SWEMB BIRT Day 2 New York City

 We really wanted to do NYC the right way so we dedicated two days to seeing everything there is to see in the city.  We woke up nice and early, grabbed breakfast, walked to the subway, and then made our way to the ferry station to see the Statue of Liberty.  

The Statue of Liberty ended up not being that cool, but Ellis Island was a hit!  There was so much more to see and learn at Ellis Island.  I am so glad we stopped and took time to tour the entire island.  After our boat tour we were starving so we decided to eat at a food truck near the ferry station.  Bad decision.  The food truck was forced to pay the police $300 in cash.  The worker came out and counted out the money in $5 dollar bills.  Then he spent 15 minutes with once customer.  Not great.  By the time I got up there we had stood in line for more than 45 minutes.  The food truck which served falafel didn't even have any falafel!  It was terrible food.  The kids were worn out so we went to the park to eat lunch, which, by the way, we couldn't find the entrance to, then we walked over to a funny fish aquarium carousel and the kids rode it. 

After a morning at the park, we road the subway uptown to The Edge!  It was a really cool tall building that we ate some delicious dessert and looked out at the sites.  The Edge is lined with glass so it is a perfect way to view the city. 

After we went up to the top of The Edge, we had a delicious dinner, and then we split up.  The girls made their way to see another Broadway show and the boys went to the top of the Empire State Building.  We were up there for more than an hour and just watched the sunset.  It was gorgeous! 

 

 

We made our way back to our hotel and stopped in Time Square just to get a photo of the busiest intersection in the world.  The boys were troopers and walked about a mile back to our hotel.  We got to our hotel where our bags were stashed and had a little run in with the doorman, but eventually got our bags and made our way to Connecticut. 

SWEMB BIRT 2022 Day 1 New York City

 We went on another amazing trip with our friends, the Iversons!  Actually day one was July 31st, but it was a full day of traveling.  We arrived in New York City at Laguardia airport at 11:30 PM then caught a $100 dollar Uber to our Hotel in Times Square.  It didn't really count as a day as we didn't do anything but fly to Atlanta and then New York.  We were exhausted by the time we got to the hotel.  

The hotel gave away our room so they said they gave us the "best room in the hotel".  It was not that great.  HA!  We were right next to a construction zone that started promptly at 8:00 AM!  Thankfully, we were mostly awake and I started my day with a six mile treadmill run just down the hall. 

After our hotel breakfast, we walked down to Central Park and rented bikes.  We biked the entire park.  It was just over six miles and it rained on us for most of the ride.  It was gorgeous and a fun way to see Central Park. 

Once we were completely soaked from riding bikes, we went to a Ramen restaurant right across the street from our hotel.  It was so delicious, we ate at it twice that day!  After lunch, our friends arrived and we started our real site seeing tour of New York City.

Our first stop was the 9-11 memorial.  We were hoping to go into the museum but we didn't know that we needed to schedule a time months ahead.  We were hoping we could just schedule a time that day.  No luck, so we walked around the memorial then headed to a bakery, wandered Central Park, and then ramen restaurant before our Broadway show. 

We had so many choices of shows to see but we really wanted to see something family friendly so we landed on Wicked. It was the perfect choice.  Both my boys loved it and said they can't wait to go back to New York City to see another Broadway show someday.  After the show we just went back to our hotel and crashed.  We were already exhausted!