Good morning everybody, it is my birthday! And what happens on my birthday?
If you're a family member, you're probably the only person is going to be able to answer that.
Snow happens on my birthday, that's what!
There's been absolutely no sign of any snow the entire time we've been here
and there's none due for the rest of the week.
So it's a one-day birthday special.
Snow happens all the time on my birthday.
If it's not snow it's very bad weather that threatens snow so I'm really -
I'm really not surprised that snow's came out today. It's quite funny really.
But umm not funny in the sense that I have to get to the airport later
but we've checked the flights and fingers crossed they seem to be okay at the moment.
What else am I gonna do today? I'm gonna try and find my birthday cake.
It just so happens that there's a Carlo's Bakery nearby.
Umm Carlo's bakery if you don't know, is from the show "Cake Boss".
"Cake Boss" is a show where they make some awesome cakes.
They don't even look like cakes, they're like works of art.
So umm there's a Carlo's Bakery nearby about a 5-10 minute walk maybe.
So I'll go and get myself a birthday cupcake or something later.
Other than that I need to check out obviously and get to the airport.
So my flight isn't until about 8 o'clock at night
but I think we're going to be leaving around about 2 o'clock.
Paul's flight's earlier and I'm just gonna jump in the taxi with him I think.
So we're back from breakfast and it's still snowing
and I think we've just found the worst job that somebody's having to do today.
There's a building over here covered in snow and there's at least one person on the roof
who's having to clear away all the snow [LAUGH], like this building over here.
I can't actually see anybody on the roof there.
Man: No I think he's moved, he was there but I think he's gone inside.
Aww, but we were spying on him!
Oh well if we see him again later I'll let you know.
Well the snow is still ongoing outside.
That guy at the building never returned and now it's time for us to go.
Time for us to check out so what we're gonna do is we're gonna leave our bags downstairs
and then we're gonna get off to Carlo's Bakery so that should be good.
Okay so see you soon!
Yeah, I can never quite get my head in with signs. We're at Carlo's Bake Shop now.
I've just got the nicest hot chocolate I've ever had, it was free as well!
I don't know if it's because it's just such a rubbish day
and I've got my takeaway bag of things to get.
I got two cakes in the end because hey, it's my birthday.
I can't really justify it with anything else than that.
So yeah, time for us to go back.
The snow doesn't look very bad
and it isn't really that bad, like most of the streets are clear and things
but it does make it for miserable walking conditions.
Umm I haven't seen any tour buses today I assume they're not running.
There's nobody on the famous TKTS steps.
I never actually went up them and I'm definitely not going up them today I can live without that.
And every street we're kind of coming up to is a bit horrible to walk along.
But was it worth it to go and see Carlo's Bakery? I think so.
I would've liked to have gone on a nicer day but since it's my birthday I had to buy myself a birthday cake
So yeah we're just heading back into the hotel now, we can't go back up to the room
but we'll maybe sit in the foyer and eat the cake.
So my hot chocolate is long gone. That was the best hot chocolate I have ever had.
Even if the cupcakes are rubbish,
if I ever come back to New York I'm going back there for a hot chocolate
it was the nicest thing ever
and it was complimentary I'm not sure if that was because it was really really bad weather
or whether they just do that all the time, I have no idea. But anyways...
The brownie's probably easier to eat in transit.
[RUSTLING PAPER]
There we are!
Okay so review of the brownie, I've ate half of it so far
because it's really really rich so um...
It's absolutely delicious but there's only so much that I can eat at once.
So I've wrapped up the other half and I'll maybe have that later.
I'm in two minds as to whether to try the cupcake just now
I probably shouldn't but I kind of want to
and it's my birthday so I can do anything I want so I suppose I will.
Let's have a look, let's at least unwrap it and then we can decide from there.
It's like a caramel one I've got.
Okay so it came in this really really cute box...
That I can't seem to open with one hand. There we go. Aah it fell over!
There's a kind of hole in the box here that helps them to stand up and I think...
I don't think they've put it into that or maybe I've knocked it over, I don't know.
But yeah, that's what my cupcake looks like it's a caramel flavored one
and I'm gonna eat some of the frosting just now.
It doesn't actually taste like very much to me
but I suppose that's because it's just frosting like maybe with
the flavors of the cake and that it will taste more impressively.
But I do like how light and cool the frosting is.
As far as frosting goes it looks like it should.
We're in the taxi now heading home.
Well not "heading home", heading to the airport
and it's just funny seeing how much snow there is, like they've -
they've done a really good job of clearing it all away.
But as an example there,
that's what one of the bins looks like. All that snow!
So the roads and that tend to be quite clear,
they're working on making the paths clear which is really good.
Umm but the roads are quite quiet as well
because everybody's been advised to stay at home if they can.
Yeah I'd rather be at JFK and be there ready if anything happens
than late for my flight most definitely.
So it's about 2 o'clock in the afternoon just now and we're on our way.
Okay so I'm at the airport now and I've said goodbye to Paul.
I've also just finished eating my cupcake
which was nice except for all the squashed icing
because I couldn't hold that box the right way round.
But umm yeah it was really nice, I think I preferred the brownie
but the cupcake was nice as well, definitely a good birthday cake.
So umm what I'm doing just now is I'm transferring over to Terminal 7
because we got the taxi to Terminal 4 so
I'm just transferring over to there and then I'm hopefully gonna check in
and go through security and have some time to kinda chill out in there, I don't really know.
But umm I'm glad to be at the airport nice and early
and just gonna see how the rest of the evening goes. Of course I'll be taking you with me as always.
My timing was really weird there.
Umm they're having a bit of a trouble with umm queue times and stuff at the moment
so they diverted me to first-class security
and I basically got fast tracked and my face must've been a picture when that happened cause
that's never happened umm so yeah that was quite funny really.
Umm I just got through first class with everybody else.
Anyways I'm through security now as you can probably tel.l
I'm just kind of wandering about, it's really going to be quite a while before I'm going anywhere,
about five hours to be exact! So I should maybe go and have a meal somewhere
or have a good relax, I don't really know. The runway is white.
Probably in like a manageable way for them but umm it looks really funny like the wind...
Yeah everything's just white. It's like being in the Arctic.
So I'm glad that I've managed to check in I've managed to get through security and everything
and now's the relaxing bit, now I'm ready for the flight
and hopefully my plane will be in soon as well.
Okay so it's about 7.20 now and it's getting closer to boarding time.
I've survived the endless waits in the airport and it's just about time to fly.
So I've changed into my flight socks which aren't...
you know, they're very old-ladyish but I mean deep vein thrombosis is a thing so
I want to keep my blood flowing correctly. Changed into some comfy clothes
and I'm ready to fly. I look like an old lady
but I really don't mind, I'm ready to fly.
So I'm also looking forward to seeing what movies they have on this plane.
Umm like cause they always have the free selections on the screen and that
so hopefully I'll find something good to watch. See you on the other side!
The weather we've had today has put us behind a little bit
because some of the flights before us were delayed so um yeah.
We're a little bit delayed on the tarmac here but the winds are maybe going to help us.
We might be a little bit late in coming in but ultimately I think I'm still gonna make my flight ok.
We're about 10 minutes away from landing and as you can see it's a very sunny morning in London.
Or maybe it just feels that way cause we're closer to the sun up here.
We spent quite a while on the tarmac in New York.
But we're not too far behind, I don't think it's gonna affect my next flight too much.
It is gonna affect how much time I'm gonna have in the lounge but never mind.
But yeah that should be Plane Journey 1 out of 2 almost done.
So you haven't seen me since my plane landed
and that's because I've just had to do a mad dash off the plane
through security, get my passport checked and everything in about 20 minutes
in order to make it to my next flight.
At one point I actually broke into a run because I thought I was going to miss it.
It's about 9.50 just now and the gate is down as closing at 10.
So I really thought I was gonna be like the last person on the plane or something.
Ran through the airport, this was the day where I got stopped by security
needed like a proper pat down and everything.
The gate is further away than usual, ran across the airport
and I get here and everybody is still sat down, not a single person has boarded.
They haven't even started the pre-boarding shuffle yet which is where everybody gets up
and seems to think they're the most important person. So [DEEP BREATH]
I'm just get my breath back now.
That was like a very dramatic 20 minutes or so,
if this was a Hollywood movie that would've been a whole thing.
but anyways I'm glad I've managed to make my connection.
I can finally take some time to text my family and let them know I'm back in the UK.
Anyways the next time you see me, chances are I'll be on a plane because
I've just came off one and I'm due to go back on one right now, yay!
And here we are, Plane Number Two! I've managed to get on the plane, I'm here safely
and I've managed to reassure my family that I'm still on my way.
That was the most dramatic transfer I've ever had
so I'm so glad to be sitting down again for the next couple of hours.
And we're on the way to Edinburgh now, yay!
After being on so many long-haul flights, I've actually forgotten what it's like to fly from Edinburgh to London.
So it's about less than an hour than when we took off
and we're just coming into land very shortly.
So we've made it back to Edinburgh quite safely just about on time
which sadly means this is the end of my adventure again.
Thank you very very much for joining me, do leave any comments you have down below
and thanks very much for watching. I'll be back soon, cheerio!
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