Day 3 - NYC
Up again at 9:30 for a half day of fun in NYC. Today was Veteran’s Day so we took the subway downtown to the 9/11 Memorial. I had never been there - it was so moving. The water falls they set up where the buildings were are gorgeous. Each person that passed has their name engraved. They had placed a yellow rose in the name of each veteran. What a beautiful thing. We also learned that on their birthday, a white rose is placed on their name. We spent some time reflecting on what happened that day.
We walked down to Wall Street (and saw the bull) and hopped on the subway to Chinatown. Marcy had suggested a dim sum restaurant so we put our name in (it was busy)! We had a nice filling lunch there and
Up again at 9:30 for a half day of fun in NYC. Today was Veteran’s Day so we took the subway downtown to the 9/11 Memorial. I had never been there - it was so moving. The water falls they set up where the buildings were are gorgeous. Each person that passed has their name engraved. They had placed a yellow rose in the name of each veteran. What a beautiful thing. We also learned that on their birthday, a white rose is placed on their name. We spent some time reflecting on what happened that day.
We walked down to Wall Street (and saw the bull) and hopped on the subway to Chinatown. Marcy had suggested a dim sum restaurant so we put our name in (it was busy)! We had a nice filling lunch there and
walked down to Canal to see about buying some purses. We were running out of time so we caught a taxi
back to Marcy’s instead. We grabbed our packed bags and headed down to get our Uber to the airport. As
soon as we locked the door behind us and got in the elevator Shannon remembered she left her phone
charging in the apartment. Oops. Luckily Marcy’s building has a doorman and he allowed us back in to grab
it! Thank goodness! We jumped in the waiting Uber...and waited some more.
We forgot about the parade traffic! We should have been arriving at the airport at the time we left Marcys! Our Uber driver weaved in and out of traffic and then sped to the airport! The skycap told us we had made it by 10 minutes!! We high-fived and got through security easily. We had 40 minutes til our flight so we grabbed a beer just down from our gate. After I headed over while the other two stopped at the restroom. When I walked up, I got a stern talking to from the delta associate - apparently we were marked as no-shows and our bags were being pulled from the airplane!! We rushed on the plane and rejoiced in barely making our plane, not once but twice.
We watched movies and took a nap until we arrived in Milan.
We forgot about the parade traffic! We should have been arriving at the airport at the time we left Marcys! Our Uber driver weaved in and out of traffic and then sped to the airport! The skycap told us we had made it by 10 minutes!! We high-fived and got through security easily. We had 40 minutes til our flight so we grabbed a beer just down from our gate. After I headed over while the other two stopped at the restroom. When I walked up, I got a stern talking to from the delta associate - apparently we were marked as no-shows and our bags were being pulled from the airplane!! We rushed on the plane and rejoiced in barely making our plane, not once but twice.
We watched movies and took a nap until we arrived in Milan.
Mmm... want more food in Chinatown!
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