Last day in NYC

We grabbed breakfast at the Manhatten Café which was just a couple of doors down from our hotel. Loved the options for food at this place...fresh, lots of variety and you pay based on the weight of the items. 

We headed to Grand Central Terminal for an excellent tour from this Society. I can't say enough good things about our tour guide.  She was knowledgeable, thorough and passionate about telling us many interesting things about Grand Central.  Thank you Judith.

After that we did a bit more shopping and took it easy then headed over to the Intrepid for our final stop.  It was huge (obviously) and really interesting. 

We had dinner and then wandered to Times Square for one last time and stopped at Magnolia Bakery.  Cupcakes and banana pudding - can't beat that.

The next morning we grabbed a cab to the airport and had a smooth trip back home.  Sophie would love to go back, and I'd be happy to take her :)

where is the time going?

It's September 29....I can't believe it is only another two days before we head out on our trip to Boston/NYC with the kids.  We have been planning this trip for months and it's finally here.  I feel really good about the itinerary I planned.  There is enough stuff to keep the kids quite happy I think and enough new things that Vic and I will be engaged.

The usual back to school settling in has begun.  Both kids are full steam ahead in their piano lessons.  Fynn just started about 4 weeks ago but he is picking it up.  Sophie has become a nice piano player, but now she is asking me about voice/singing lessons.  We shall see.  Fynn is settling into hockey but it is a bit of a grind -- mostly for Vic who has to ensure he gets there and is geared up.  We take it day by day around here.  I always say if we can get to Christmas we are doing fine and then we reassess the activities again.

Finally, Sophie gets her braces off tomorrow.  That went by pretty fast.  Her teeth are looking good.

I'm taking a break from blogging...back in a couple of weeks.  The photo above is of a walk we took this weekend near the Adams River.

NYC - Day 2

We had a great day taking in a Big Onion walking tour of the Chelsea Neighbourhood.
This is a photo of me in Madison Square park in front of the Echo statue, by Plensa which depicts a nine-year old girl from the artist's Barcelona neighborhood, "
lost in a state of thoughts and dreams." It is huge - standing forty-four feet tall.
More photos to follow...

We're here!

We left Kelowna today on a 7am flight to Calgary. From there we caught a second flight that was about 4.5 hours of air travel time and it took us to Newark New Jersey which is about a 45 minute cab ride from downtown Manhatten.

We arrived to our hotel, the lovely Library Hotel at around 6pm and had some complimentary appetizers which were a nice touch. We then wandered around for a bit and then had some dinner. This is a photo taken out of our hotel room looking towards the amazing New York Public Library. The top photo is of the Chrysler building. Tomorrow is a new day and right now we are tired, so best to sign off.

Day 8

I remember 30 years ago today, I was in my Grade 8 classroom and one of the boys from the class came in and said he had been shot.

What a loss to the world of music. I am so grateful I got to visit his memorial in Stawberry Fields last year.

New York

Our amazing trip!

Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island....more tomorrow