I have to say we were getting a little travel weary by the time we arrived in NYC (again). We had 3 days in Brooklyn and seemed to enjoy hanging out in the comfort of the hotel, the brilliantly named Dazzler, for most of it despite being in one of the best cities for doing anything but staying in your hotel room.

It was about now the amount of travel we had chosen to undertake in such a small amount of time was catching up with us and we were ready to be stationary having to remind ourselves that this was New York and we should get the hell out and enjoy it. Lucky it was St Paddy’s day! We parked ourselves at a nondescript Irish bar and sang and drank ourselves silly waiting for our friend Rhenise to finish work. Of course this was all done the day before we had to leave leading to painful hangovers while needing to navigate our way to the train station. We thought we were leaving from Grand Central but it was actually the other one that no one cares about and isn’t in movies – Penn Station. So on we hopped for a rather convenient ride down to D.C. (minus us disembarking somewhere random and almost getting stranded due to Tash misunderstanding the directions………)

It’s always good to stay with friends when travelling and makes for a much more personal experience. It had been less than a year since staying with Casey and Liam and the boys and we were happy to be back in familiar surrounds with our good friends. It was a lot colder this time! One of the great things about D.C being the nation’s capital and all, are all the amazing museums and the like. This time we hit up the National Air and Space museum. It was rad. All the museums have the best of the best shit so there’s always a lot of “no way” moments. I also do love myself a bit of aeronautics. During our stay we had a fun night out on the town and hit up a cool high tech golf driving range getting our asses kicked by L & C. The bloody mary bar took the edge off the low scores and the after effects of the night before. Til next time Acklands!

Nashville was a bit of a random last minute choice but we thought, why not cram in another city. There’s a lot mentioned about southern hospitality and it sure rings true, especially in a place like Nash which is full of tourists yet everyone loves a good old chat. I managed to get myself a bit of man flu for most of the time there but I pushed through like a true soldier. We spent a day in the Honky Tonk bars as I ordered up extra whiskeys to try and put the sickness to bed. One of the bars we frequented had toasted cheese sandwiches on the menu, more please! We made it to the Country Music Hall of Fame, something I never thought I would be doing, but neither did I think I’d be dancing and singing to songs being played while we were out and about. We squeezed in a Canucks vs Predators game, of course we lost but it went to a shootout so was at least entertaining.

And with that we we’re on our way to Toronto after bang on a year since arriving in Vancouver to become a permanent resident. Time to put it to use and stay still for a while!

J & T