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Home after an amazing weekend up "North"-- Taking the train is certainly a much better way to travel than driving or flying... very restful--lots of legroom and views the whole way up. Amanda lives in the cutest neighborhood-- reminds me alot of Falls Church-- lots of older homes full of character-- tudors, victorians-- big front porches and older trees... certainly not what I expected from NJ... now I know why she likes it up there.
And she already knows how to get around... we traveled by foot Friday night for dinner down the street-- and Saturday we drove to Weehawken to catch the Ferry over to Manhatten. Very impressive to see the city by water... heck the city is impressive no matter how you look at it- The above pictures are from the top of the Rockfeller center-- amazing views and amazing history...
You wouldn't beleive me if I told you how much we walked in one day--- From above Rockefellow Center ( 49th street) all the way down to the staten Island Ferry (with the exection of a few blocks that we ventured into the subway) ohhh and yea we walked our way 1/2 way back too--- the feet might have hurt but not enough for this country girl to venture down the stairs that take you to the subway!! and its not like Amanda was chomping at the bit to take on that adventure either.... but we did and we survived... With Map in hand I think we could have traveled the world or at least with the map in amanda's hand...It sure felt like we did-- down 5th ave over to 6th-- Over to St. Patricks Cathedrial and we even made it to the NYC Public library-- then it was down to the flower district-- into greenwich village...
And of course lunch in Soho

Since we didn't have tickets to get the ferry over to Ellis Island and tour the statue of liberty we made the executive decision to take the free Staten Island ferry which passes the statue of liberty-- we were tired and it was nice to sit down and watch the views go by.

Our day was filled with adventures-- lots of laughs and more fun then I can even begin to describe... we've already planned out our next trip to the city--- central Park and the theater district....

This picture was taken at the Loreal Building in the city-- not the one where Amanda works in NJ-- probably a good thing because after taking this picture I was hunted down by a security guard. Seems its a breach of security to take pictures.... NO PHOTOGRAPHY allowed -- Amanda and I hightailed it out of there pretty darn quick... Shes back in the city this week for work.... hoping she doesn't run into the same guard!