It’s 2010 and I am in New York City! It is so cold, but this won’t stop me getting out and about!

While I am here in New York I hope to visit:

The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019
There is a Tim Burton exhibition running until April that I hear is fantastic. You can also buy your tickets online beforehand which will save me having to queue up when I arrive.

Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Avenue New York, NY 10128
The Kadinsky, is coming to a close on Jan 13, 2010. The Guggenheim is currently exhibiting almost 100 paintings and 60 drawing spanning Kadinsky’s career from 1902 to 1942.

Jean Georges
1 Central Park West, New York NY 10023
My friend Daniel recommended the winter meneu at this 3 star Michelin restaurant. I can’t wait to try the Foie Gras Brulee and the Squab a L’Orange.

See my NYC map below for all the places I hope to visit!

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I had to go an see the Shamu believe show which was fantastic. (However I could have lived with out the overly emotional sugary soundtrack and the “I had a dream” stories…)

I decided to sit in the Soak Zone to see what would happen….

Highlights

Dinner at Bofinger in the Bastille.  My parents have been dining here since the started their annual trips to France.

Bread from the bakery near Saint Paul Metro.

The fabulous decorations and the Vanilla Layer cake from Restaurant Le Train Bleu.

The RER train from the airport.  35min to Les Halles, you don’t need to worry about the traffic and much cheaper than a taxi.  (Buying a ticket, however, was an absolute nightmare at CDG Terminal 2!)

The fabulous weather – sunshine throughout my stay.

Photos

On the Pont Saint-Louis

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I am very keen to test both services, Worldmate and TripIt on my upcoming holiday to Europe and compare the two. My biggest concern is offline functionality, as no one wants to pay roaming charges in another country just to check what time their flight leaves! TripIt’s offline capability was buggy when it first came out, but seems to be stable now. There is no mention on the Worldmate site about the offline capability of their app.

Check out the Worldmate iPhone app here

Day 6: Saturday, 24 January

Show Court 2

Women’s Singles – 3rd Round

Jie Zheng(CHN)[22]
def.
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR)
6-2 6-2

Men’s Singles – 3rd Round

Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[14]
def.
Radek Stepanek(CZE)[22]
6-4 6-0 6-0

Day 7: Sunday, 25 January

Margaret Court Arena

Mardy Fish(USA) /  John Isner(USA)
def.
Bruno Soares(BRA)[7] / Kevin Ullyett(ZIM)[7]
6-2 7-6(7)

Serena Williams(USA)[10] /  Venus Williams(USA)[10]
def.
Samantha Stosur(AUS)[5] /  Rennae Stubbs(AUS)[5]
6-4 6-2

Rod Laver Arena

Jelena Dokic(AUS)
def.
Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)[29]
7-5 5-7 8-6

Novak Djokovic(SRB)[3]
def.
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP)
6-1 7-6(1) 6-7(5) 6-2

Day 8: Monday, 26 January

Hisense Arena

Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP)
def.
Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[21]
6-3 6-2

Elena Dementieva(RUS)[4]
def.
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[18]
6-2 6-2

Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[8]
def.
Jie Zheng(CHN)[22]
4-1 Ret.

Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[14]
def.
Andy Murray(GBR)[4]
2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4

Day 9: Tuesday, 27 January

Rod Laver Arena

Casey Dellacqua(AUS)[12] /  Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[12]
def.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER) /  Patty Schnyder(SUI)
0-6 7-5 6-1

Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[7]
def.
Marion Bartoli(FRA)[16]
6-3 6-0

Andy Roddick(USA)[7]
def.
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[3]
6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 2-1 Ret.

Note the fantastic asymmetry of the look. Take (lots of) care, (when subjecting yourself to) Garnier…

• Shozu – allows you to upload photos from your iphone to many different webservices, including Flickr!, Facebook and Photobucket.
  - After geocoding (a one click procedure with Shozu) and taggging, I uploaded my photos to Flickr!
• Flickr!- The best photo sharing website!
  - I tagged each photo with “trip” for use in my map.
• Trippermap – pulls your photos from Flickr and displays them on Yahoo Maps and Google Maps (however you need the premium version to use Google Maps).
  - I utlised the Google Maps feature and produced my map, below:

Trip Photos

Useful Stuff

Ear Plugs

I never travel without ear plugs! They are light, cheap and small. I do recommend the flesh coloured plugs, rather than the fluoro orange or green ones.

by VeryBadLady

Travel snaps for:

• Cutting down on annoying aircraft, train or bus noise
• If you cut them in half, not only are they more discreet, you can safely sleep leaning your head on the side, without dislodging your inner-ear
• Useful for concerts, festivals, nightclubs and crying children

Alternatives:

• Toilet paper or tissues.
  My mum once did this at a Midnight Oil concert at Selinas in Coogee. Although not as effective as ear plugs, it does help. However it does look ridiculous!

Chewing Gum

My ears always have a terrible time on take-off and landing so chewing gum is invaluable. Combine the gum with a good yawn and your ears will be fine.

by biphop

Travel snaps for:

• Saving my ears in planes, elevators and funiculars
• Freshening your breath after that especially garlic Italian dinner
• Can be used to replace blue-tac if you are desperate!

Alternatives:

• Lollies.
  Minties or other strong chewy lollies are best

Travel Locks

Anyone travelling through the US needs to have TSA locks if they want to have any kind of security on their checked luggage. They are a bit pricey, around $20, (You can currently find them for $17 at GoGear), but definitely worth the money.

Travel snaps for:

• Ability to keep your luggage locked when travelling through the US
• Combination lock, so you don’t need to worry about losing keys
• Avaliable with an unlock indicator, so you know if your luggage has been opened by security.

Alternatives:

• Leave your luggage unlocked!

Listening to: The Final Countdown, The Final Countdown: Europe

Driving through the Clare with pit stop at Knappstein wines.

And finally we arrive in Adelaide; the view from the Hilton!