As you have noticed, I am a little slow on posting what is happening in my life, but here goes my latest adventure!
So I decided to be different this year, and I spent Thanksgiving in New Jersey with friends. I took a couple extra days from work so that I could do some exploring while I was over there. Thanksgiving was spent with my friend’s big Italian family. It was a great time of meeting family and eating awesome food!
Friday my friends and I spent part of the day in Atlantic City and walking the boardwalk. I was able to try my first experience of Jersey pizza and I must say it was tasty. The other half of the day was spent in Philly and of course we had a true cheese steak sandwich, cheese wiz and all! Again, it was good food. We ran up the steps to the museum just like Rocky did in his movie, saw the Liberty bell and walked to Penn’s landing.
Saturday was our big New York City day!! It was amazing with how much we fit in to the day. We went to Liberty Park and we were able to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis island. After that, we drove by where the Twin Towers stood, but we did not get out as there was still so much construction going on. Then I experienced my first dirty water dog (from a street vendor), hot nuts (from the street vendor), Macy’s store, Empire State building, Saks 5th Avenue store, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, FAO Schwarz Toy Store, Carriage ride in Central park, Carnegie Deli, Broadway, Radio City Hall, New York Style pizza, and Times Square. And there was much more in between all of that! It all went so fast and it is hard to believe that I even saw all of it, but I am so thankful that I got the opportunity.
Sunday I explored more around where I was staying in Jersey and walked on few of the different boardwalks in the area and ate some of the local cuisine.
Monday I had to return to reality, but I will never forget my Thanksgiving of 2007!