New York City

After finding out that our stuff would not arrive before Anna left we all decided to head up to NYC for a night. We arrived in the mid afternoon, checked into hotel and ran to get into line for Broadway tickets. We took our place in line and sat and waited for the day-of ticket booth to open. The cool thing about this is that they have what is left over and they sell them for 50-20% off the original price. We sat next to a really nice lady who teaches at a Canadian school in the Middle East...wow. Her name is Heather, that's her in the picture with us. In the end Patrick and I went to Phantom of the Opera (amazing!) and Anna went to Rent (4th row from the front!). After purchasing our tickets for later that evening we took a walk up Broadway, through Time Square and Rockefeller Plaza and then ventured up 5th Ave to Central Park. The city is amazing, the shopping, the food (street carts - amazing!!), the people, the loud noises and lights, we loved it! After walking around all afternoon we ate NYC pizza and headed back to the hotel to change for our shows. The shows were great and it was all that Broadway could have been. The next day we saw the Statue of Liberty (way far away, I always thought it was close), China Town (interesting, we saw everything from dried shrimp for snackers to live frogs for I'm not sure what.), Little Italy (not so interesting), a Free Tibet protest and finally back to Time Square to catch our bus. It was a good, quick weekend. I am excited to visit again.