On Saturday, June 10, we snagged a hotel room in Queens and set off to the city, which was a bus ride and a subway ride away (at least an hour, sometimes more depending on the bus schedule). We took the subway right into the Times Square affording us this view coming up from the subway.
We went into a few stores including Toys 'R' Us. Among the displays is this giant animated T-Rex. There's also a huge farriswheel and plenty of other cool displays.
While we were in "tourist" mode, we headed to the Empire State Building. We recommend avoiding this tourist trap if you can. The line, for us at least, was much, much longer than it appeared. After three hours in line, we finally made it to the top of building where we had to fight with crowds for views like this.
On Sunday, we decided to take the subway into Brooklyn and walk across the bridge back into Manhattan. This turned out to be one of the coolest things we did.
The walk afforded us some incredible views of the Manhattan skyline such as the one below.
After our walk, we grabbed a dog and headed to the park. It's hard to imagine a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than on a row boat in the middle of New York City.
Monday, we got into town early and caught the end The Today Show. I suspect the man on the right is smartest of the entire group.
After knocking around Rockerfeller Center, we headed to the Financial District where we saw the New Stock Exchange as well as the building below. The Federal Building is where George Washington took the first Presidential Oath of Office.
Next up was Little Italy. You'd think a place like New York City would have an amazing Little Italy. Actually, Chinatown has nibbled away at Little Italy over the years reducing it to a single street. The amount of food packed into that street, however, was truly amazing. Every shop sold some sort of food whether it was cold cuts, canolis, or gilato. We had a nice lunch and actually came back after dinner just for a canoli.
Grand Central Station was one one of the last places we visited. The architecture was very impressive.
All told, we had a great time in the city and we're looking forward sneaking back between semesters.
2 comments:
Hey! Did I warn you about the Empire State Building?! We stood in line for 3 hours, too. Little Italy is awesome. I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant Amy & I ate in. Oh, man was it good!
There are so many good places to eat out there (and some of them are even really reasonable). We did learn not to eat in Times Square (along with the fact that the Empire State Building is a tourist trap of the worst kind).
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