"Let's hear it for New York" {NYC Day 1}

I can mark it off my list. I have always wanted to go to New York City and this past week my dream became a reality. Last year Kyle's parents had talked about going to New York when Kyle's brother {Timmy} and Timmy's girlfriend {Sarah} were on spring break. We had been planning on going but then when Kyle's refresher courses for Paramedic got pushed back into March because of the instructor being sick we thought our chances of going were slim to none. Since Kyle's class was suppose to be over at the end of February, his instructor said he could make up the classes he missed...so we were off to New York to see the city that never sleeps!

We woke up super early Saturday morning and went to Flight 93 Memorial. Kyle's parents are known for going to places right when they open {which I don't mind} so at 9 am we were the first ones at the memorial :) The memorial is not completely finished but it was really powerful to see where the flight went down and how 10+ years ago that large field was forever changed.

After stopping in PA we made our way to New Jersey since that is where we were staying. After getting settled in our hotel {we had read reviews that our hotel was not the best, with the possibility of prostitutes and smoky rooms, but we were pleasantly surprised to not experience anything even remotely close to those reviews. For the price I would highly recommend it}, we made our way to the big apple. We took the subway and I was not too impressed at first. I had never been to New York or rode on a subway before so I was not sure what to expect and a little shell shocked. So many people on the subway, no one talking to each other, everyone with these eyes closed listening to there ipods...after riding on the subway for a few days I realized why they listened to their ipods, the subways can be loud and screechy. We made it from the crazy subway ride to be greeted with tons of people walking in the streets, crazy cab drivers, and bright light...O New York how you excite and terrify me all at once :)

Empire State Building