When we got there, we went to Macys. It was HUGE and so many people in there. It was so hectic and hard to get around. Just trying to find a bathroom took up 15 minutes, literally. And there is only one genders bathroom on each floor. So that made it difficult also. The Holiday Lane on like the 9th floor was soo cool. It was loaded with decorated Christmas trees and every decoration you could ever think of. It reminded me of the movie Elf. When we wanted to get out of Macys, my mom and aunt kim had to go to the bathroom first, so we went to the 1st floor so we could just go to the bathroom and leave. Turns out there is no bathroom on the 1st floor, so we had to go back down to the celler, where we just were. The wait for the girls bathroom was 10 minutes, but they had to go, so we waited.
So after we had had enough of Macys, we left and on the street we got tickets for the Empire State building observatory, and the tour bus that is a hop on hop off. So we went to the Empire State building and went up the 80 floors on an elevator, obviously. We had to go through security and everything, just like at an airport. So after you got to floor 80, you could wait like 20 minutes to use the elevator, or walk up stairs 6 floors that would get you to the to the 86th floor observatory, 1050 feet above Manhattan. So we didnt feel like waiting, so we walked up the floors, which was not fun. We stopped alot.. lol. When we FINALLY made it up, the view was incredible. I got soooo many pictures of every angle. It was very windy in some spots. There was little eye holes you could pay to use that would magnify you into a specific part of the city, but we tried it and it didnt really work. So when we were done seeing and getting pictures of everything, we went inside to go back down, and that was a challenge in itself. It was crowded, people were rude, and we couldnt find the way out. We did finally, and ended up walking down the 6 flights of stairs. We stopped in the gift shop and i got a little model of the Empire State Building. My mom got it for me and said it was going to be for Christmas, but she is letting me have it now for my birthday, oh and i got a 4 dollar water.When we were down and done, we went to Burger King to get a snack. We all got cinnamon rolls that were so good.
After that, we wanted to get down to Soho so we jumped on our tour bus (that was hard to locate) and got off at Soho. I wanted to go their because I LOVE the Kardashians, and their new store in there. Where we got off was not far at all to where it was. So we walked to it, and i was getting my picture in front of it when i heard someone say they saw Khloe. So i ran inside and asked someone and they said they heard it too and thats why they were there. So we looked at the 400 dollar clothes, looked for her (didnt see her) and got pictures, and then just went outside to wait to see if she really was there. There was security guards in there, so we thought that maybe she was. But it turned out she wasnt, because i just read on her twitter that she was shooting her family Christmas Card, that was probably in LA with everyone else. But it was still cool seeing their store. Ill see them someday, i know it.
We walked a little bit, and got to the church that you could enter through to get to the Ground Zero. That is what our tour guide said- you walk through it and then go to the dome shaped building and go up to the second floor. So we went in and looked around, and the way you get through was closed. So we went out the front and walked around it, but even then i dont know how you would even see Ground Zero. So we ended up walking so much, around everything, and were about to give up because we had no idea where we were, and we still had to eat. But it turns out we were there, at the building. We are getting better at finding our way through NYC without asking people everytime we turn around. We went inside and it was bare, but the floor was marble, and it was SO pretty. We walked around, and there were palm trees in the middle of the huge building, and the stairs were all marble. We walked up them, and that was where he was talking about. We saw where the Twin towers were, and we were talking about how amazing what they're building is (Freedom Building). Around where we were standing were these big statues made of full cans (like corn, tuna) that made a picture. One was of Mario and Luigi, another was a cut apple, blocks that said a,b,c, one that was a spilled cup of water. They were really cool. I can remember thinking about the email i got a couple years ago that were of these things. We left the building, and headed to where the bus could pick us up so we could finish it and go eat.We got back on the tour bus and continued our tour. We were gonna eat in Little Italy, but it was far away from where we had to get back on our bus to head home, so we didnt. We finished the tour, and got off at Times Square. It was beautiful at night with all the lights. My camera died, but i put my chip in my aunts camera so i could take more. We were gonna eat at Olive Garden like we did before, but it was an hour wait. So we ended up eating at Sbarro. They were so funny. You would be like 5 feet back from the counter where you could see what you wanted and the person behind the counter would be YELLING 'next in line'. It was so funny because you couldnt even see what you wanted.
So anyway after we ate we still had some time so we walked around Times Square, went in the Hersheys store so i could show my mom and aunt Kim. We went to a souvenir shop and i got a magnet and little plate thing. After we were done with everything and the day was over, we went to where we had to be to get on the bus to head home. We waited for a few minutes, went into a store we were standing in front of and got a water, and i got a bloody nose out of nowhere, and by then it was time to get on the bus.We all loaded in and got situated, and talked to a few people about our day. We put our earphones in, and tried to go to sleep for a little bit. It was so uncomfortable, so i never did. But the day couldnt of gotten any better, except maybe if we saw a Kardashian. It was SO FUN and i cant wait to go back. We decided that going there on the bus trip was our thing, and we would try to go every time they had it.
Thanks Mom, Dad, and Aunt Kim. Love You ♥
PS i took all these pictures :)
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