We left Fairfield New Jersey around 4 pm on Saturday August 21st and headed for NYC. We took the bus to Port Authority in NYC and then walked up to Times Square. We knew we wanted to see a show that night, we just couldn't decide on which one. Our list consisted of Lion King, Phantom, West Side Story, Jersey Boys and Mary Poppins. Conveniently when we left the subway station and headed up the the street the first thing we saw was a giant Mary Poppins sign. So we decided to the sake of ease on our time restraints we would just buy tickets for Mary Poppins. After buying our tickets we headed to the upper west side to Natalie's apartment so we could leave our luggage there while we went out for the night. It was so sweet of Natalie to let us leave our stuff there, it would have been so annoying hauling it all over the city all night. AFter we dropped off our bags we found a great Thai food restaurant in Hell's Kitchen (there are so many wonderful places to eat, i can't wait to go back). Our food was absolutely delicious and very quick. After dinner we bought some I love NY shirts for jess and stu and then headed to the theatre.
Mary Poppins was a really fun show. Great family show full of lots of fun music. My favorite parts were the park scene when Mary takes kids into the painting (the dancing was great) and then the Steppin time Number. (burt walks all the way around the procenium and is even upside down for part of it, really cool) and then at the end when Mary flies out into the audience.
After the show we got some ice cream and then wandered through time square with all the lights. It was just such a nice, relaxing evening full of great food and great entertainment. (if you notice in the back ground is the billboard from Project Runway's Challenge Winner)
We headed back to Natalie's to pick up our stuff and visit for a while. Around 1:30 pm we headed to the subway and on to Laguardia. It took us about an hour and a half to make it to Laguardia. But the whole way Travis and i just kep thinking while are all these people up? and why are so many young children running around on the subway at this time of night?
At 3 AM we arrived at the airport. Security was closed down so we waited til 4 to actually go to our gate. once inside we waited til about 5:30 and then boarded our plane. Once we sat down on the plane travis and i both crashed. Neither of us remember take off or landing for our first flight. We had a suprise hour lay over in cincinnati (not fun). then we boarded the plane again. And again, once we sat down we crashed. Neither of us remember take off or landing. the only thing we remember is waking up, drinking a glass of Coke from the beverage cart and then we were out again. We had one more lay over in Denver (this one we knew about) before our final flight back to SLC, which both of us were awake for.
overall it was such a great weekend. it really felt like a vacation since we were able to sleep in every day and final get answers (great ones) that we have been trying to get answered all summer. we are so excited for our next adventure in life. i can't wait to see what is in store for us.
Sorry the last couple posts have been so wordy and the pictures are such horrible quality!
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