On our only real day in the city Patrick, the in-laws, and myself really hit the town like you wouldn't believe.
We got up early at the crack of 9:00ish and grabbed some breakfast.
First up on the agenda was a stroll through Central Park on our way to the Central Park Zoo. Ok well if you were expecting "Madagascar" you might be in the wrong place but...... it was amazing, there were great animals like:
Next up was a scavenger hunt through the city for a little known New York landmark that Nicole L's bf told us about: the Ghostbusters firehouse. Now this was a little tricky to find as it was on a funky off street, but because we are great at our map skills we figured it out and found the place. This actually might have been one of the highlights of Patrick's whole life. I am not sure if you can really imagine his joy.
After conquering the ghostbusters, Patrick's parents left us to roam the city on our own for a while, they trusted that we would be careful and safe and make good decisions.... sadly for them they were only partly right.
Patrick and I made our way to the World Trade Center Memorial Site. This is a truly amazing place and I could talk for a long time about it. I was very moved by being in this special place, kudos to the designers and architects for finding a way to take a busy, noisy, hard city and creating a place that is quiet and peaceful for people to reflect and grieve.
After all of that, and trust me that is a lot of walking for one day, we both got Starbucks (in very NYC fashion) and headed back to the hotel. We met up with Patrick's parents and went up to Times Square for some dinner on the town. After a lovely dinner Patrick and I hit a souvenir shop to pick up a Christmas ornament. (Because I try to pick one up on every single trip) and we were back to the hotel for the night. The next morning we got up, packed up, and we were on our way back to Virginia. (Last couple pictures)
We got up early at the crack of 9:00ish and grabbed some breakfast.
First up on the agenda was a stroll through Central Park on our way to the Central Park Zoo. Ok well if you were expecting "Madagascar" you might be in the wrong place but...... it was amazing, there were great animals like:
Next up was a scavenger hunt through the city for a little known New York landmark that Nicole L's bf told us about: the Ghostbusters firehouse. Now this was a little tricky to find as it was on a funky off street, but because we are great at our map skills we figured it out and found the place. This actually might have been one of the highlights of Patrick's whole life. I am not sure if you can really imagine his joy.
Patrick and I made our way to the World Trade Center Memorial Site. This is a truly amazing place and I could talk for a long time about it. I was very moved by being in this special place, kudos to the designers and architects for finding a way to take a busy, noisy, hard city and creating a place that is quiet and peaceful for people to reflect and grieve.
After spending time appreciating all our gifts in life at the WTC Memorial, Patrick glimpsed the closest thing to a celebrity in his world, a motorcycle from Orange County Choppers, he wanted to make sure I include this in my blog.
Patrick purchased a new camera in the city, so while we were down in the financial district and so close by Patrick really wanted to get some good pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge. I am not so sure that either of our mothers would have been really happy with us hanging out by the docks and under the bridges just to get some pictures, but since we didn't get mugged, or raped and killed... no harm no foul plus our next stop was Chinatown. And not just the pretty part of Chinatown with lots of neat shops, nope we are talking about the sketchy/ kinda scary/ gangsta movie part of Chinatown. There we were, 2 people from central Virginia where things are quiet and gentle in kinda scary Chinatown we walked through and took a bunch of pictures, it was super cool.
After all of that, and trust me that is a lot of walking for one day, we both got Starbucks (in very NYC fashion) and headed back to the hotel. We met up with Patrick's parents and went up to Times Square for some dinner on the town. After a lovely dinner Patrick and I hit a souvenir shop to pick up a Christmas ornament. (Because I try to pick one up on every single trip) and we were back to the hotel for the night. The next morning we got up, packed up, and we were on our way back to Virginia. (Last couple pictures)
I love the pics from your new camera Patricko!! Excellent photography skillz.
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That sounds like an amazing siteseeing day. Did you eat Chinatown Chinese food??
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