West Point and NYC vacation

We are spending our last day in NYC today. We flew here last week on Friday, and whew! what a trip it's been! (That was Adam's input) After arriving in NYC, we went to Grand Central Station and caught a train up to West Point to visit with our good friends Jeff and Holly and their twins Collin and Annalynn. We had a great time with them - we went to the Army vs. Tulane football game, had some good food, sat around the fire pit every night and toured the campus of the greatest school in the world (more of Adam's input). It is a beautiful campus just on the Hudson River. Adam showed me where he had to eat every meal, his old dorm, and some of the history of West Point. It was a great time! Thanks to Jeff & Holly for letting us stay :)

Parade on the Plain before the football game

View of the Hudson River from campus





Michie Stadium

Adam reading to Collin

Monday afternoon we went back to the train station and headed back down to the city. We checked into the hotel and did a quick tour of NBC Studios. We got to see the sets of several different shows, including Saturday Night Live.

Tuesday we visited Ground Zero and then took a ferry to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. We got to go up into the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty (the crown tours were sold out). We also saw our first celebrity (well, I guess you could call it that) Robert Irvine from the Food Network's DINNER IMPOSSIBLE. We snapped a few photos and then walked through Chinatown and ate dinner in Little Italy.

Wednesday we walked around Central Park, went in FAO Schwartz and Tiffany & Co. Took a little nap at the hotel and then went to my first Broadway play: "Wicked." It was AWESOME!!! It is the prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" and it explains all the details like how the Scarecrow became a Scarecrow and things like that. It was so awesome, we decided we had to see another show before we left, so tonight we are going to see "The Lion King."


Central Park

On top of the Empire State Building

New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street

Thursday we went up in the Empire State Building. Amazing views of all of Manhattan. While we were up there, security closed down one corner of the railing because "someone" was coming up. So, we stayed right there for 30 minutes while we waited for this celebrity. Turns out it was some kid we didn't even recognize. There were tons of photographers and security that came up with him, but I have no idea who he was. Afterwards we walked about 45 blocks to the Museum of Natural History. We toured the museum and saw an iMax movie. Then for dinner: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. The greatest shrimp I have ever had!!!!!

Friday we went to breakfast at the Clinton Street Baking Co. We had seen this restaurant recognized on Food Network for their blueberry pancakes. It was yummy! The rest of the day we were kind of lazy. We figured it is vacation, we better relax a little. For dinner we went to an Indian restaurant to make Adam happy. It was pretty good.

Today we are just waiting for Jeff and Holly to get to the city so we can go to the Central Park Zoo. Then "The Lion King" tonight and so long NYC!