The first day we arrived was September 11th. We got there at 8:30am. I calculated, in California time of course, it would take us about 30 minutes to get out of the plane and an hour to get our bags and get to the taxi. I figured we would be at the hostel at 11am. Well, this was the first time I concluded "I was not in Kansas anymore Toto." We got to the hostel at 10am including the taxi "detour" around Central Park. Dale figured it should have been about a $25 cab fare...turned out to be about $45. Hmmph...lesson learned. Everything seemed to be on fast forward!
We got to the hostel. It had bright pink walls! Interesting. Just so you know...we had our own room, we just had to share a bathroom. It was a different kind of experience compared to the 4 and 5 star resorts we've stayed at. I can't remember why we chose to stay there, but, it was worth the experience. Our room was white with one light blue wall. We had a Mexican woman next door who cooked pork chops at 11pm and flushed the oil down the toilet. She played Mexican music in the early, early morning! I brought earplugs, thank God! =)
We started off on a bus tour. It was about 3 hours long and took us uptown, midtown and downtown. The tour guide wasn't the best, but we did still learn some cool stuff. Sunshine fell asleep half way through. The second tour we took was on a ferry. We got to see the Statue of Liberty and all the city from the water view. It was really neat! Kaila loves the Statue. She was really excited as you can see in the picture.
The third...yes, I said third...tour we went on for the day was a night tour. (I'm not sure the thought process that went through Dale's head when he planned 6 hours of tours in one day, but hey...we're in New York!) The tour guide sounded like Ryan Seacrest from American Idol! He was SUPER great! Lots of trivia and history. It was amazing to see the night life...a true city that never sleeps. Time square was amazing! The bridges lit up were magnificent. And the lights in place of the Twin Towers were overwhelming. We got a great picture. The lights were actually reflecting off the clouds. So pretty! Sunshine, Kaila and I fell asleep in the last tour bus. How sad. I was pooped! We went across the bridge into Brooklyn for pictures. The girls were out for the night.
Hope you like to pics. More tomorrow!!
Mel =)
4 comments:
Three tours in one day...yikes I would have been sleeping too. Great sunny day though and great pics. Maybe tomorrow we can exercise our necks to the right. What do ya think? TFS
Cheri is funny isn't she. tee hee. Love the pics. The crack is my fave ;-)
What a great first day and the picture at night is nice. To be there on 9/11..Wow.
Mae
what great pictures! I'm glad you had such a good trip! But welcome back.
And i tagged ya on my blog! :)
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