It's not Saturday Night Live, but it is a major road trip for Becky, Cami and me.
Some of (most of) my greatest memories from my childhood are of New York City. Train rides into Penn Station, Neddicks hot dog, Lincoln Center, fruit from the corner market all are touchpoint for time spent with my dad. Missing school the next day never hurt either! But really, when I was growing up, our lives were busy with work and school. My parents were always in school and working so while we were together doing those things, it was always working. So the times that we weren't were precious to me. And New York factored into that in huge ways.
So when the opportunity arose to head back to New York, I jumped on it - and dragged my two favorite traveling buddies along with me!
We took the red eye out (planes) , and for only getting two hours of sleep - I think we were doing pretty well here! They didn't really get the full "NYC cab experience" (automobile) as it was rush hour
After dropping our luggage at the hotel, we took the subway (train) down to Battery Park and hopped a boat to The statue of Liberty.
(they were about over me taking pictures - which is a problem given we have two more days!!!)
From the Statue we headed over to Ellis Island. The girls were intrigued by the history of the island, and spent some time looking for family relatives that came through Ellis Island. We found their maternal great grandfather!
The red eye took it's toll on us and we headed back to the hotel after lunch to rest a bit. Then a walk around Chinatown; we are staying at a hotel right where Chinatown meets Little Italy.
And dinner.
We are having a fabulous time - and making some amazing memories. I am feeling so blessed to be table to pass this legacy of time well spent together down to my girls!
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