We ate at a couple dinky diners around the area and then decided to try out the subway to get back to our hostel....BAD IDEA! I have never been so confused by a mode of transportation in my LIFE! We had no clue if we wanted 1, 6, or 7, or if we needed to get on A, B, or C???? We asked like 3 different people and got 3 different answers. It was hot, we were tired and sweaty and just wanted to crawl into bed already so our patience was running a little thin! We eventually made it home (by some grace of God) and did a little evening planning before we went to bed.
Friday: We were up by 4:30am in order to get showered and ready and make it down to Rockefeller Center by 5:30 in order to get in line for the Today show and see Enrique Iglesias perform for the Toyota Concert Series. We found our way up towards the middle front by the time the concert started. He surprised us all when he had Pitbull make a guest appearance for his song "I Like It". I was lucky enough to be close to the sides and was able to give them both a high five as they walked by. I also got to shake Ann Curry's hand when she passed us. He ended the concert with the song "Hero" and serenaded one lucky lady. It was pretty intense and he planted a big one on her at the very end of the song. I think every woman in the crowd would have killed to be her at that point! It was the highlight of the day for me! We spent more time bumming around Time Square and we decided to walk all the way back to our hostel that night (only 60 some blocks!).
Saturday: We decided to try the subway one more time on Saturday morning and it was a complete success!!! We got our Starbucks and waited in line to get student rush tickets for the afternoon showing of Chicago at the Ambassador Theater. We were in luck and they were only $36.50 a piece! Our first great deal of the day. We bummed around for a bit, ate lunch, and then went to the show. It was absolutely awesome! What made it even better was that we decided we wanted to class it up a bit since we were going to see a broadway show. We went to the bar at the theater and ordered a glass of wine each, what came next completely made our day. They gave it to us in a collectors cup and popped a sippy cup lid of sorts on top. It looked like we were drinking out of to-go coffee mugs :P
Sunday: It was our last full day in New York so we started out the day by going to The Met. It was so ridiculously enormous but it was filled with so many amazing pieces of history. We both really enjoyed the Egyptian exibit and the Women's Fashion exibit. After that it was off to SoHo, Little Italy, and Chinatown, but not before finding Tom Colicchio's restaurant. Craft Bar has got to be the best food I have ever eaten in my entire life!!!! It was amazing and we were completely stuffed by the time that we left. After all that excitement, we buzzed back up to Time Square one last time and bought a few momentos for ourselves and a few others. Once we got back to the hostel we repacked our bags, got ready for bed, and said good night to NYC for the last time.
Monday: This was my least eventful day. We got up, got ready, hailed a taxi and headed for the airport. I said goodbye to Bren since she was in a different terminal and boarded my two uneventful flights back to MN. Bren on the other hand was stuck in NY because of weather and didn't get out until 9:30PM!! She wasn't too happy about that. I absolutely LOVED my trip with my sister but I am so happy to be home and sleeping in my own bed again! Wow this one did get a little long, oops. It's now Wednesday and I hope that everyone is having a great week!
I was totally watching The Today show when Enrique was all up on that chic, I can not believe that he kissed her and made her grab his but. haha
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