We began with a trip to the Empire State Building, to better orient ourselves, you know, "get the lay of the land." It was amazing to see the vastness of the city from the 88th floor, and I didn't even vomit from the height!!
Then we took a double-decker bus tour around the city, yeah it was touristy and freezing cold, but it was fun and we got to see a lot in a short amount of time.
We had the chance to walk around ground zero and witness the large void left in the city from the missing Twin Towers.
We ate lunch at the famed Serendipity restaurant, the peanut butter frozen hot chocolate was so good it was worth the trip just for that!
We had a lot of fun playing at FAO Schwarz (ginormous toy store), posing with the lego statues, and especially playing the huge piano from the movie "Big"
We couldn't go to New York without going to a Broadway show, so of course we went to "Wicked" and loved every minute of it.
The next morning we spent time with our Lady Liberty and at Ellis Island. We were suprised to learn that we were the only people who bought these amazingly patriotic hats and actually wore them.
We took an evening harbor cruise around Manhattan. It was a fun way to see the city even though it was so freezing cold we couldn't enjoy it from the open-air top of the boat.
We capped it all of by visiting the Manhattan temple Sunday morning for sacrament meeting.
Our first trip to the Big Apple was definitely a success, we only wish it could have lasted longer. Thanks again Mom for such a fun trip, we'd go again in a minute.
