And if we're lucky we'll come back alive

2038-01-19T03:14:07Z

Gooood morning, Norway! At least that's what my inner clock is telling me, but then again it's set to American time so there's a slight difference between the actual time and the time I'm feeling it is. Say, about six hours. Which just resulted in me sleeping oh about eight hours when I laid down to have a nap the first day. Not sleeping for twelve hours can do that to a person.

New York City, take 1 (3 days)

Empire State building; tall as a heck, got a great view over NYC. Really bizarre to go to the 102nd floor. We took a virtual tour over the city, starring Kevin Bacon's voice, yay! Also bought a sweet King Kong poster that I don't have room for at all. Crud.

Walking around; I love the Street/Avenue system they've got. Pretty easy once you get to know it. There were no music stores D: Virgin Megastores has gone bankrupt, it would seem.

Shopping; because what kind of girl would I be if I left that out? I bought a sweet shorts and a sweet blouse and some other stuff. Macy's like the biggest store ever (it is). But who cares, moving on.

Hotel; failed at looking exlusive, looked like a brothel from a horror movie instead. Too damned dark, especially the interior. It was close to Union Square, so that was something at least.

Miami, take 1 (4 days)

Temprature; goddamn, Florida is a hot and humid place. The heat was so stifling it felt like overkill to even wear a bikini, let alone clothes.

Miami Beach; is really lovely. The sun is killer hot, but I didn't flich once when going into the water ♥ Got a hint of a tan, dad got really sunburnt. Drank like 5 Starbucks products one day. Otherwise we were just chillin' on the beach.

Orlando, only take (3 days)

Disney World; was ginormous. We started out by visiting Animal Kingdom, which is an area where there were safaris, Dinoland, and those kind of things. There was a buttload of loooong lines, many of them had a wait of oh, between 70 and 90 minutes. Next we went to Hollywood Studios, which had the best rides in the park. Rock 'n' Rollercoaster was an indoor thing featuring Aerosmith-music ♥ and there was an awesome Twilight Zone ride where a dude started talking to us out of nowhere. I know that's more normal in the US but it's not in Norway, so we were all "Wha?" in the beginning. After that we went to Magic Kingdom, which is the place with the castle you see in every Disney movie intro. Wasn't all that great, a lot of kids' stuff. It rained.

Universal Studios; was so much better than Disney World imho. We went to Adventureland first, which is the place where the infamous The Hulk-rid is. It wasn't that bad, really. I want to live on Marvel Island forever ♥ The Star Wars ride was absolutely not worthwhile, it was slightly nauseating and b-o-r-i-n-g. Otherwise the place was a lot of fun. I also saw parts of the new Harry Potter-part they're building, eee! In Universal Studios or whatever the other part is called, there were some amazing rides, like the Mummy and the Simpsons (a 360 degrees 3D-thing). Saw a Beetlejuice show, bought a sweet Hellboy tee. It rained a bit here, too. The only thing I wasn't altogether too happy with was not seeing the Blue Man Group.

Miami, take 2 (7 days)

Wedding; we were in the US because of a wedding, basically, and the groom's nephew just so happened to be a person I knew. It was bit of a shock, really, and only goes to prove how small the world is. The groom was awesome, didn't talk that much to the bride. They had a nice cake and two Americans from New York who said I sounded like I was from the Midwest/Wisconsin.

Otherwise; we just relaxed. There were two sharks on the beach one day. I found out that nope, beach holidays still aren't for me.

New York City, take 2 (3 days)

St. of Lib. & Ellis Isl.; we had to get up at 6:30 AM. So not fun. The statue wasn't all that interesting, but the Ellis Island museum was. When we got home from the trip, me and my sister fell asleep right away.

Otherwise; we saw TriBeCa and SoHo, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Then there wasn't any moer time left D: I really like New York.

Pictures can be found here and here because I'm too lazy to upload all the pictures again. It's Facebook, but it's open for everyone to see.

TL;DR: All in all, it's been great. I was actually annoyed at myself (and I still am, a bit) for choosing to go Torquay instead of NY, but I think I'll survive. There's always a time after this, too.

Also, comment with something you want me to say. Aight?

"By the light of the night..

And if we're lucky we'll come back alive