Time to update my blog!

I've had the blessing to be able to take family members, including children and parents to visit a couple of different weeks and then was able to meet one friend  this last week in NYC.

The city is truly a city of hustle and bustle! One which seems to never sleep.

The subway system is an intricate system to get used, to but once one understands what the signs mean by the terms "uptown" and "downtown" it gets significantly easier.

However, even with all the available transit - subway, buses, taxis, horse carriage rides, etc. - the least expensive, most effcient, and best way to get around is still by foot. And I have to admit that my feet always hurt at the end of each full day that I have put in! It has been a fun challenge reading maps, looking at signs, and learning how to get around the city by subway and by foot.

Some of the significant sites I have been able to see are Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Macy's, (we rode on every historic wooden escalator in the store all the way to the seventh floor!) Rockefeller Center, (we were on the Today Show on one visit here!) The American Girl Place (especially enjoyed by Ruth and Rose!), St. Patrick's Cathedral, Chinatown, Grand Central Station, World Trade Center, Wall Street, Central Park (it's a huge park right in the middle of the city - most of it easy to navigate through except for one part of this park called "The Ramble" which we got all the way through once - but got lost in the second time!)

Of course, I couldn't leave out that there seems to be a Starbucks in New York city on every other corner - and Jonathan loved to pull me in to every one he could get me to enter!

Here are a few interesting pictures of us visiting the city.