Joey and I were pretty bummed it was our last of our trip. When Joey booked our return flight, he booked a late flight so that we could spend most of the day in NYC. We decided to spend the day getting the kids souvenirs and doing some sightseeing.
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| Waiting for the subway like a true New Yorker |
We decided to head to Dylan's Candy Store to find the kids souvenirs. That store is HUGE! It was two stories and literally had every candy imaginable. If we ever come back with the kids, we will have to bring them here. There were so many choices, it was hard to narrow it down, but we found some things for them.
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The floor was even made of candy
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Some of our new convention friends had mentioned that they had gone to Katz's deli and it was good. My sister and mom had gone years before, and they also said it was good. We decided to check it out. It is a pretty iconic NYC place. The ordering system is really strange there. You walk in and they hand you a ticket with no further instructions. We eventually figured out that you are supposed to go to the counter to order. We decided to split a turkey sandwich since they were really expensive. I believe the sandwich alone was around $23. It was good, but I am not sure that it was really worth the price. I got an egg cream and it was amazing!!! I wish I could find egg creams around here that are as good. I am glad we got to experience a really NY deli.
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| What $36 dollars of food looks like in NYC |
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| My amazing egg cream |
After lunch, we decided to head towards the World Trade Center area. I was still on the hunt for my Tory Burch purse and the first store we went to said the mall near the WTC had some. We took the subway and we were on our way. I wish that we could have spent more time at the WTC. If we had had more time, we would have actually gone inside. It was an extremely surreal experience and a very emotional place to visit. I think they did a good job of memorializing the Twin Towers.
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| The reflection pond |
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| The new tower |
We went walked down to the harbor and spent some time on a bench just watching the boats go by. It was so peaceful and a great way to soak in more sights of the city.
We made our way to the mall that was really nice. Much to my disappointment, they did not have my purse. At least it wasn't a wasted trip because we got to see some really important sights.
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| This was part of the mall I think |
We decided to make our way back to midtown so we would be close to our hotel where are bags were. We still had more time to kill. I really wanted some authentic banana pudding from Magnolia Bakery. We stopped for some and found a nice little table to eat at. The pudding was really good. Well worth the stop.
We still had some more time to kill, but we really didn't have enough time to go and do something like go to a museum. Joey suggested that we head back to Central Park one last time. I love Central Park so I was happy to go along. The oddest thing, Joey and I sat on a bench for quite awhile just people watching. He said, "Let's go walk under that tunnel and see what's that way". We got up and started walking. We ran smack dab into Rich and his wife who is the part of radio show Covino and Rich . We stopped and talked to them for a bit. They too were killing time before their flight. I just couldn't believe in a city like NYC we would run into someone we knew.
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| Last time in Central Park |
We headed back to our hotel and got our luggage. Joey wanted to take a taxi to JFK. I told him that since we had our metro cards and had figured our the subway system, we should just take that. WORSE mistake ever! We each had a very heavy suitcase. We had to switch trains many times since it was the weekend and the trains were running local. Almost none of the subway stations have elevators, so poor Joey had to carry both suitcases up and down so many flights of stairs. At one point, we had to board an El train which was more stairs. I think we took about 7 different trains/subways to get there. It took us more than hour. We finally made it to JFK, but next time, we will just take a cab.
Once we checked in and got through security, we got something to eat. They had a really cool food area which happened to have Artichoke pizza. Joey and I both got one last slice. So good!
Our flight was a little delayed. We finally got to board. When we boarded, the captain came on and said, "Bad news. There is a bad storm that we have to fly around. We basically are flying to the Arctic circle to avoid this storm. It's going to make the flight even longer". This was not the news that I wanted to hear since I HATE flying so much. But, we had no choice and I just wanted to get home to see the kids. The flight was long, but we finally landed in Denver around midnight our time. It felt so good to be home and to see the kids the next morning. We had such an incredible time and it was so special for Joey and I to get to have time together without the kids. We hope to make it back again.
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| Our flight path home |
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