New York state of Mind

New York trip Continued:

Saturday we woke up and grabbed some breakfast at a small cafe down the street from our Hotel. We walked back to the Hotel changed and headed out to our planned adventure.

First stop was the subway system and learning how to use it (thanks to the Hotel Concierge). Once we figured that out we hopped on the Subway to Ground Zero and saw the new WTC being built. They had about 1/4 of the frame for the new building up and had pictures everywhere as to what it would look like. I thought by now I would be o.k. seeing the site again (hubby and I went in 2002) but I was still emotional at seeing the location. It was such a large thing to have happen to our Country and I will never forget it.

The Concierge also told us about this wonderful store located near the WTC site. He described it as T.J. Max on Steroids. It’s called Century 21. How TRUE it was! The store was packed with people and packed with merchandise. It was 5 floors! Discounted brand name clothing and accessories! I purchased 3 purses and I couldn’t of been more happy with them! We left the store and heading to get some water – it was super hot on Saturday. Terri had realized she set the map for the Subway in the Century 21 store and couldn’t remember where. We rolled the dice, jumped back on the Subway and headed to Chinatown to eat lunch. We ended up walking quite a bit because we got off the Subway to early! It was o.k. though because there was plenty of shopping to do before we got to the restaurant. After we ate we walked through Little Italy where there was more shopping and more eating! I actually found the wonderful restaurant my Hubby and I ate at 8 years ago while we were there. It had a wonderful atmosphere and really tasty Alfredo! I suggest you try to get there if you visit NY!

We walked through SoHo and while we were there I stopped and picked up some water for all of us to drink and had a huge DUH moment. I could download the map of the Subway system and we can find our way home! Once I did that we were only a few blocks from the nearest Subway so we continued to walk through SoHo. We saw a lot of street vendors and one of them was selling old photo’s taken with a old time camera. I turned to my Girl Friend Terri and told her “I have an app for that!” LOL! Cuz I do! :-)

Once we got to the Subway we found out that it wasn’t running and hailed a cab back to the Hotel. That night we were heading to In the Heights! The show was fabulous! I highly recommend you see it while there. The set is fantastic!

We headed back to the Hotel to pack and sleep as we were leaving the next day! :-)

I have the last leg of our wonderful trip left which I will tell you about tomorrow! :-)