NEW YORK

New York. I don’t even know how to describe New York. The plane ride here sucked big time. I don’t even know how 90 minutes can take so long. But man was it ever worth it. We took a real New York taxi cab from La Guardia airport to our hotel The Marriot Financial Centre in Manhattan. Our hotel was totally swanky and crazy fancy. Red velvet everywhere and concierges and doormen. Our hotel was two blocks from Ground Zero. After getting refreshed at our amazing hotel (did I mention how amazing it was? Like 10 stars!) We went to check out ground zero and man was that a wake up call. I couldn’t understand how people could just stand around taking pictures. Well after looking around there I was pretty depressed. Right across the street is a fire station, and on the wall outside is a memorial for all those who were injured and killed in the 911 attacks who were firefighters. We went to a café right down the street and the food was delicious. That thing they say about New York delis is totally true. Amazing food for good prices.
We went to another 911 exhibit and it had a timeline for what happened in 911. There were some pictures of police officers and firefighters who were helping people out of the buildings who went back in and never came out….also very sobering.
After our time around ground zero we started up Broadway street. Probably the longest street in the world. How do I know that? We walked up Broadway for over 4 hours and didn’t reach the end. After about 4 hours and 10 miles we grabbed a taxi up to Time’s square to see some of the coolest buildings in New York. I got pictures of the Kodak theatre and the Hard rock café and the Empire State Building. We decided not to go up the ESB because lets be honest…not so good with heights or elevators.
We eventually made our way back to the hotel and wandered around the financial district til we found a restaurant on the water. It was a beautiful fancy Italian restaurant and we were really impressed with our table outside until a giant rat ran by….My uncle was so grossed out. We got a table inside and everything after that was good.