Today started a bit different as expected. I didn’t feel great and went to the doctor which acknowledged what I already thought I have a sore throat. Which resulted in medication, it seems like there is something with me traveling to New York, last year I also had a sore throat.

At 10:30 we left our house to the Nürnberger airport and at 11:30 we were fully checked in. After a simple lunch at the airport it was already time to board on our flight to Munich. IN Munich we walked towards the gate and after going through the usual additional passport check for the USA we could board our plane. The plane took of without delay.

The flight was ok, I didn’t felt to good, Danielle felt okay. We both watched several movies like Broken City, The Guilt Trip, Playing for Keeps and Identity Thief and in the end the 9 hours flight took too long.

And what would we be without an internet connection? So before the plane was parked I already started the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini which we use during the trip as a mobile router. The phone is simlock free and on www.keepgo.nl they offer sim-cards for interesting prices. I didn’t expect too much but the speeds so far are good.

After going through customs we waited a couple minutes for our suitcases before we left Newark Airport. We wanted to take a yellow cab to our hotel and so we did. Unfortunately the rain was so bad we didn’t even had a proper change to take a picture but it’s all about the experience I would say.

As you’ve read before we booked the hotel via priceline but the hotel was kind enough to give us an upgrade to a deluxe king room. The room is nice but we still needed something to eat.

Since we are both tired we decided to grab something at a restaurant in the street but first we need to buy some water for in the room. We walked through the heavy rainstorm (imagine a rainstorm and multiply it with 3) to the Duane Reade near our hotel when we decided to walk another 400 meter to the Magnolia Bakery. But even before we arrived there we were already soaked.

After getting water and cupcakes we went to our room and jumped into bed to write this blog and sleep because it was a long day and we can’t wait for tomorrow.