After arriving in New York in late September, I am officially 6 months here. How has it been settling into a new country? Settling into the US for me was easier as I had lived here for 3 months previous, although moving here more permanently is different. When you are on a summer visa your priority …
Everyone looks at me with a strange side eye look when I tell them I'm not coming home for Christmas. Surely I must be crazy? Doesn't everyone try and make their way home at Christmas time? Well not if you're broke from living in New York City and not if you feel like home has …
Apartment hunting in New York is a nightmare- there is no easy way to say it. Moving to New York sounds glamorous but deciding which apartment is least likely to get a rodent infestation is the reality. If you find somewhere that seems perfect, more often than not it isn't. That being said I've managed …
So, I am just home from the summer of a lifetime and was thinking back to when I first booked my J1 and how nervous I was. One of the things I googled multiple times was 'What to pack for a J1'. At the time I thought surely there must be some trick for packing …
