New York New York...

New York was all that and a bag of chips! My sister, Jen and I came in on the bus from Reading PA. after leaving Jens mom and -our lovely hosts- house. (sorry no apostrophies...Im in Casa bBlanca and the French keyboard is strange) We got in and dropped off our bags at the hotel and Jens eastcoast nature and hotel knowledge saved Therese and I from sharing a bed that night. We then picked up our train tickets for the next day like good little travelers and headed out into the city. Just the train station alone was crazy enough. Ive never seen that many people of different ethnic backgrounds in one place before! I loved it. Being my first time to the big apple and all I totaly did not expect to see so many sneaker shops and barershops in one place! Just the amount of shops in general was nuts. You really can get EVERYTHING there. It was pretty hot but beautiful weather so that means hot and sweaty subway stations. But this did not take away from the pure ecstacy I was feeling from the big rumble of NY silver. Ive been in love with subways since I was a kid qnd other systems Ive ridden on dont compare. Sure they might be nicer qnd newer but this is NY what can you say!
We popped out in Soho, got a slice (pizza), bought a new water bottle (lost the first one for the second time) and walked down to see the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty. We walked alot...ALOT! And you know it is alot if a huge walker like me capatalizes it. We took a taxi to the hotel (which was real nice) and the taxi had a TV with internet accsess in it! Wild. I washed off a layer of NY grime and then we got lost in a maze of the biggest Brazilian festival Ive ever seen. The crowd for the concert alone took up 4 blocks! Common Market (my friends band) beat that! We were starving at this point so the sizziling sticks of meat were killing me! I did have a Hallal one earlier on from a street cart. Another food dream down.
After some super nice chinese noodles we said farewell to Jen, went to see Times sqare qnd took in the view from the top of therockafeller center. Wow! After a day like thqt we crashed out hard. Leaving NY and trip to casa up next... dont change the channel!

Jazz Hands!