Last day:(

Who took this lovely picture of us, you ask? Welllllll it was our new
park ranger segway friend! Don't worry, he answered all the questions
we didn't have and made us take pictures with his segway (stay tuned
for those!).
Needless to say, we went to the statue of liberty today! When we got
there it was early afternoon and we needed some coffee, so we got some
but then weren't allowed to bring it thru security so we had to chug
as much as we could before the last ferry went that was going to the
statue AND ellis island. The last one left 2 hours before our ticket
said it would, so we were pretty upset and tried to hurry through
security. But we just missed it. We didn't even want to go to the
statue as much as we wanted to go to ellis island, so we were
reallllllllly angry. Especially at the security guards who took their
sweet time getting us through, and the ticket people who are bloody
liars! When we made it to the statue the museum and observatory deck
were closed (also not advertised) and by then multiple security guards
had jostled us and we were NOT happy campers. But the views were
pretty, and soon the characters we met were more then enough to lift
our spirits!
Statue of liberty Adventures:
1) battery park man dressed ALL in bright orange in a pimp costume no
less. Just strolling through the park, whatever.
2) a gaggle of old women all wearing some form of leopard print
3) 12 year old girl wearing a bright green t shirt and multi colored
ear muffs standing in front of the statue dancing and mouthing some
song that you couldn't hear...her dad was video taping her...it was
weird.
4) park ranger on a segway sped by and wanted to tell us all about the
statue and wanted us to take pictures with him. It was also weird.
5) I fed my leftover cracker crumbs to a sea gull I named Freckles. He
sat right by me and ate them. We discussed life on the ol island and I
sang him a song about our friendship. Then I yelled at the kids who
were playing and kept scaring him away. I may have even muttered "damn
kids". I turned into an old bird lady, It was awesome.
After the statue we walked through the financial district. We went to
see the stock exhange and wall street. Then we went to the WTC just
for a moment because we got really sad and emotionally overwhelmed.
Afterwards we went back to the train station and had the best onion
rings of our lives and a chicken shwarma while we waited for our train.
Now were on our way home for the last time and are sad but soooooo
tired so really it's worked out. Ready for our own beds and families
tomorrow!
Miss u guys! But only kinda because we love it here!!!

Another fabulous day!

That's us! At the MET! An AMAZING place! We wish we weren't so tired,
and could have enjoyed it more, but we still LOVED it there!
Today began slow with miss Alyssa not feeling very well (I'm pretty
sure it's allergies, but we'll see) and we were quite tired from last
nights fun. But we made it to the MET and were overwhelmed by beauty!
The place is HUGE! And filled with rooms and rooms and rooms of our
favorites! I think there were at least 3 big rooms for each of these
guys: Manet, Picasso, Degas, Renior, Picasso, Monet, Cezanne. Please
understand there were 3+ rooms for EACH painter (and more!)...AKA I
was in heaven! We also had a sneak look at the egypian tombs and stuff
too while they were kicking us out;) soooo cooool!
After the museum closed, we walked through central park eating another
giant amazing cupcake and then went back to broadway to try and rush
Mamma Mia! Sadly the student $30 tickets were sold out, but we had a
discount code and got $112 seats for $60 so we splurged and saw the
best show EVER!!! It was wayyyyy better than any of the other shows
we've seen and we just LOVED every minute of it! I haven't seen the
movie, but Alyssa said it was way better than the movie! We danced, I
almost cried, we laughed and laughed, it was SO great! It made me miss
my momma and my girls too, but it made me love it even more!
If you ever get the chance, see Mamma Mia! Its amazing! Seriously!
Tomorrows our last day and we are quite sad to be leaving, to say the
least. But we are exhausted, and miss our family, beds, and stuff.
(and doggies, although maggies old guy has served as a nice temporary
replacement;)
Oh I forgot! Maggie drove us through the REAL Sleepy Hollow today! The
real church, graveyard, and line of gnarly trees! They filmed the
movie there, Irving is buried there, and everything dates back to the
1600s! Crazy! Apparently Halloween is a big deal there too, so cute!
More tomorrow! Love from the amazing NYC!

A whirlwind of a day!

That's us! On top of the empire state building!!! Amazing!
Well yesterday was CRAZY!
We slepe in and then met up with a friend of alyssas for lunch in the
city. We both decided that it was nice to talk to someone new, haha,
and lunch was really yummy and kinda fancy so that was really nice.
Then we ventured to the empire state building to join the other
tourists for a day of waiting in lines and being yelled at for sitting
down by security guards on power trips. But once we made it to the
top, re view was priceless! We switched our self made intinerary
around since yesterday was sunny and nice, a perfect day for the
building and walking 5th avenue. After the tower we walked through the
BEAUTIFUL public library and at huge cupcakes in Bryant park! Then we
walked and window shopped down 5th, saks, LV, rockefeller center, FAO
Shwartz, Apple store, American Girl 3 story extravaganza (absolutely
amazing! We were freaking out!!!), and ended warming ourselves in the
lobby of The Plaza! Yes, the plaza from Gossip Girl and such! It was
so beautiful inside we could hardly take it all in! And a really cute
foreign guy invited us to a party too, we loved the plaza!
After that whirlwind day we ended at the comedy club which has
featured all the great comics and lots of locals go too. So we drank
cosmos, laughed lots, and when he show was over we hung out in the
tiny bar with all the locals and owner. We were the only girls, and
there were a bunch of pretty and nice boys to talk too...so we had a
swell time!
Today were off to the MET! Supposed to be amazing! And the weather is
cold and gloomy again so we should be warm and snuggly inside one of
the best museums in the world;) afterwards well walk in the park
eating our designer peanut M&Ms and try and rush Mama Mia for discount
tickets! Poor Alyssa is feeling sick ad were exhausted from such a
busy trip, but were trucking on! Just keep pumpin coffee and eating
sugar! Hehe