Tourists in NYC, Day 2

Today we were able to sleep in, a ready blessing that everyone in the family took advantage of. Despite the city noises easily slipping through our windows, we all took a leisurely start to the day. Sara actually stepped out a bit earlier so she could meet Jenn for breakfast near our hotel. The kids and I slummed around until 10:00am or so.


We started a walking tour that took us uptown to the more serious shopping areas of Park Avenue. I stopped by a CompUSA to pick up an AC/DC adapter since my laptop's power brick started going on the fritz. We then visited Rockefeller Center, stopping next door by Radio City Music Hall to eat our packed lunches in a welcome patch of sun. We then headed south toward the sea of people in Times Square. I had to pick Christa up to see how thick the mass of humanity was. We eventually made it down another 10 blocks to Macy's to check out the Christmas windows.



Whew! That's some serious walking! But we're not done! We start heading those same 10 blocks back north so we can get to the theater in time to see the 2:00pm showing of Beauty and the Beast. Before we reached the theater the kids were exposed to even more people in the Times Square area (and the "Naked Cowboy", who plays a guitar while only wearing underwear. Sigh.)

Our $50 tickets were good enough to get us about 6 rows from the back in the nose bleed section. Yet we all enjoyed the show, which had the surprise of Donny Osmond playing the self-absorbed Gaston.


We all had dinner at Pam's Real Thai Food, one of Jenn's favorites. After many laughs and plenty of food, we shared hugs and headed for the hotel.

This last full day in New York was quite a treat, filled with enough sights and sounds to remember a long time (and enough people to want me to visit Montana real soon!).