The idea was that before everyone in my family's senior year, we get a trip with our dad to someplace in the world with my dad. Having never been to NYC, I really wanted to go there. I made the right choice.
We arrived Tuesday at around 2pm. The first day we just walked around the city for a while. We saw R Center, and M's, and St. P's, and more. That night, we went to dinner, and then saw Pippin. Pippin was amazing. The acrobatics were spectacular. The theater was also really small, which was perfect for the show, and meant that we were really close to the action. Great show.
The next day we saw the Statue of L. Although it took up most of the day, it was worth it. We learned so much that we never would have learned before, completely worth the tour that we got of the grounds, even if we never got to go inside. Then we arrived back at the hotel, relaxed for a while, and then had dinner with one of my dad's residents. Then we saw Matilda, which was only okay. Just not a great show.
Our final day began with the ES Building. The view from the top makes it clear how amazing of a city NY really is. You really can see everything. Then we went to C Park. We managed to get lost on our own. At 3, I went for a guided tour alone, as my dad couldn't take the walking, and no one else signed up. Amazing tour. I saw so much, and we only saw about half the park. After that, we went to see Cinderella. This was the best show that we saw. Between the costumes, the singing, the acting, and the dancing, it was a marvelous performance. Would love to see it again. Beforehand I had heard complaints about the new book, but I actually liked it much better than the old one. After the show, we had another nice dinner, and then bed.
All in all, there were many things about the city that surprised me.
First of all, there was the fact that every language was spoken everywhere it seemed. If you found any random person, probably less than 50% of the time English was their first language. Especially at the Statue of L.
The next was the easiness to travel without using the roads. We didn't take a car, and there was no reason to. We either walked or took the Subway everywhere we went.
Another thing was the overall safeness of the city. I honestly felt safer in T Square than I felt in PGH. It was incredible.
I could go on forever on what this place was like, but I will spare you. It was that amazing of a trip.
In fact, there were only two things I didn't do that I would have liked. We didn't see E Island (as it was closed), and I didn't get to ask a can driver about what happens to the ducks in the C Park lake when the pond freezes over (as we never took a cab the entire trip). But I can live without both of these things. It was wonderful.
-NM
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