New York City

Spanish first, English translation below:

    Hola!  Iremos a la Ciudad de Nueva York hace tres días.  Era fantástico! Iremos en un tren y metro para llegar y después corren en la lluvia a un apartamento de amigas de mi mama.  La apartamento era hermosa y los amigos era muy simpático. Luego de comimos almuerzo nos aventuramos en la lluvia. Caminamos en la Parque Central para ir al Museo de Historia Natural.  Está era muy genial y la beluga azul exhibición era muy grande. Después iremos a un restaurante Mexicana. La comida era muy deliciosa! Yo tiene tacos y un Elote Loco, mi favorito.  

     El próximo día iremos a la memorial de 9/11.  Esto era muy triste. Infortunadamente, no puedo ir al museo porque hay un muy largo línea.  Después iremos a Wall Street y el World Trade Center. Esto era muy interesante y también vimos la estatua de un toro.  Esto significa que la bolsa de valores es subían. Luego iremos en la metro a un pizzería que se llamaba John’s pizzeria.  La pizza era magnifica! Próximo, iremos a la Museo Metropolitano de Arte. Pasamos 3 horas allí hasta que se cerró. Mi artista favorito era Claude Monet.

       En la día final iremos a la highline y la Estatua de Libertad.  La highline era muy hermosa y hay muchos interesante estructuras alrededor.  Para la almuerzo iremos a Shake Shack en un centro comercial y después iremos a la Estatua de Libertad barco.  La Estatua de Libertad era genial pero muy loco también. Pasamos un hora antes de podemos abordar el barco. Cuando finalmente llegado a la Estatua de Libertad nosotros subimos toda la escalera al pedestal.  La punto de vista era bueno y la museo abajo era interesante pero era tan abarrotado y la espalda de mamá duele. También nosotros vamos a tratar a comprar boletos de Broadway esa noche. En la final decidimos que esto era demasiado y simplemente chillax en la noche.  Esto era un muy bueno decision y ahora tenemos un excusa para volver!

     La última cosa que hacemos en la Ciudad de Nueva York iba a Times Square.  Esto era loco y increíble!! Hay muchos colores en todos lados! Hay música y gritos y olores de todos tipos!  Las pantallas estaban cambiando constantemente y vimos donde caerá la pelota el próximo año! Era fantastica. Entonces, me gustaría decir que la Ciudad de Nueva York era muy insano y muy divertido!!! 

English translation:

     Hi again!  New York City was awesome.  We did a lot, so I’ll try to keep it brief.  First off, we went to NYC by train and subway, which in itself was really fun (I love the subway).  We then quickly ran through the pounding rain outside and dropped our luggage (5 backpacks) at our hosts’ lovely apartment. Then we said hi to Ms. Chrissy and Mr. Jon, who were super nice, and ate a yummy lunch of bagels (Ms. Chrissy was mom’s roommate in college). We had been at some other friends’ house the day before, the Vanderwoudes, who are also totally awesome, and so I had already had a delicious bagel that morning. I was in bagel heaven!

     Then we ventured out into the rain again.  First we stopped at an overwhelmingly huge Nordstrom that had just opened (as in, finished construction type thing) and were trying to get Hazel some shoes, but we quickly abandoned that.  She decided to just go with her wet ones. Then we walked through Central Park to the Museum of Natural History. The museum was really cool and we made sure to check out the huge blue whale exhibit!  After that we met Ms. Chrissy for some Mexican food for dinner. It was really loud but had good food. I got an Elote Loco (one of my all time favorite foods, also known as Street Corn)! Then we went back to the penthouse and crashed.

     The next day we walked around on Wall Street and visited the World Trade Center.  We also went to the 9/11 memorial, which left me both awestruck and solemn. The memorial was really well done, however we didn’t get to go to the museum because the line was so long.  After that we took the subway to John’s pizza, which had fantastic pizza! Then we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and spent a good 3 hours there, all the way until it closed. My favorite artwork was by Claude Monet.  

     On our final, full day we walked on the High Line (an old railroad track about 4 building stories in the air turned walking path) and went to the Statue of Liberty!  The High Line was beautiful and there were some really cool buildings around it. We also stopped at Shake Shack for lunch in the mall, which was really fun and delicious.  After that we took the subway to the spot where the Statue of Liberty ferry would be. This is where the day got a little crazy. First off, it took us an hour just to go through security and get on the boat.  Second of all, the Statue was really cool, and we were able to go up to the pedestal, but it was really crowded. And on top of all that, Mom’s back was really hurting her. Plus, we were going to try and go to a Broadway show that night.  We finally decided to use that as a good excuse to come back to NYC, and simply chillaxed that night. Best decision ever.

     The last thing we did in the morning was go to the New York Times Square, which was an assault on my senses.  The sight, the sound, the smell, all of it was in stark contrast. Flashing and bright colors were everywhere, there were a bazillion different videos and music playing and the general amazing and atrocious smells (mostly atrocious) were multiplied by 10.  It was awesome. So before my “brief” blog becomes way long, I just want to say that my first trip to New York City was insane and totally wicked!!!!!!!