NYC refupeas, I loved your city!
Jul 22, 2014 0:04:28 GMT
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Post by holly on Jul 22, 2014 0:04:28 GMT
DD, my mom and myself went on our long awaited trip to NYC last month. We arrived home days after the sh!t hit the fan at 2peas and I didn't get a chance to update about our trip.
We were there for a week and I wish I had another week! We got to see the majority of the touristy places but there is so much more I feel like I missed. The first day was kind of wasted as we did the "on-off" bus. My mom was pretty insistent on going on it so we went. We didn't get on until about 10 and only "toured" downtown that day. We had tickets for a show that night so we had to get back to the hotel and change then go to dinner then the show (we saw Once). We were on that bus from 10-5 minus about an hr that we got off in Chinatown. Traffic sucked and we sat on the bus more than we moved. My mom agreed that it was a bad choice. But we had tickets and needed to go the next day too. We were able to see the all the other areas plus do the cruise the next day.
Sunday we started using the Subway which was totally overwhelming at first! Luckily, I had downloaded Hopstop which was a life saver so many times. Yes, everyone was helpful but not everyone gave us good directions!
My DD was with her choir group until Sunday night. We didn't see much of her from Thur night until Sunday night. Sunday was their concert at Carnegie Hall. It was an international choir with over 400 kids.
I think my mom was happy that I had DD to run around with after Sun because she skipped a few things. I had been running her from 7am until 10 pm every night! And no naps at the hotel:) she wasn't used to that.
For the most part she hung in with us but we had to take the subway way more than we needed (thank goodness for that unlimited pass!) because she couldn't walk very far. When it was just DD and I we walked A LOT.
The weather was beautiful. We couldn't ask for better weather I don't think. It was in the high 70's and worked it's way into the low 80's my the time we left. The last 2 days were the hottest and most humid. I'm not sure how people do it when it gets really hot there. The subway stations were so hot and it was only 80! We wore shorts and short sleeves and never needed a jacket. And it only rained on us once one night (why it got humid).
We saw the Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock, (DD went to Empire st building), went to the Met museum, Central Park, Rickefeller center, Today show (saw Alex and Sierra from X-Factor), 9-11 memorial, Yankee stadium, Grand Central terminal, NY library and many more I can't think of. We ate at Serendepity3 (just dessert), Tasty noodles in Chinatown (twice), cheesecake from Jr's, Carnegie Deli (mom had to go there, no convincing otherwise), Luckys hamburgers (best shakes ever), Shake Shack, Hourglass Tavern, Ellen's Stardust Diner (wasn't impressed) and John's Pizza. We also went to Amys bakery a few times for bfast (awesome). Oh we went to Cake Boss Cafe. That only whetted DD's appetite to go to Carlo's bakery. So we figured out how to get to Hoboken and off we went to Jersey. Glad we made the trip, well worth it we all thought.
Oh we also saw Pippin. DD saw Aladdin with her choir and loved it.
Overall we had a fantastic trip and I would definitely go back!
Thanks to all the peas that helped when I asked before. Your advice was spot on and really helped me. We made great memories in NY.
We were there for a week and I wish I had another week! We got to see the majority of the touristy places but there is so much more I feel like I missed. The first day was kind of wasted as we did the "on-off" bus. My mom was pretty insistent on going on it so we went. We didn't get on until about 10 and only "toured" downtown that day. We had tickets for a show that night so we had to get back to the hotel and change then go to dinner then the show (we saw Once). We were on that bus from 10-5 minus about an hr that we got off in Chinatown. Traffic sucked and we sat on the bus more than we moved. My mom agreed that it was a bad choice. But we had tickets and needed to go the next day too. We were able to see the all the other areas plus do the cruise the next day.
Sunday we started using the Subway which was totally overwhelming at first! Luckily, I had downloaded Hopstop which was a life saver so many times. Yes, everyone was helpful but not everyone gave us good directions!
My DD was with her choir group until Sunday night. We didn't see much of her from Thur night until Sunday night. Sunday was their concert at Carnegie Hall. It was an international choir with over 400 kids.
I think my mom was happy that I had DD to run around with after Sun because she skipped a few things. I had been running her from 7am until 10 pm every night! And no naps at the hotel:) she wasn't used to that.
For the most part she hung in with us but we had to take the subway way more than we needed (thank goodness for that unlimited pass!) because she couldn't walk very far. When it was just DD and I we walked A LOT.
The weather was beautiful. We couldn't ask for better weather I don't think. It was in the high 70's and worked it's way into the low 80's my the time we left. The last 2 days were the hottest and most humid. I'm not sure how people do it when it gets really hot there. The subway stations were so hot and it was only 80! We wore shorts and short sleeves and never needed a jacket. And it only rained on us once one night (why it got humid).
We saw the Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock, (DD went to Empire st building), went to the Met museum, Central Park, Rickefeller center, Today show (saw Alex and Sierra from X-Factor), 9-11 memorial, Yankee stadium, Grand Central terminal, NY library and many more I can't think of. We ate at Serendepity3 (just dessert), Tasty noodles in Chinatown (twice), cheesecake from Jr's, Carnegie Deli (mom had to go there, no convincing otherwise), Luckys hamburgers (best shakes ever), Shake Shack, Hourglass Tavern, Ellen's Stardust Diner (wasn't impressed) and John's Pizza. We also went to Amys bakery a few times for bfast (awesome). Oh we went to Cake Boss Cafe. That only whetted DD's appetite to go to Carlo's bakery. So we figured out how to get to Hoboken and off we went to Jersey. Glad we made the trip, well worth it we all thought.
Oh we also saw Pippin. DD saw Aladdin with her choir and loved it.
Overall we had a fantastic trip and I would definitely go back!
Thanks to all the peas that helped when I asked before. Your advice was spot on and really helped me. We made great memories in NY.
