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New York Adventures: Madame Tussauds

14/07/2012 by Jeanette Jewel No Comments
 
One of the first places we visited in New York when we arrived, was Madame Tussauds. We actually hadn’t planned it too much, because Mia gave the ticket for me as a graduation present (Awesome present, by the way!). Most of you remember I visited Madame Tussauds in Berlin back in november 2011, but this one in New York is so much bigger! 9 floors! 

En af de første steder vi besøgte da vi ankom til New York, var Madame Tussauds. Vi havde faktisk ikke planlagt det alt for meget, fordi Mia gav mig billetten i studentergave (God gave, forresten!). De fleste af jer kan nok huske at jeg besøgte Madame Tussauds i Berlin tilbage i november 2011, men denne i New York er meget større! 9 etager! 


Unfortunately, most of the people who are made in there, are American sports stars, politicians, etc. that I know absolutely nothing about, which kind of bummed me out, but there are a lot of wax dolls, and I think it IS worth it to go there! We didn’t take pictures with a lot of them, simply because there were too many and we had to just pick some of them! 

Desværre synes jeg at mange af de dukker der er lavet derinde, er amerikanske sportsstjerner, politikkere, osv. som jeg kender absolut intet til, hvilket jeg egentlig synes var lidt træls, men det er rigtig mange voks dukker og jeg synes at det ER værd at tage derind! Vi tog ikke billeder med mange af dukkerne, simpelthen fordi der var SÅ mange at vi var nødt til bare at vælge nogle få af dem! 


Madame Tussauds in New York can be found on 234 West 42nd Street (Between 8th & 7th Ave).  

Madame Tussauds i New York kan findes på 234 West 42nd Street (imellem 8th & 7th Ave). 

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Last day in NYC

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Today was our actual last day in this really amazing city. We spent it shopping a bit and walking around midtown, and ended it with a bang as we went to Broadway to go meet Raven-Symoné and Jim Parsons (again). We heard that Raven-Symoné (From “That’s So Raven) was really sweet and took pictures with everybody outside, so we decided to go and she was amazingly sweet. She actually let me take another picture, because our first picture together was HORRIBLE! Haha! We just managed quickly to go see Jim Parsons leave the theater, and get a few pictures of him. That was completely okay though, since we met him a few days back too! 

I dag er vores egentlige sidste dag i denne fantastiske by. Vi brugte den på at shoppe lidt og gå rundt omkring i midtwn og vi sluttede den med et bang da vi tog til Broadway for at møde Raven-Symoné og Jim Parsons (igen). Vi havde hørt at Raven-Symoné (Fra “That’s So Raven”) var virkelig sød og tog billeder med alle udenfor, så vi bestemte os for at tage derhen, og hun var rigtig sød! Hun lod mig rent faktisk få taget et nyt billede, fordi det første billede var VIRKELIG dårligt! Haha! Vi så kun lige hurtigt Jim Parsons forlade teateret, og få taget par billeder af ham, men det er helt okay, for ham mødte vi jo også for et par dage siden! 



Tomorrow we have to check out at 11 and fly at 6 in the evening (NYC timezone). We’re gonna travel for a long time, and it’s going to be really rough, but it was all worth it. I am going to miss New York so much, and it’s definitely not the last time I’m going here at all. 

Imorgen skal vi tjekke ud klokken 11 og flyve klokken 6 om aftenen (NYC tidszone). Vi skal rejse i ret lang tid, og det bliver rigtig hårdt, men det har været det hele værd. Jeg kommer til at savne New York så meget, og det er helt sikkert ikke sidste gang jeg er her. 

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@ Times Square

13/07/2012 by Jeanette Jewel No Comments
We didn’t take too many pictures today – We spent most of the day to catch up on some of the shopping we needed to do, such as souveniers. We’re still not completely done yet, and we have to do the last stuff tomorrow. I did manage to use a lot of money on MAC Cosmetics though. Their products are so good (And the people in the store are the sweetest, really. Especially the not-so-straight guy in the store at Times Square, who did our make-up and was just so cute. I swear I could’ve taken him with me home if he’d let me!). Besides that, we had to meet up with Mia Malene’s cousin and her cousin’s boyfriend at Hard Rock Café to have dinner, and they managed to take some photos of Mia Malene and I on Times Square. Had such a cosy night!

Vi har ikke rigtigt taget så mange billeder i dag – Vi brugte egentlig det meste af dagen på at indhente det shopping vi skulle have gjort inden vi tager hjem, fx souveniers. Vi er stadig ikke helt færdige, så vi shopper det sidste imorgen. Jeg fik dog brugt rimelig mange penge på MAC Cosmetics. Deres produkter er så gode (Og ekspedienterne derinde er de sødeste, virkelig. Især den ikke-så-hetereo fyr inde i butikken på Times Square, som lagde vores make-up og var bare såååå sød. Jeg sværger, jeg kunne have taget ham med hjem på stedet, hvis jeg kunne!). Udover det, så mødtes vi også med Mia Malene’s kusine og hendes kusines kæreste til aftensmad på Hard Rock Café, og de tog nogle billeder af os på Times Square. Rigtig hyggelig aften! 


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It all started with a big bang

11/07/2012 by Jeanette Jewel No Comments

We spent today in Central Park, having cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery and icecream, and then just walking around, exploring the park. It’s amazing how you can just walk into such a peaceful and quiet place, from a big and busy city like that. 

Vi tilbragte dagen i dag i Central Park, hvor vi spiste cupcakes fra Magnolia Bakery og en kold is, og så gik vi ellers bare rundt og udforskede parken. Det er fantastisk hvordan man kan gå ind til sådan et roligt og idyllisk sted, direkte fra sådan en stor og hektisk by.


After we’d been to Central Park, we went to check out a store with baking supplies. I, of course, bought some stuff. Right after, we went directly to our favorite pizza place on 8th Avenue. I will make a post about that later, whenever I get home. Last but not least, one of the things I’d been most excited for – We met Jim Parsons (You might know him as Sheldon Cooper from “Big Bang Theory”), not even a few hours ago! He was so sweet! I did want to get a picture with him, but security wouldn’t allow it, unfortunately. However, we did get an autograph!

Efter at vi havde været i Central Park, tog vi hen til en butik med ting til bagning. Jeg købte selvfølgelig noget. Direkte efter, tog vi hen til vores yndlings pizzeria på 8th Avenue. Jeg laver et helt post om pizzeriaet senere, når jeg engang er kommet hjem til Danmark igen. Sidst men ikke mindst, det som jeg har glædet mig rigtig meget til – Vi mødte Jim Parsons (I kender ham måske som Sheldon Cooper i serien “Big Bang Theory”?), mindre end et par timer siden! Han var så sød! Jeg ville gerne have haft et billede med ham, men hans bodyguard ville ikke tillade det, desværre. Vi fik dog en autograf!


When we came back to the hotel, Mia somehow discovered a really gross and big bug in our room, and we went to tell it to the staff of the hotel. They immediately moved us from 24th floor to a new room in 26th floor (Which we are still really impressed by! Best service ever!) – Our view is now even more gorgeous in the night than it was before. 

Da vi kom tilbage til hotellet, opdagede Mia på en eller anden måde en rigtig klam og stor bille, og vi gik ned for at fortælle hotel staff det. De flyttede os med det samme fra 24. etage til et nyt værelse på 26. etage (Hvilket vi stadig er ret imponerede over! Bedste service ever!) – Vores udsigt er nu endnu smukkere om aftenen end det var før. 


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Året der bød på blandt andet: Paris & Disneyland, Düsseldorf & Gaga koncert, Thailand, huskøb og masser af tid med dem jeg elsker allermest 🥰
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Denne gang besøgte vi et elefant “plejehjem”, hvis man kan kalde det dét! Alle 4 af de her smukke dyr lever i junglen med deres mahouter, som i øvrigt betegner dem som sine kæledyr. 🐘
De er reddet fra et liv som elefanter i cirkus eller som “taxa elefant” for turister. Nuvel, de ser stadig turister hver eneste dag - men de bliver fodret i massevis af bananer, får mudderbade og bliver badet i floden og virker generelt bare tilpasse! Det bedste er, at de ikke er lænket og mahouterne træner dem udelukkende ved hjælp af lyde (for elefanter ser ikke ret godt!) 
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Elephants mean a lot to the thai people - They used them for centuries as working animals; In war, as a local taxi and even for tourists to ride on or for shows..
In 2016 I experienced this first hand when I paid to watch elephants in a show. Elephants that were chained up when they didn’t perform. I’ve felt bad about it ever since. 
This time we visited an Elephant sanctuary - A place where the elephants have been saved from the tourism and working industry. The mahouts live in the jungle with them and even consider them their pets! 🐘 
Yes, they do still get a lot of tourists visiting them - but they get fed lots of bananas, get mud baths and washed in the river and just generally seem very happy! Best part? No chains! The mahouts only train them by using sounds (seeing as elephants don’t have a great sight).
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