I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.’ – James Cameron

It has been quite a while since we visited New York, and I actually wasn’t going to blog about this trip, but Heidi, being much, much wiser than me, reminded me that our blog is a memory piece, a place we can return to and relive our travels and adventures, our experiences and escapades. So here goes…..

Spur of the moment, we went to New York City, the Big Apple. Both my parents were born here…Brooklyn and Queens, and I spent quite a number of days here in my youth, but Heidi had never been. We had four days during Spring Break and were determined to see as much of this amazing city as possible.

We had some “wintery weather”…rain and even snow, but the first day was spring-like….some blue sky, a nippy little breeze….weather just right for walking in Central Park…and walk we did, from one end to the other taking in all the sights.

Had to fit in some museum time so we took in MOMA and the Guggenheim….priceless art treasures inside of both these world class museums.

We made it to the Lady and Ellis Island.

Spent several evenings around Times Square, walked among the crazy hats at the Easter Parade outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and rode the subway to Columbia University to get some sweatshirts.

We ate New York pizza and New York cheesecake, went to a Broadway Show; Book of Mormon, and visited the Empire State Building. We were sorry we didn’t get tickets to Good Morning America, but we saw where it is filmed as well as the Today Show at Rockefeller Center. We spent several hours in the 911 museum and Ground Zero….so moving, so emotional, so powerful.

Took Heidi to see the Project Runway store, MOOD….disappointed that Swatch was out for a walk. One day, in search of four large segments of the Berlin Wall, the sleet and rain worked their way through Heidi’s clothes…she was so cold but didn’t want to stop our discovery….so into the massive Macy’s store we went and out came Heidi in a warm, camo jacket…..all warmed and raring to go, we finally found the home of the Berlin Wall, only to find they had been carted away and stored until MOMA buys and displays them in the museum. Bummer, but the journey was fun.

There is so much to see and so much to do in NYC that we have vowed to come back again to take in what we missed, and perhaps to take in another Broadway show. And perhaps more of that New York Pizza and Cheesecake!!!