Hello again loves! This is part two of our two-day weekend
in the beautiful city of NYC!
After waking up
from the previous night out, we grabbed some much needed coffee and tea and
headed for the 9/11 memorial. It wasn’t far from our hotel, so we took the
opportunity to walk through the city. Once we got there, we went through a few
security check points, and were let in.
The memorial was absolutely beautiful. Seeing the two waterfalls, and
the surrounding metal plates engraved with the names of every person who lost
their lives that day evoked an indescribable feeling. Despite being in the
middle of the bustling city, the area that contained the memorial was quietly
calm. On certain names we saw white roses, which we later found out, meant it
was that person’s birthday. I thought that was such a beautiful thing. If
you’re in New York, this is definitely a place to visit. To be in a place of
such historical significance to not only Americans, but to people around the
world, was amazing.
Once we left the
memorial, we opted to do more sight seeing and hit the places everyone in the
group wanted to see. First stop, Wall Street. It was crazy being on the
infamous Wall Street, and looking at the actual New York Stock Exchange. We went looking for the famous Wall Street
bull, but it was nowhere to be found (in our vicinity at least). After Wall
Street we went to see the Brooklyn Bridge, and from there made it to Grand
Central Station. That place was absolutely beautiful. The lighting, the amazing
artwork on the high ceilings, the marble, everything about it was breathtaking.
Seeing the famous clock in the center was pretty awesome too. I wanted to find
the whispering corner, a corner where you can whisper and have someone hear you
on the other side, but didn’t. So if you’re ever at Grand Central, find the
whispering corner!
After Grand Central
we headed for the last thing we wanted to see, the Empire State Building. Now,
this turned out to be extremely challenging due to the fact that I’ve lived my
ENTIRE LIFE THINKING THE CHRYSLER BUILING WAS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. I
know, I know… So due to the fact that we couldn’t actually agree on which one
the building was, we ended up walking around for quite some time in search of
it. We finally decided to ask someone on the street (who happened to be the
most “New York” New Yorker we’d encountered that weekend, the accent, the
mannerisms, HE EVEN SAID CAPISCE), and he told us where we needed to go. Super tourist-y, I know. We finally made it
to the building, chose the package that took us right to the 102nd
floor, and hopped on the elevators. We first went to the 86th floor,
where we went out on the observation deck. This view was absolutely incredible.
I literally felt like I was on top of the world. Then we went back inside, and
went up to the 102nd floor. Up here there was no deck, but we saw
the amazing view from the windows. I also ended up walking right smack into a
gigantic beam coming up from the floor, but that’s a story for another time.
After taking tons of pictures, we went 102 floors back down to earth and back
out into the city.
This was the point
in the day when the group decided to split up. Amy and I walked (for what
seemed like a million blocks) to a sinfully cute Parisian shop called Ladurée.
Amy’s obsessed with macarons (I’ve talked about them on here before!), these
little French bits of heaven, and this place supposedly had the best ones.
After standing in line, we got to the front, ordered, they put em in the cutest
little boxes and we were on our way. GUYS, these things were AH-MAY-ZING. SO,
if you’re ever in New York. Take the trip to Ladurée, it’s definitely worth
it. After that, we walked back to the
hotel took it easy and waited for the boys to go out later that night.
Once they got back
we went out to eat at a little Mexican restaurant, then took the subway to
Times Square. The streets were surprisingly empty, I don’t know if it was
because of the long weekend, or because there was a music festival there the
previous night, but it was more calm than normal. First, we went to the HUGE
M&M’s store. I’ve never seen a candy store so big. There were pillow, cups,
golf balls, everything you could think of was merchandised. Upstairs they had
all of the M&M’s colour coded in plastic tubes mounted on the wall. It looked
super cool. You just grab a bag, pull
the lever and fill it up. After the M&M’s store, we went to the middle of
Times Square and grabbed a table to hang out at before he headed back to the hotel.
Our flight was at
6am the next morning, meaning we had to leave the hotel a 4am. So we went back to
the hotel napped for about 2 hours (it was pretty much the best nap I’ve ever
had), and took the car service to La Guardia. It was a quick trip, and we
definitely want to go back and do more, but it was a nice to get away for the
weekend with a fun group of friends!
So Remember:
·
Take the subway or walk
·
Bike ride through central park
·
Have an ample budget for partying (There are
obviously cheaper spots we just didn't know where to go, so when you find them let us
know! LOL)
·
Visit the 9/11 Memorial
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Stop by Ladurée for some amazing macarons
·
See the things you hear about all the time! Wall
Street, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, Times Square
·
But also visit local things, take time to explore
things like used book stores, and check out a small restaurant you’ve never
heard of. Walk around and discover the little things that make New York, New York!
Have fun on your
travels!
Let us know where you’ve
been recently, and what spots you think we should check out!
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