Another laid back day...

Trip Start Dec 25, 2008
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Trip End Jan 02, 2009


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Monday, December 29, 2008

Lisa was still a little under the weather today, so we took it easy again. We ventured down looking for a building by one of Lisa's favorite architect...it was supposed to be a few blocks from where we are staying. Unfortunately, it seems as though this building hasn't been constructed yet LOL.
We walked back, and stopped at an awesome little place called Amadeus Pizza...Let me just say they gave us enough food for 5-6 people...Food here isn't nearly as expensive as you would think, and they give you heaping portions. It may be worse than in the south. She ordered a "mini" pizza which was the equivalent of our large pizza. Don't ask about their large. They gave me a Philly Cheesesteak big enough for me to eat at two meals, and you know I don't leave food left over :)
After gorging ourselves silly, we ran back to the hostel with our left overs and headed off to get tickets to our Broadway show. Turns out Wicked is sold out until late January (epic fail). I was bitterly disappointed. Fortunately, Daniel Radcliffe is starring in my second choice of shows, Equus and we got tickets ON STAGE. We won't have the best view but come on...I will be mere feet from a nude Harry Potter LOL.
Next we went to the American Museum of Natural History. On the subway we met these two guys from Arizona that had been looking for the museum for an hour and a half. We hung out a while but ditched them once we got to the museum. Poor things were hungry but got hot dogs so we could hang out, but we just left them there. The museum itself was awesome. My favorite part was the section on human evolution. Many comparisons of the skulls and skeletons, and a good timeline of hominid/homo sapien development. Very interesting. Lots of awesome skeletons of extinct mammals too...Dinosaurs...You name it they had it fossilized.
For our last venture, we decided to take a ride on the Staten Island ferry. It's free, and it takes you pretty close to the statue of liberty. It really was amazing. The view of the city from the ferry was absolutely perfect. The lights reflecting into the water was more gorgeous than any postcard I've seen. It was one of those "Oh my God, I'm really here" moments.
Now we are back at the hostel doing laundry :) I'm about to eat the rest of my sandwich.
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