Tuesday, July 16, 2013

New York City

Hello!
It's Raegan and Brandi and we just returned from a quick weekend get-away to NYC! We took Amtrak from Charlottesville to New York's Penn Station and stayed at the beautiful Le Parker Meridien Hotel. Amtrak is a fun way to travel and it's very nice to arrive in Penn Station right in the middle of Manhattan instead of having an expensive taxi ride in from one of the airports. If you travel in the summer we recommend a sweater as Amtrak keeps the air conditioning on full blast! We saw Annie on Broadway! This was a favorite childhood story so to see the Broadway show was really fun! We took a 3 hour walking tour of the September 11 Memorial, Wall Street and lower Manhattan. Next we took the Stage Door Tour of Radio City Music Hall. This was really interesting since we saw the Radio City Christmas Spectacular on a previous trip to New York. We went to the Top of the Rock - the Observation deck on top of Rockefeller Center. The views are amazing! In the evening we did a sunset harbor cruise around lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. We have been to New York many times and find new exciting things to see every time!