NYC Day Trip

We made a semi-impromtu trip up to New York City a couple weeks ago. We being me, Jacob, Ariel, Mary (back in the States for a month) and her brother Mark.




Starting our crazy weekend without sleep wasn't the brightest idea ever, as I think our foggy-tired minds contributed to our frustrations in trying to manuever the big city. :o) I mean, honestly, I've traveled all over some of the world's biggest cities: Paris, London, Rome: and yet, I have trouble finding the Statue of Liberty! And I can't even blame it on a language barrier! ;o)

But, all in all we had a blast ;o)




Not only is this Jacob's first trip to the Big Apple, but his first to a BIG American City. :o) He's been to Paris, Rome, Budapest, Jerusalem, Munich - but never a big Amerian city. He always thought that it had to be waaaay easier to navigate a city that you speak the language. Whoops, blew that theory. ;o)




Steam vents make great special effects ;o)







Mary's first visit too :o)







Brooklyn Bridge













Even had a few minutes to stop in at the National Museum of Natural History. We just had to seeing as we loved the movie ;o) We searched for "Dexter" for a while but no luck finding him ;o)




Had to get a picture with our life-size "tissue box". Explanation: we have a tissue box cover in our living room that is a replica of this statue, and you get to pull the tissues out of it's large nose. ;o) it's a great conversation starter!







Even Jacob and Mark got bit by the stylin bug while we leisurely wasted some time on 5th Avenue




Grand Central Station







End our day at Times Square...




Ariel and Mary enjoyin some dee-lish cheesecake on Times Square ;o)




We were very proud of ourselves that we remembered where we parked out truck *mental note, never bring big truck to NYC ever again*, so our sleepy crew crawled in to snore back to PA. :o) So glad Mary and Mark could make the trip up from VA!