New York City!!!

Mike and I took a much needed trip to NYC with Joh and Lisbeth Anne. John was turning 50 and they had a special trip planned and asked us to come. SO glad that we went. 3 nights and 3 days of grown up fun, sight seeing, good food and fun with friends!

 

Our plane was delayed so we got in late. Way too late. But we had to go walk around Times Square! It was so exciting to be there in person. The lights are amazing.

 

 

The next morning we went to the World Trade Center site and went to through the museum. They have done an amazing job of preserving so many items and memories. It takes a long time to see everything.

 

This quilt was enormous. And had a picture and name of everyone killed that day.

The last piece that was removed from the site. People had taped names and pictures to it.

 

The pools outside. I'm so glad we went. It was hard to walk through and listen and see all they had in the museum. But so well done.

 

We had some amazing food while we were there!!!

 

We rode the Staten Island Ferry (free!!!) to see the skyline and the Statue of Liberty.

 

NYC has some beautiful old churches!!!

 

We had tickets to see Hugh Jackman in "The River". I had no idea what to expect. The theater was really small. It only held about 800 people. 3 actors in the play. And afterwards they had a "Q&A" with the actors and the playwright!

Afterwards we walked to this incredible roof top bar on the 55th floor of a hotel!

 

The next morning we walked down to Rockefeller Center.

 

 

This was in the Lego store...a whole NYC scene!

And we caught Matt Lauer doing a quick segment on The Today Show. We were on TV for a few seconds!!

 

Grand Central Station

 

 

This was a toy wonderland!!!

All made out of legos!!!

 

 

 A walk through Central Park...some of the water was frozen!

 

We rode the subway several times...always an interesting experience!

 And our last night we celebrated John's birthday at The Monkey Bar. Such a cool place with amazing food!

 

We had such a good trip. It had been WAY too long since Mike and I had been away together. And to go somewhere like NYC with good friends was so much fun!!!