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Dear travelettes, after spending my first few days in New York frantically trying to take in as much as possible, see as much as possible and do as much as possible I could not help but do something incredibly boring yesterday – sleep. After meeting a friend for brunch and hanging out at another friend’s bar for a bit I went home and fell asleep just to wake up 10 hours later (6am), refreshed and reenergized for the coming week. But I suppose you could say I wasn’t entirely unproductive because I did take more random snaps of the city as can be seen here below. More soon, Katja

Welcome to a new little mini series on World of Wanderlust, we thought that seeing as we’ve explored a number of London’s neighbourhoods, it was about time to explore a few of the neighbourhoods New York has to offer! I thought it would be appropriate to kick off with my favourite neighbourhood, so here you have it, the first of WOW’s New York Neighbourhood Guides – your ultimate guide to the West Village. A Guide to the West Village, New York, New York! Location : Lower Manhattan, West Side Subway station :  14th Street (7 Av), Christopher Street, West 4th St The West Village, as the name may indicate, is located in Lower Manhattan on the West Side of the city, a short walk from the Hudson River. It’s inhabitants range from a number of famous faces, to wealthy families and a range of young New Yorkers pretending they can justify the steep price of rent because the tree lined streets are too idyllic to live elsewhere. The atmosphere feels homely and co...