Fun adventure that was. Took a bus at 3:00 a.m. in the morning because we wanted a full day, and didn't want to stay overnight and spend a fortune on New York hotel prices.
I stayed up till three, hoping I'd be able to fall asleep on the bus. Well, it didn't quite work out that way. So beginning my day I was already wiped. But yeah, New York is an awesome city!
I was able to see so much: Ground Zero, Wall Street, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Madison Square Garden--all very overwhelming.
Navigating the New York subways was quite a trip. I'm glad I had been getting experience with public transit here in D.C., because New York's metro was a lot more complicated--and less user friendly, I'd have to say.
I also went to Coney Island, which is an island south of Brooklyn (Google map it). That's not a spot a lot of tourists go to, but I was determined to go, since it would allow me to see the Atlantic Ocean. It was a pretty long subway ride--nearly an hour out of Manhattan and all the way through Brooklyn. Definitely worth it, though.
One of the coolest moments came near the end, though, when we went up to Columbia University and got an amazing view of the city. The school is seated on a hill above Harlem--you can see almost everything. I got a picture of the view, but it doesn't nearly do it justice.
Still can't believe I'm getting to do all this--it really feels like a dream. I mean, while I'm doing everything it is all so fast and I don't realize it, but after the fact it's really quite awe inspiring. I almost feel like I'm some kind of impostor. But no, this is my life, and I'm really doing it. I'm living in D.C., I'm seeing New York City, I'm working in a professional news room.
Wow, how much more could God want to do?
Anyways, catching the bus at 11:00 p.m. that night, I was exhausted. Needless to say I had no problem falling asleep on that bus ride. And the funny thing is, coming back to D.C., it felt like coming back home.
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