New Years City

Back once more in New York City and this time over New Years. Arriving the evening of 26th the first night was pretty much just eat and then chill out and sleep. Got a great burger and shake at the resturant Harlem Shake.

After some great sleep I made my way to High Line, a long park created on an old industrial trainline. A truly beautiful place to walk through and provides a nice view of the streets below. It's also nice getting a break from red lights and cars. I belive it to be even better in spring and summer time.

The High line from below

On the High Line 

On the High Line

On the High Line

Looking down at a street

A cool sculpture

Another view of a street

Looking out towards New Jersey

A cool bridge between two buildings

A large building over the High Line

Traces of the old tracks

At the end of the High Line I went to have some lunch at the resturant Bubby's a nice American style resturant. Had a nice burger before continuing my adventrues.

Brooklyn Bridge

Took a quick trip by the Brooklyn Bridge, didn't walk on it but walked right past it which was really cool. It was hughmungus

Special lamp in China Town

China Town

From the Brooklyn Bridge I made my way to China Town. A very unique place with lots of asian looking things. For example the lamp posts, but also all signs beeing in both english and what I think is Chinese.

Statue of Liberty

NYC from the Staten Island Ferry

Trying to get to the Statue of Liberty seemed like a nightmare with all the tourists around so I went for the 2nd best option to see her. The Staten Island ferry. Going from NYC and then running around to board it again once you get to Staten Island you get a decent but still kinda crowded view of the statue. Definently quicker and easier to get on the boat and if you just have a phone up and walk towards the window most people will let you by to snap that picture of the statue.

Soul Food

Missing the south a little bit I made sure to get some Soul Food. Maybe not very healthy but oooooo DELICOUS! That mac'n'cheese is to kill for. Getting a box and paying by the pound at Jacob Soul food and salad bar. A great place where you can pick what you want and if you fill the box up you get you get a little more than full. Definently something to get if you happen to get up around Harlem.

Times Square at New Years

And now why is this post called New Years City... Well it was cold, it was freezing, it was kinda terrible but I was able to see the New Years ball drop at Times Square. I learnt an important thing about it. I will never do it again. It was a cool experience standing in the cold with like 1 million other people to see a small ball drop. You learnt a lot about how much cold you can suffer through, and how long you can hold from going to the bathroom. Getting in at around 16.00 (4 pm) it was a long and slow wait. Unfortanetly you can't leave to go to the bathroom and you get very cold from just standing still so moving your feet at all times is very important. But the people around you are very nice and you start playing games to make the time go.

Proud to have defeated the cold weather

If I'm ever gonna see the ball drop again I will watch it on TV or the internet. However no regrets about freezing my toes off. (They were not hurt just really, really cold)



After a night in the cold I made sure to sleep in and then went to the Museum of Natrual history. All I can say is lots and lots and lots of things... and people. Luckily I found a side entrance to the space part which made it a lot easier to get in as the line was shorter. Hard to describe everything they got so I just gotta say go there if you enjoy to see stuff about animals, people, space and like everything in between.
Aaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnndddd pictures!

Native American masks

More Native American stuff

Even more Native American stuff 

Dinosaur at main entrance

Elphants

Teddy Roosevelt at the main entrance

Main Entrance

Freeze dried Ice cream sandwich 

Freeze dried ice cream sandwich 

Freeze dried ice cream sandwich 

Freeze dried ice cream sandwich

I also got myself a freeze dried ice cream sandwich from the museum store. As you can see from the picture it's one that they have in space. It tasted like "meringue" (maräng på svenska) and was pretty nice to eat. Still had a little bit of an ice cream taste to it, allthough it wasn't cold.

New Orleans

Between the 22nd and 26th of November I went down to New Orleans, Lousiana. A really awsome old city. Living near the French Quarters the place I stayed at and the houses around had a very unique and cool look.

One of the coolest houses around  I think

The first day I spent just walking around and cheking things out. Also made my way to the classic Café du Monde and getting some coffee and beignets.

Coffee and beginets

Old and New

One of my favorite pictures is the one where
you can see the old French Quarters and the newer skyscrapers in the background.

Also took the opportunity to try a gator sauasage

Gator sausage

The next day I walked over to the National World War 2 museum. A truly amazing experience. I would definently say it is one of my top 3 museums I've been to so far. I spent something like 4-5 hours there. It was a museum that focused a lot on the battles of World War 2. I also went to 2 different experiences, Beyond All Boundaries and Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience. Beyond All Boundaries is a 4D movie with Tom Hanks and explains how the war escalated. Final Mission is a experience where you get to be in the USS Tang submarine under it's final mission. Both experiences were very cool and definently added to the museum experience. And now pictures:

 Pictures from the World War 2 museum

Memory for hurricane Katarina

From the World War 2 museum I went passed a cool monument for the hurrican Katrina which hit New Orleans in 2005. I then continued towards my goal which was the Mardi Gras World. A museum for the Mardi Gras festival and also home of one of the largest float makers. Mari Gras World was a really unique place showing off the Mardi Gras festival. Not just a tour of diffrent floats but you could also see how the floats are made. Aaaaannndd pictures!

Darth Vader 

Some floats

Awsome looking one

King Kong

Star Wars

Star Wars

From here I got myself a ride home casue my feet where super tired after having to walked the whole day pretty much.

The evening I spent having some dinner and just chilling out.

The next day I went to the Museum of Death, a very unique museum about death in general but also a certain focus on serial killers. The museum was kinda creepy but still not as it was just some rooms very brightly lit up showing of the pieces. I enjoyed my visit there even though they had very graphic pictures from some of the murders. I then went down Canal Street checking out some stores and malls. During the evening I went to a market that's only open during nights. The vendors there were selling some very cool artsy pieces.

New Orleans is a very cool and chill town. The French Quarters look a bit worn down but are very cool to walk through and enjoy all the art and music in the streets. Having small bands playing at street corners sets a very special environment. I definently recommend going there!

Charleston

For two days (5-6 Oct 2017) and one night I went down to Charleston. An amazing place that I'm happy I visited again. This time I went alone by bus. A ride there that took more than 5hrs after a detour through Myrtle Beach. The first day as I arrived I ate a really southern meal with fried chicken, macncheese and some fries. A really great but unhealthy meal.

Fried chicken with Mac'n'cheese and fries

From a meal I got myself to the Charleston Museum. A nice little museum about the history around Charleston.

A replica of a civil war submarine

A cannon

A model of the battle for Sullivans Island

A whale skeleton

These are just a few of the things I saw at the Charleston Museum. I think the museum was pretty interesting and is definently worth spending some time on if in Charleston. From the museum I got to my room and just walked around for the rest of the day.
The second day I made my way to the Fort Sumter ferry and took a trip out there. A really cool old fort where the American civil war started.

Right after getting off the ferry

An old shell from the civil war

Fort Sumter

Half flag for the victims of Las Vegas

A fort with some great history like a shell from the civil war. With such a short time I didn't have time to do any other major thing so after walking around for a bit I went home.