NYC

After our fun few days in D.C. we headed up to New York via the Bolt Bus. Benny was so nice to take us to our stop in a sketch part of Baltimore far too early in the morning. 4 hours and $28 dollars later, we were in the middle of New York City! Not a bad deal.

We checked our bags at the New Yorker and headed on our way. I can't remember what we did on which days, so I'll give the break down in no particular order.

 The bull

 At the top of the Empire State Building. We had this cool/nerdy audio tour that told us about the different boroughs.

 Peter with his favorite painting, "Starry night". Despite his face, he says this was one of his very favorite parts our trip.

 

 While we were waiting for our cruise around the lower part of Manhattan, we saw this giant anchor and boat.

 I'm sure you can guess who took the pictures of the sailboats.

At the top of the Rockefeller Center.

 Doughnut Plant in Chelsea

 Falafel from a street vendor

 Carnegie Deli

 Junior's Cheesecake in Times Square

 Street hotdogs



Grimaldi's Pizza

 The new Freedom Tower

 The Museum of Natural History
 
Times Square

The Brooklyn Bridge- this bridge was probably my very favorite part of NYC this time around. I'm so glad we took the time to walk across it.

We went to Newsies one night and I had a permagrin the entire time. It was just so fun. I think Peter liked it, too.

One funny story from New York, well, it's funny now. We stayed at a hotel out by the LaGuardia Airport because it was so much less expensive than staying in the city. I had an app on my phone that told us exactly which trains to take to get where we wanted to go. On the first night, we picked up our stuff around 10 pm from the New Yorker and started to make our way to the hotel. We got off where it said we should but we couldn't find the connecting train anywhere. The area we were seemed a bit sketch, not good lighting at all. And, I just started crying. I felt like such a failure because I had planned everything and we were totally lost. This nice man saw that we looked lost and he stopped to help us. He called a cab company for us and stayed with us until the cab came. It was so kind. It did end up working out well because we ended up giving a Book of Mormon to the cab driver after he told us about his wife who is a member. It was a good missionary experience.

We saw so much when we went to New York. When I went in high school, I just went along for the ride and stuck to all the touristy things. While we did a lot of tourist things this time, we also spent time in some of the neighborhoods, which I really enjoyed. Brooklyn was super charming and I also really enjoyed going to the Highline Park. We went through Central Park and basically just walked all over. We like to pack it in on our vacations, and I feel like this one was super successful!

**Somehow, this didn't get posted, so here it is. For journaling purposes.