New York City!
I just got back to Ft Dix from a wonderful trip to the "Big Apple." Julia and I had an awesome four days there.
Last friday morning I took the train from Trenton. It would have deposited me right at Penn Station, right across the street from our hotel, if it hadn't been terminated in Newark. I made my way on some light-rail to a subway station down the block from Penn, however.
Julia flew in and took a shuttle to the Ramada New Yorker, where we met up. After a quick trial and error orientation to the subway, we were off to the Metropolitan Museum of Art that afternoon. The 'Egyptian Art' exhibit was very cool, as well as 'Arms and Armor', and 'Greek and Roman Art', among others. Later that night we met up with Tory at went to a little Irish pub for some Guinness.
Saturday we had fun at the American Museum of Natural History. The first exhibit that we saw was their butterfly conservatory. We also saw an awesome frog exhibit featuring 200 different live species of colorful frogs from around the world. The 'Human Biology and Evolution' exhibit was another of my favorites, where the "Lucy" skeleton could be found.
Later that evening we tried to get into the Broadway musical "Avenue Q." We were unsuccessful, but we did tour the Times Square area.
The following day we visited the Empire State Building and enjoyed a very informative audio-tour. We also took a cab up to Rockefeller Plaza and had a look around. We thought about trying to ice-skate there, but when we arrived it was closed for a zamboni treatment. Again we tried to get into "Avenue Q" but were rejected. Instead, we had a good laugh at the Gotham Comedy club, where we saw four great up-and-coming comedians.
Today we just slept in late and took our time with lunch and coffee before saying our good-byes once again. Julia got on the subway and headed to JFK to catch a plane while I unwound with a five-hour ride back to Dix on the New Jersey Transit system.
Last friday morning I took the train from Trenton. It would have deposited me right at Penn Station, right across the street from our hotel, if it hadn't been terminated in Newark. I made my way on some light-rail to a subway station down the block from Penn, however.
Julia flew in and took a shuttle to the Ramada New Yorker, where we met up. After a quick trial and error orientation to the subway, we were off to the Metropolitan Museum of Art that afternoon. The 'Egyptian Art' exhibit was very cool, as well as 'Arms and Armor', and 'Greek and Roman Art', among others. Later that night we met up with Tory at went to a little Irish pub for some Guinness.
Saturday we had fun at the American Museum of Natural History. The first exhibit that we saw was their butterfly conservatory. We also saw an awesome frog exhibit featuring 200 different live species of colorful frogs from around the world. The 'Human Biology and Evolution' exhibit was another of my favorites, where the "Lucy" skeleton could be found.
Later that evening we tried to get into the Broadway musical "Avenue Q." We were unsuccessful, but we did tour the Times Square area.
The following day we visited the Empire State Building and enjoyed a very informative audio-tour. We also took a cab up to Rockefeller Plaza and had a look around. We thought about trying to ice-skate there, but when we arrived it was closed for a zamboni treatment. Again we tried to get into "Avenue Q" but were rejected. Instead, we had a good laugh at the Gotham Comedy club, where we saw four great up-and-coming comedians.
Today we just slept in late and took our time with lunch and coffee before saying our good-byes once again. Julia got on the subway and headed to JFK to catch a plane while I unwound with a five-hour ride back to Dix on the New Jersey Transit system.
posted by Chris | 6:28 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Chris
Glad to hear that you and Julia had a good weekend - you missed a cold one here in MN. Kuwait will certainly be a change from both NYC & MN in January - no zamboni machines!!
Take good care of yourself, stay alert & come home safe. God bless! We look forward to hearing more of your adventures.
Greetings from Glencoe,
Jeanne & Terry
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