So I am a day behind, yesterday was a long day with traveling and I didn't get to blogging. I will try to catch back up tonight. Day One was a success; I landed in NYC at 5:00am, just before the sun came up. We flew over Manhattan on the way in. What a magical sight from the air at night. All the lights were twinkling just like the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland. You could see Central Park, the big, dark rectangle in the middle of the city, and also the big video screens in Times Square.
First on the agenda: Sleep! After a massive nap I was ready to explore and Morris took me to Highline Park. He is the best tour guide! It was right up my alley and such a great experience. The urban park is built on an abandoned, elevated train path, very well designed with a lot of different sitting areas and places to realx and people/city watch. I love how people really seem to enjoy the outdoor space here. It was lovely to have no plans and get to really take our time enjoying the beautiful weather.
Red Velvet and Cream Cheese Ice Cream Moon Pie...yum!
Under the park is an area called The Lot. There is an outdoor bar with an assortment of food trucks parked all around. Morris had me try Korilla which is a Korean Mexican fusion food truck. We had a beef bulgogi burrito with kimichi and korilla sauce. The flavor of the meat was delicious!
Morris is so full of random amazingness, I feel like I am walking around with my own little history book and encyclopedia. He pointed out these open squares on the stoop rails that have a sharp edge and told me they were from back in the day when people rode horses and they would use the sharp edge to clean the bottom of their boots.
We went to Madison Square Park and got some pretty wicked lightning and thunder sitting on a bench. Huge raindrops and lots of crackling lightning but it passed pretty quickly and no one got electrocuted.
Lovely, perfect, wonderful, relaxing first day!
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