Our 2nd biggest trip of the summer......
New York City. (Saturday, July 11th through Thursday, July 16th)
The day started off with one of those stupid EARLY morning flights. That means getting up at 3:30am. But.....in order to get to your destination early and enjoy the day means getting up at those ungodly hours.
The flight to New York City took us through Newark, New Jersey. They gave us such a bomb-ass offer on First Class tickets for both flights that we took the bait and enjoyed all the extra amenities for those who like to travel in style.
First class on this flight included a full breakfast served on real dishes. We had eggs, oatmeal, fresh fruit, croissant, juice, and yogurt, and sausage and potatoes between the 2 of us. The only problem was......the food wasn't that great. Oh well.....we were ready to snooze after we had the opportunity wiped ourselves off with warm wash rags.
Arrived in Newark and after a long wait finally got our luggage. We also splurged a little on this leg of the journey as well.....read such bad reviews on transportation options into Manhattan from the Newark airport, so we had a private limo service pick us up and deposit us at our hotel directly. Didn't get a fancy limo, but we were picked up in a shiny black Suburban with tinted windows and leather seats. Was nice to have the private and DIRECT ride to our hotel.
Our visit to the city had us staying at the Belnord Hotel again. We love this small hotel nestled in a quiet Upper West Side neighborhood. It's so convenient to restaurants, subway, and Starbucks (for Paul). The hotel doesn't offer any amenities such as a soda machine, coffee maker, or ice......but it's a very reasonable hotel for the city and is away from all the tourist crowds. The last time we stayed here we had a really tiny room.....this time we had a bigger room (but we're not talking gigantic here either).
Here's what the Belnord looks like:
Since it was around 2pm when we finally got checked in......we dumped our suitcases and headed to find something to eat.
We found Bodrum Mediterranean Restaurant a couple of blocks from the hotel and while I feasted on a brick oven pizza.....Paul filled up on a Greek sampler plate.
After lunch, we headed back to the hotel and took a quick nap (so we could stay out late and because we got up early) and make plans for the evening.
Since all visits to NYC always lead you to Times Square at night......our first mission was to check out the last minute Broadway show tickets at the discount ticket booth. We jumped on the subway and purchased our week long unlimited riding pass for $31 each.
Got tickets for this show:
They had you come up on stage and check out some of the things they were going to use in the show. Here I am on a Broadway stage with my audience behind me.....I've made the big time!
Of course, you have to save everything to keep in your little keepsake albums (the ones that you keep wanting to put together, but always have too many other things going on).
And although my husband broke the first cardinal rule of traveling.....remember to keep all tickets and stubs so that we can put them in our travel keepsake album we are going to make some day. Unfortunately, the Penn & Teller tickets got washed after being left in his pocket. Although, I was able to salvage this one. A little beat up......but now it has a little more character.
The show was entertaining and funny and ended about 11.....so the hunt was on to find some place to eat dinner. Back out to Time Square......
......where we entertained ourselves trying to take selfies (one of these days we're going to be good at this).
Aha! This is a good one!
There are always things happening and a million people in Times Square.
After walking around for awhile, we really couldn't find anyplace that appealed to us (and we didn't want to eat a big meal)....so we hopped on the subway back towards the hotel. Lucky for us.....we knew this little Halal truck was right outside the subway exit and one block from our hotel.
Here's the husband ordering our feast.....he ordered Falafel and Rice and I ordered a hot dog. Hey....it's my first night in New York City......you gotta get a hot dog!
Love this picture. Love this city. This picture reminds me of how it is there. There is also about 1000 of these little Halal trucks all over the city. Sometimes you'll find 2 or 3 of them right together. The food is decent, especially late at night.
Took the food back to the room and started making the plans for the next day's adventures.
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