One of our aunties attended college in New York City. When we were babies, she gave us a book all about the city. It was part of a whole series of children’s books about different cities across the world. We LOVE our NYC book.
We took it with us so we could visit some of the places illustrated in our book.
We caught the subway at 59th Street and Lexington down to 33rd Street and Park Avenue. Then we took the longest elevator ride we’ve ever been on …
to the top of the world! Or rather, the top of the Empire State Building.
You know you’re an Idaho girl when the people around you complain because it started to snow and “ruin” the view. But all we could think about was how cool it was to be up that high and have it ALSO snow on us!!
Beautiful snowy city!!
The next day, we took a taxi cab to 79th Street and Central Park West. Sorry for the blurry photograph. A cab ride in the city might be more exciting than a roller coaster.
The New York City Museum of Natural History was awesome.
We spent hours running from exhibit to exhibit. I am learning about dinosaurs in school, so the TRex was my favorite. The life-size humpback whale was also awesome.
Then we wandered back to our hotel room for some Patsy’s Pizza and a good night’s rest for another day in the city.
What a fun trip you are enjoying in the Big Apple! I love that snowy view from the Empire State Building. I think sightseeing when it is cold is better than when it is 90 degrees out and humid! Your girls are adorable all bundled up in pink!
I am a big fan of all weather, especially at the top of the world! 🙂
“You know you’re an Idaho girl when the people around you complain because it started to snow and “ruin” the view. But all we could think about was how cool it was to be up that high and have it ALSO snow on us!!”
I agree with you & Winnie; snow could only improve the view there. But I love snow & am trying to convince my husband that having a vacation property in Maine would be, “a good thing”…he remains unconvinced.
Your family is doing much better than we did the first time we took the NY subway. We got off at the wrong stop & ended up very lost. We were looking for a highly talked about chocolatier (?) but when we finally found the chocolate shop, it was disappointing. However we did manage to find a couple of good restaurants:-) How about you? Have you found a must try restaurant there? We stumbled across a really nice (out-of-the-way) bakery too & everything looked good so I wanted to try one of everything…but didn’t. What pastries we did try, were really good.
Stay safe & have fun!
Oh, eating in the city is such fun! We ducked into this lovely little place. It was a bit fancy for us farmgirls but delicious food.
http://www.figandolive.com/locations-reservation/uptown/
We also love the Breslin. It’s totally funky but has delicious basic food. The grilled ham and cheese sandwich is the yummiest!
tp://thebreslin.com/
So glad all of you are enjoying NYC. I enjoyed it so much that I’m already talking tomy son & daughter-in-law about another trip to see more!
Yes, you should for sure! Such fun!