New York City!!!!!!!

    Yesterday I returned from a short trip in NYC. From Washington D.C. I took a bus to Manhattan and that night we met with a friend of my mom's, Shana, and went to dinner in the city. It was so busy and bustling! The next day we started out by walking to the Empire State Building. We took the elevator all the way to the top!! In my opinion it was a great intro to New York, to see it from above, and you really could see all of Manhattan and more from up there.

    To conclude the day we headed to Times Square; it was quite a sight. Then we went in the huge Toys R Us, a kid's paradise. There were legos, cars, nerf guns, video games, electronics, any thing you could think of. How fun!!!
   That next day we visited a friend of my mom's, Justin, who was in the hospital with a knee injury. It was great to meet another Star Wars fan! Later that day we went to Greenwich Village in downtown. There were funny shops, parks, old houses and cobble stone streets, little cafes, and lots of street vendors. All the heat of the afternoon made one me and we stopped for a famous "Mr. Softies" (ice cream cone).
     The next day we went to the famous electronics store B&H and I ended up getting a lap top. Then we hit central park. It was huge! We had fun playing in the sprinklers at a park. That day Justin was released from the hospital and we went to his place in Brooklyn for the night. It was quite different there! All the buildings were smaller and it was much less crowded.
     The next day, Monday, was our last day and we went out to Staten Island and visited friends of Shana's at the community of Ganas. We took the ferry there past the Statue of Liberty and that night we had a barbeque at Ganas. It was night when we headed back and the NY skyline was spectacular.

     All things end and the next day as the rain came down we headed to the bus stop. We waited for the delayed bus but were soon heading back to D.C. Overall it was a good experience of NYC in a few days.

     Pictures to come later.