NEW YORK

So many of you know that we went to New York over the break to see the sights and visit my sister and her husband in Brooklyn. We took a bunch of photos and had a great time. We ate like nobody's business and it was great. We ate at French, German, and Italian restaurants. Everyone was a little apprehensive about the German food but they all liked it a lot. Don't doubt the Germans. They make good cars and good food, and large, buff women named Helga.


And Helga can be an American Gladiator if she so desires.

Saturday
Mary flew with Delta and I flew with United. We landed about a half hour apart and I was able to find Mary easily enough. We took a cab to my sister's apartment and I think we got swindled by the driver. We were so tired because we took red eye flights so we didn't care much. We got into the apartment and crashed for 3 hours.





That afternoon we visited the Museum of Natural History. It was really cool to see so many things. Plus it's the place where "Night at the Museum" was filmed. They had so many dinosaurs. It was really cool see what things exist(ed) on this earth. Plus we found Scoresby crater. (More crater images)


Look at the size of that turtle!!!




Saturday night, on our way back from the museum we stopped at the French restaurant around the corner from the apartment. The food was so good that it got to the point where me and Mary stopped talking and just enjoyed the food. Now don't tell me that you weren't surprised that food would shut me up.

Sunday
We woke up Sunday morning and had some breakfast. Sean and Jen showed up at 8 am. Mary and myself got ready and went back to the museum to see a show that my brother got us tickets to for Christmas. Thanks Jeremy and Anneka! It was really cool. It was a show in a planetarium called Cosmic Collision.


On our way back from the museum we walked past a farmer's market. It was so cool. We bought so much food and took it back to the apartment for lunch. It was really good and so much fun. It was a pretty cold day and someone was selling hot fresh apple cider.

We also visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was cool to see all of that art work. I think the best part for me was to see Mary in her natural element. I felt like I had my own tour guide with Mary (humanities major) and my brother-in-law Sean (MFA). I really liked Van Gogh, Monet, and Renoir, I think it's the colors they used.







After the Met we went to find the German restaurant. Who knew that after walking through museums and walking 1 million avenue blocks would make your feet and legs hurt so much? While there we were the only people that didn't have a beer so we were the odd ones out. It was cool. Sean and Jen got a german apple drink called Apfelschorle, it's a sparkling apple drink. We took a picture of Sean and he looks a little tipsy after drinking his sparkling apple soda. So maybe we fit in more than we thought.





Monday
Monday we woke up and rested quite a bit. Jennifer and Sean didn't wake up until 11:30, so me and Mary just hung out and rested our sore feet. That afternoon we went to a really cool candy store.

That's Mary in the background under the word sexy.

After the candy store we walked around 5th avenue and went to FAO Schwartz. There was some crazy stuff there.




After FAO Schwartz, we walked some more, visited the world Nintendo store (alas, the search for the Wii continues) and then went to eat some very, very, very, let me say one more time, very tasty Italian pizza. Mary says this is the closest to authentic she has had in the states. She almost felt like she was in Italy again.




This pizza place is so popular that there was already a line formed outside when we got there at about 4:30. So while waiting Mary and I decided to walk down the block to the pier. It was very cold but still cool to see the Brooklyn/Manhattan skyline.




With our tummies full and smiles on our faces we had one more stop before going back to the apartment. We stopped off at a market called Garden of Eden to buy high-end cheeses and pastries. Yes, that is right, we needed more food after polishing off 3 huge pizzas and rootbeers.

After that stop we went back to the apartment and hung out, watched Transformers, and waited for the ball to drop in Times Square. Jennifer bought some little poppers from a guy on the street selling New Year's stuff. We popped them, I kissed Mary, we packed and went to bed. We had to get up at 4 to make sure we got to the airport in time to make the 6:50 flight.

So there you have it. That was a play-by-play of our trip to New York. We had so much fun and we want to do it again. Thanks Jen and Sean for everything.