We went to New York City for a whole week for spring break and it was great. Instead of posting one big long annoying post I'm going to break it up into sections.
Here's a quick summary of the first few days:
Saturday 03/13/10
--we flew into New York and had the worst turbulence I've ever experienced in my life. We couldn't even see the ground until we actually hit the ground which I started thinking would never happen.
--we got to our hotel, were pleasantly surprised with how nice it was
--we went out for a bite to eat and decided we'd have pizza. It was expensive but delicious
Sunday 03/14/2010
--woke up and had no hot water
--we took our first taxi ride to the bus station then realized we could have walked it was so close. 10 blocks is a lot closer than I thought. oh well, we had to do a taxi ride at least once!
--took a bus to the Newark airport, rented a car and drove around Jersey visiting people from Steven's mission (he served in the New Jersey Morristown mission, Spanish speaking, from Oct '03 -Oct '05). We had lots of fun visiting people. Wait, I take that back-STEVEN had lots of fun visiting because he could actually understand what they were saying :o I just sat and looked like i knew what they were saying. Just kidding...sometimes they could speak English so that was fun
--The roads in Jersey are RIDICULOUS and I really don't know how people live there. That first day there made me really count my blessings and made me LOVE Arizona more than I already do
--On Sunday I got to experience Dominican food, peruvian food and something else but I can't remember right now what it was. It was all delicious and I had what seemed like 5 dinners that day (not really but close)
03/15/10
--we woke up to no hot water...again. Steven went and talked to the manager who gave us free breakfast for our entire stay which ended up being worth about $250 but I think a hot shower would have been better
--we rode the subway for the very first time. I was very nervous at first, not for safety reasons but sometimes I'm claustrophobic and I was worried that being underground would freak me out. It was cake and very fun.
--we went to the American Museum of Natural History and we were bored to tears. It's really just a bunch of stuffed animals so we left.
--we walked through central park for the first time even though it was a bit cold and rainy. It was still fun
--we visited Grand Central Station and did the whispering thing (if you don't know what it is, just look it up--I don't feel like explaining it right now). I loved the architecture and everything about it.
-St. Patrick's Cathedral was AWESOME. Some stuff was a little creepy but for the most part it was such a gorgeous building
--we walked down 5th avenue by all the fancy-schmancy shops and stopped in Tiffany's...of course. I was too afraid to ask to try on any of the jewelry but it was still fun to see how ridiculously huge some of those diamonds were!
--we ate expensive (wait, it's New York, isn't everything expensive??) but really good Chinese food
--the water in New York is surprisingly better than Mesa water
--New York has toilet paper thinner than tissue paper
Steven and Santina (one of his converts)
Us with the Molina family
Steven with Lynda, Luis, and Gian Franco
First time on the subway
This was before I went into the museum...my face afterwards wasn't this excited :)
some creepy lizard at the museum
Central park
Strawberry Fields
Grand Central Station
Whispering place
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Our hotel
Here's a quick summary of the first few days:
Saturday 03/13/10
--we flew into New York and had the worst turbulence I've ever experienced in my life. We couldn't even see the ground until we actually hit the ground which I started thinking would never happen.
--we got to our hotel, were pleasantly surprised with how nice it was
--we went out for a bite to eat and decided we'd have pizza. It was expensive but delicious
Sunday 03/14/2010
--woke up and had no hot water
--we took our first taxi ride to the bus station then realized we could have walked it was so close. 10 blocks is a lot closer than I thought. oh well, we had to do a taxi ride at least once!
--took a bus to the Newark airport, rented a car and drove around Jersey visiting people from Steven's mission (he served in the New Jersey Morristown mission, Spanish speaking, from Oct '03 -Oct '05). We had lots of fun visiting people. Wait, I take that back-STEVEN had lots of fun visiting because he could actually understand what they were saying :o I just sat and looked like i knew what they were saying. Just kidding...sometimes they could speak English so that was fun
--The roads in Jersey are RIDICULOUS and I really don't know how people live there. That first day there made me really count my blessings and made me LOVE Arizona more than I already do
--On Sunday I got to experience Dominican food, peruvian food and something else but I can't remember right now what it was. It was all delicious and I had what seemed like 5 dinners that day (not really but close)
03/15/10
--we woke up to no hot water...again. Steven went and talked to the manager who gave us free breakfast for our entire stay which ended up being worth about $250 but I think a hot shower would have been better
--we rode the subway for the very first time. I was very nervous at first, not for safety reasons but sometimes I'm claustrophobic and I was worried that being underground would freak me out. It was cake and very fun.
--we went to the American Museum of Natural History and we were bored to tears. It's really just a bunch of stuffed animals so we left.
--we walked through central park for the first time even though it was a bit cold and rainy. It was still fun
--we visited Grand Central Station and did the whispering thing (if you don't know what it is, just look it up--I don't feel like explaining it right now). I loved the architecture and everything about it.
-St. Patrick's Cathedral was AWESOME. Some stuff was a little creepy but for the most part it was such a gorgeous building
--we walked down 5th avenue by all the fancy-schmancy shops and stopped in Tiffany's...of course. I was too afraid to ask to try on any of the jewelry but it was still fun to see how ridiculously huge some of those diamonds were!
--we ate expensive (wait, it's New York, isn't everything expensive??) but really good Chinese food
--the water in New York is surprisingly better than Mesa water
--New York has toilet paper thinner than tissue paper
Steven and Santina (one of his converts)
Us with the Molina family
Steven with Lynda, Luis, and Gian Franco
First time on the subway
This was before I went into the museum...my face afterwards wasn't this excited :)
some creepy lizard at the museum
Central park
Strawberry Fields
Grand Central Station
Whispering place
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Our hotel
1 comment:
How fun! That trip sounds just heavenly! (minus the cold water :)I can't wait for the day we will go to NY! (ha..if ever. :) I love adventures and going to new places! So glad you got to go for a week!
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