Today is Tuesday, August 9th, and I returned from New York City Sunday night. What a trip! Sherrie and I came up with a word we used over and over again - overwhelming! The city is a great place to visit but we were ready to leave after 5 days. Lauren on the other hand loved each and every moment and is ready to move there. She's actually considering attending FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) for her 4 years of college but it's a little early to make a decision like that.
Sherrie had rented a small (or should I say tiny) apartment on 14th St. which was a 3rd floor walkup and after climbing those stairs several times a day as well as all the subway stairs, we estimated that we had climbed about 1,000 steps in the 5 days. We started to feel like regular New Yorkers. . I even got yelled at on the subway by a woman whose daughter I fell against while trying to sit down because the train lurched forward. I was speechless.
While Lauren was in class, we toured the city by the on-off bus and got to see things we would have missed on foot. The tour guide was great and gave us many tidbits of information. We got off and toured the ground zero sight and saw the new building going up and then took the Staten Island Ferry around the Statue of Liberty and saw the beautiful New York skyline from the water. Mike and I will be cruising through there next year.
Of course there was plenty of shopping and eating - our favorite place is Little Italy. Once Lauren was out of class, it was off to the boutiques and sample sales she had heard about. This grandmother was worn out!
The day of our departure, Lauren went with a friend and her mom to the Museum of Modern Art to see the Alexander McQueen exhibit but unfortunately the line was 31/2 - 4 hours long and she wasn't able to see it. He was a designer who committed suicide last year. Mike just read that it was the most popular exhibit they have ever had.
Now it's back to reality and we're leaving Charleston tomorrow morning. Our first stop will be Georgetown, SC about 65 miles north.
Beginning in the Spring of 2011, this is a story of a journey in our 36' Heritage East Trawler as we cruise The Great Loop, a circumnavigation of Eastern North America, along the shoreline of the United States and Canada - truly a trip of a lifetime.
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