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I'm leaving today. I want to be a part of it, NEW YORK NEW YORK ! Steve and I planned a little getaway last weekend while up in PA visiting my in-laws. I had not been to NYC since my early twenties and Steve had only been once as a child, so this visit was very exciting ! We took a bus from our old hometown in PA and in less than 2 hrs. , we arrived at the Port Authority in NYC. We walked about 10 blocks to our hotel, where we checked in before touring mid-town for the afternoon.We visited Central Park in the late afternoon, not realizing the size of this enormous park. We only saw about 1/4 of it, but it was beautiful.
A great place to wrap up our first day in NY was to visit Times Square as it got dark. The lights, the people, the hustle and bustle are so much fun to be a part of .There are lots of great people-watching opportunities to be had here !
We enjoyed a nice morning walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. The weather was perfect, the views were fantastic, but it was a little crowded with pedestrians and bikers alike. The cars are driving underneath you, so it's a little surreal, but a really neat experience nonetheless.
We hopped a ride on the (free !) Staten Island Ferry to get a closer up view of The Statue of Liberty. We are not ones to stand in long lines and the line for the Statue of Liberty tour was 3 hours long !!
One thing I was really looking forward to was visiting Chelsea Market, where Food Network headquarters are and the neatest shops are inside the building. They have bakeries and delis, seafood market, cheese and meat market,fresh produce market etc...
The variety of cheeses and meats was amazing ! Everything was so fresh and we sampled several things. The Chelsea neighborhood in NYC was a really neat area. We even found a street festival a few blocks away on that same day.
A great time, lots to see, great food to eat. Can't wait to return soon with the kids !