NYC Day 4

NYC Day 4

The Statue of Liberty!!! My Last day in New York consisted of visiting Lady Liberty, the 911 memorial, and a bunch of shopping before my flight home. Early in the morning, I caught the ferry for an Ellis Island boat tour. I was able to stand on the top deck and enjoy the view, but the wind and the 20 degree weather froze my entire face!! so I cuddled inside with a warm cup of hot cocoa. As we arrived on Liberty Island, I had to walk very carefully because the entire island was covered in snow or ice, I didn’t want to fall on my face! Unfortunately I didn’t get to go up the statue, but I took several pictures and played in the snow, of course. After the Statue of liberty, our next stop was the One World Trade Center / 911 memorial. After several levels of security, I stood where a tragic event happened more than a decade ago. I learned about the survivor tree, which was the only tree on the site that survived the attack. What remained was a stump when it had been found, but they kept it in the same place in the memorial, nourished it, and it now blossoms during the Spring time. I left to memorial to grab some lunch and I shopped for a good 3 hours before heading to LaGuardia and catching my flight home. As I boarded the plane, it began to snow and I really wanted to beg the flight attendant to open the doors and let me play outside in the falling snow, but people had already started spraying salt on the plane. It was sadly the end of my trip. Goodbye snow, and hello hot weather:(

NYC day 2

NYC day 2

Another long and enjoyable day in NYC. I was freezing my face off because it was 25 degrees but the wind made it feel like below 10. For half of the day, I was able to shop on 5th avenue, and of course, i did some major damage to my wallet. I don’t recall ever buying so many things! But I was awed by the large stores! All these stores were 3 or 4 times the size than the stores that I shop in. And the Forever 21 was 4 stories… I could honestly spend a whole day in there! At around 4, I went to get a backstage tour of Lincoln Center… and it so happened that fashion week was taking place there! So many models in crop tops or dresses in such freezing weather. After lincoln Center, I went to Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. I ordered a honey mustard chicken sandwich, and I was happy to say that this was much better than yesterday’s Dallas BBQ dinner. We listened to rock music and chatted with out food. Then, we headed to Nedelander Theatre to watch the broadway musical NEWSIES!! WOW… Word cannot express how amazing this music is… It was so worth it because there was great singing, dancing, and acting. Maybe i shouldn’t have been so crazy because I lost my voice for screaming and cheering so loud. I would watch that musical 10 or more times. I just doesn’t get old!