On the bus riding through the city
They had lots of horse carriages around that you could take a ride on...we never did, but you could for the low price of $50 for a 20 minute ride! After our Carnegie Hall tour, we went to Toys R Us and saw the ferris Wheel.
A big Willy Wonka chocolate factory-type area...They had lots to buy in this area, but it's cheaper to just buy the candy in a Wal-Mart back home, so we came out empty-handed!
After that stop, we jumped on the bus again and stopped off at Macy's. You can't go to New York over Thanksgiving without going to Macy's! It's a store with 11 levels of shopping and a wooden escalator. Downstairs they had a big food area. One of the things I liked was this gingerbread house village. I like to decorate a gingerbread house at Christmas time, so this was neat to see! The store was packed the entire time that we were in there with lots of people, so we weren't in there all day!At night they always have broadway shows and musicals. If you wait two hours before they start showing, you can get the tickets half price. On Saturday night we went to "Radio City Hall Christmas Spectacular." It featured the Rockettes in it, which are very talented dancers. They did a very good job of telling the Christmas story, which is hard to find in today's day and age.
In NYC, it's common to have these bikers hooked up to a buggy, so when we got outside the hall after the show, there were a bunch waiting for riders. We thought it sounded like fun, so told him where we needed to go and off we went. They go right on the main roads with the traffic and are swerving right in and out with the taxis...made for an interesting ride, but we made it to the hotel safely and had a good experience!
In NYC, it's common to have these bikers hooked up to a buggy, so when we got outside the hall after the show, there were a bunch waiting for riders. We thought it sounded like fun, so told him where we needed to go and off we went. They go right on the main roads with the traffic and are swerving right in and out with the taxis...made for an interesting ride, but we made it to the hotel safely and had a good experience!Sunday morning we went and had breakfast and then had a van shuttle service come pick us up to the airport and spent the rest of the day getting home. It was a good Thanksgiving weekend filled with memories!
We are happy that you were blessed with this wonderful memory making trip! Nice looking at your pictures and reading about your experiences in the big city! :)
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