never know – we might actually have a nice summer this year….!