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Ralph Machio

New York 2014 Day 9

Today we got to see some of the cast of The Karate Kid films, and spent more time looking around before collecting our luggage and heading to the airport for our journey home.

October 12, 2014

Times Square

New York 2014 Day 8

Another day spent going around the convention, checking out the amazing costumes of cosplayers, and seeing what famous people we could get signatures of.

October 11, 2014

William Shatner and Patrick Stewart

New York 2014 Day 7

The second day of the convention involved a lot of Star Trek. I got the signatures of most of the cast, talked to them, and also went to a panel for Elementary. The evening involved even more Star Trek with a talk from all the cast hosted by Captain Kirk himself.

October 10, 2014

Borderlands Psycho cosplayer

New York 2014 Day 6

Our first day at the New York Comic Con, and my sisters first ever time at a convention. She didn't know what to expect, and to a degree I didn't either. It was a very different set-up to San Diego, and felt more enjoyable.

October 9, 2014

New York Skyline in Twilight

New York 2014 Day 5

This was the first full day of it being just me and my sister, and we decided to try and cram in as much sightseeing as we could before visiting the New York comic con for the next few days. It was a chance to see some of the other boroughs of NYC as well.

October 8, 2014

Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101

New York 2014 Day 4

Whatever else I saw today, the highlight was always going to be seeing the Enterprise OV-101 space shuttle - NASAs prototype craft that launched the age of the reusable space vehicle.

October 7, 2014

NYC - Grand Central Station

New York 2014 Day 3

We did some more exploring of the city, with the aim to be done in time to watch the Rock of Ages performance on Broadway.

October 6, 2014

The statue of liberty in NYC

New York 2014 Day 2

For our first full day in the city, we started off with visiting the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island before working our way up from there. To start with though, I'd got around twenty miles to run for marathon training...

October 5, 2014

New York 2014 Day 1

A new adventure had begun, with my sister in tow, to the Big Apple. We'd planned on seeing so many sights and would need to figure out the best way to see them all whilst exploring.

October 4, 2014

New York

After visiting North America for the first time to attend San Diego Comic Con International in 2013, one of the biggest conventions of it’s type in the world, I was left wanting to visit America again. The previous visit was a great experience and I was keen to visit San Diego Comic Con again. Unfortunately the friends I went with didn’t want to go a second year running so I decided it would be a …

September 30, 2014

Recent Trips

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