Since my last post we have visited San Diego, Santa Monica, Las Vegas and Brooklyn. We are in Manhattan at the moment and leave for Boston tomorrow.

We have hit the half way mark of our trip, which is totally crazy. The time we have been away has flown and gone slowly at the same time. We have found that we are doing so many exciting things and making so many decisions each day that we are feeling like we need a weekend of doing nothing. Today we headed to the New York Library for some much needed quiet time. We spent three hours there and both left feeling recharged.

We are both learning so much as we travel – about ourselves, our relationship and the world. It has been awesome. It has also made us appreciate so many things about home.

There have been so many highlights from the last few weeks – visiting San Clemente and having a vegan feast as we drove from San Diego to Santa Monica, spending quality time with our friends from Australia in Las Vegas, Cirque du Soleil “O” at Bellagio, the incredible Wanderlust Festival in Brooklyn, Sleep No More at The McKittrick Hotel, seeing Matilda on Broadway and of course – Daybreaker in Manhattan. 

Daybreaker is an event like no other. On a Wednesday morning from 6am until 9am, New York locals turn up to a nightclub in their best gym get up to have a dance party before work. We stumbled upon the event after I read about the founder in the Wanderlust journal. We booked our tickets to Daybreaker the day before. 

In concept it sounds completely crazy, but it is one of the best events we have been to. We arrived, bleary eyed at 6:45am and entered the darkened club at 7:00am. We were greeted by music, lights, friendly faces, coffee, protein shakes and breakfast snacks (as well as a fully stocked schwag station sponsored by Six:02 and Puma). 

The DJs played for two hours (dem feelz!), accompanied by an MC and a live brass quintet. The dance floor was packed for the whole time we were there. Towards the end of the event, we were encouraged to welcome the day in and the club’s blinds were raised. There was an incredible feeling in the room – people dancing, smiling, laughing and hugging. It was an awesome way go out to a nightclub without having a late night, meet some new people and get 10,000 steps in before breakfast. Perfection. We will definitely go again in another city.

In minimalism news, I bought a new suitcase in Vegas which has helped me out a lot. It is the same size (possibly smaller) and a lot more sturdy. If I had a dollar for the number of times we have said to each other “imagine if we had large suitcases” as we have travelled on planes, buses and the New York subway, I would have enough money to buy another suitcase. Ha. The small suitcases have seriously helped us get around easily and avoid any back injuries. 

Here are some pics from our last few destinations…