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So I feel like my summer adventures culminated with my recent excursion to New York City. Heidi and I basically decided 24 hours beforehand that we were going to make the trip because her dad had a hotel room that would have otherwise gone unused. Then we recruited Andrew and Lucy about 6 hours before departure and we all hopped a bus at 2 am expecting to sleep on the way there so that we would have all of Saturday to spend in the city. Well, none of us slept more than an hour on the bus, so we rolled into NYC at 5:30 am somewhat wired, but really hoping we would make it through the day. We lucked out though when we decided to try the hotel just in case, and it turned out that they were able to check us in at 6:00 am and we all took a little nap before we hit the town. Saturday was a full day with lots of walking, but it was good because the best way to get to know a city is by foot. We mostly just wanted to experience the city and I think that plan worked out perfectly. We visited the usual places: Ground Zero, Soho, Greenwich, Canal St., Times Square, Central Park, Harlem, etc. Things like Ellis Island would have been fun but would have cut too much into our day. It was the little things we experienced that I enjoyed most about the trip-watching break dancers in Central Park, listening to Jazz musicians in the squares throughout the city, seeing a rat in the Subway, eating at little bagel shops and a pizzeria at 2 am, haggling the street vendors at Canal St. until they realized we weren't gonna buy anything and would kick us out. All the joys of a big city. And of course, Hairspray was amazing plus we had front row tickets so it was that much better. Despite being the filthiest American city I have ever visited, I would have to say that The Big Apple lived up to the hype, it was an awesome trip.



Dawn in NYC



Just off the Bus in Chinatown, for a city that never sleeps the streets were awfully empty at 5:30 in the morning.



Cool picture, though a bear would have been a more accurate reflection of the current market.



Wall St. and Broadway, doesn't get more famous than that.



Bagels in the park for breakfast.



Lady Liberty



Our hotel overlooked Ground Zero.



Times Square, this place seriously felt like being at the center of the world.



Hairspray, after meeting some of the cast.



Couldn't go to NYC without stopping here, though I wanted to eat at Rupert Gee's Hello Deli but it was closed for some reason.



Seinfeld was actually not filmed inside here, they just used the outside shot.