We lived it and loved it!

We leave NY with a sadness but excitement that we were able to experience so much.

Of course favorites were the food. We found a fast food vegetarian restaurant, it was AWESOME!!!
Mike enjoyed having hot dogs, Gray’s Papayas, for breakfast.
We celebrated Sabrina’s birthday in Little Italy and had Frank Sinatra sing to her.

We loved the museums. We all enjoyed the Met and seeing some of our favorite pieces.
We learned it would take 5 ½ years to see everything if you spent one minute at each piece, we were there 4 hours. We spent a couple of hours at the Cloisters, a medival castle with lots of art.We discovered a Tennement Museum, a great follow-up to our Ellis Island trip. You wouldn’t believe what new immigrant’s lived in back then.

Oh yeah we all loved the shopping, from being hassled at every street corner to looking out of people’s bags on the corner, not sure if that was legal, to the big stores. Cecilia enjoyed the American Girl store and what 7 year old wouldn’t.
Our new 12 year old enjoyed the big names, Sephora, H & M, Betsy Johnson’s where dresses were no less than $300 (it was fun to pretend). Sabrina enjoyed being in the Fashion capital, especially during Fashion Week.


Experiencing New York on 9/11. It is still a tragic event and we all continue to pray for those lost and those grieving the loss of loved ones. We experienced the New York loss with the New Yorkers and that will change us forever. We were able to see the memorial, the two beams of light into the clouds where the Twin Towers once stood, that happens on the anniversary every year.


Walking, walking, walking and walking. We enjoyed seeing all the sites: the people, the buildings, the bridges, and everything else but we did enjoy the subway for a respite for our feet, and so what if we ended up in the Bronx late at night not knowing where we were!



Cecilia-I would like to live in New York because I like all the stores and I would like to have a little dog to run with you.

Gabriel-I would like to visit because I would visit FAO Schwarz all the time.

Sabrina- You can walk to everything.

Mike-I would like to live in New York because you can have whatever kind of food you want.

Cristine-I would like to live in New York because all the different groups of people living here;)

Grandma-I would like to live in New York because there is so much to see;)

We are thankful for the experience and look forward to Gettysburg!