Home Sweet Home at last

The last few days in Antigua flew by. Two weeks never seems like long enough, but we did need to get home. Responsibilities call us. :) On the way home, we stopped in New York City for a whirlwind trip. After several delays on the trip from Antigua to NYC, we arrived at our hotel near JFK at 2:30 AM. However, we wanted to be able to see everything still, so we got up at 6:00AM just as planned to beat the subway traffic. After two hours of bus and subway travel--only one wrong transfer in there--we made it to Battery Park where we caught the circle line to the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island. We had reserved tickets ahead of time to go up the base of the statue, so we walked up all those steps--all except for my mom who was feeling a little under the weather. The view was great and we enjoyed the museum in the base as well. The only other time I had been to NYC was just after 911, so I had never been in the statute before. After stopping for a quick bite to eat, we headed to Ellis Island and back to Manhattan.

Once there, we began a marathon walk around downtown Manhattan. We got pictures by the World Trade Center Site, Wall Street, Times Square, Carnegie Hall, and the Empire State building. Central Park offered a nice break from the sun and crowds. We enjoyed Popsicles sitting down on a huge rock. :) By this time we were completely worn out from lack of sleep and lots of walking. So, instead of heading to Little Italy for dinner as we originally had planned, we just got pizza in the bottom of the Empire State building. This ended up being a wise choice because through a series of mistakes and bad directions which turned into a comedy of errors--we can see the funny side now at least--it took us three hours to get back to our hotel. Let's just say that we now have first-hand knowledge of downtown Queens and public transportation. :) We truly experienced NYC in a way that none of us expected.

 

This morning we had to get up at 3:30AM to catch our flight to San Diego and arrived home with no further adventures. Today the guys went back to work, and mom and I tackled the huge pile of laundry from our trip and the grocery shopping. Life returns to normal. Thank you all for checking this site and especially for your prayers. Lord willing, I will post some more pictures of our trip soon.

 

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